Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Websites
Volunteerism
WKF Heavyweight Champion Kickboxer
Podcast Host & Executive Producer
Additional Information
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John Villarreal

Deer Park ,TX

Summary

Award-winning, analytical, strategic-thinking and meticulous sales professional and manager with over 17 years of comprehensive experience in relationship-building, partnership cultivation and top account retainment. Self-motivated leader with expertise in expanding network connections, persuasively introducing products, inventory control, vendor relations and territory development. Talented at identifying customer needs to deliver effective solutions. Tactical team builder and energetic strategic planner seeking to leverage effective background into Account Management role. Producer, Podcast Host, screenwriter, voice actor.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Go-To-Market Advisor & Launchpad Manager

The Pipeline Group
Deer Park, TX/Remote, TX
04.2021 - Current

As an xDR, we fill sales development attrition:

  • Minimum of 1,000 dials a day.
  • Metrics are checked daily, scheduling, attending and notetaking of every meeting.
  • Reporting through Salesforce Dashboard.
  • Salesforce expertise with daily use.
  • Monthly, quarterly goals attained, usually at 90-95%. Commissions are paid monthly.

As Lauchpad Manager:

  • Training, coaching of both new xDRs and also troubled xDRs.
  • Development of project and project goals.
  • Following key selling points of each project.

Additional duties:

  • Contacted potential clients to pursue sales.
  • Established key procedures for teams preparing documentation, models and presentations.
  • Built and managed accurate sales pipeline to maintain high volume of activity.
  • Employed consultative approach to assess customer needs and business challenges.
  • Utilized LaunchQ to manage sensitive client information and update existing and new client profiles.
  • Developed and implemented strategic account plans to generate new, advantageous customers.
  • Built diverse and consistent sales portfolio.

Business Development Representative

Mobile Communications America
Deer Park, Texas
05.2019 - 04.2021
  • Sales role setting appointments for outside sales reps.
  • Average of 80 calls per day.
  • Maintain large customer base of First Responder units and Industrial customers for Motorola products.
  • Maintained complete knowledge of all Motorola products, services and procedures.
  • Proactively identified and located several business leads weekly.
  • Increased brand awareness, website traffic and sales by implementing effective marketing campaigns and strategies.
  • Used Salesforce & Hubspot to handle current portfolio and prospective leads.
  • Pursued all website inquiries in specific territories to increase potential customer base.
  • Exceeded company average revenue goals by 100%. Have made my complete bonus every quarter since I began at this company.
  • Leveraged effective networking strategies to generate new business opportunities.

Client Service Coordinator & Operations Specialist

Ameriprise Financial
Houston, Texas
04.2015 - 10.2017
  • Managed office supplies, vendors, organization and upkeep.
  • Coordinated board and committee meetings, including schedules and information preparation and distribution.
  • Ordered and distributed office supplies while adhering to a fixed office budget.
  • Coordinated domestic and international travel arrangements, including booking airfare, hotel and transportation.
  • Assisted senior recruiting staff with career fairs and recruiting events.
  • Obtained signatures for financial documents and internal and external invoices.
  • Coordinated, scheduled and arranged meeting and travel calendars, including business and social events.
  • Processed client rebate reconciliation, reporting and check requests.
  • Created detailed expense reports and requests for capital expenditures.
  • Helped distribute employee notices and mail around the office.
  • Organized all new hire, security and temporary paperwork.
  • Served as corporate liaison between the finance, IT and marketing departments.
  • Assisted with event planning, including associated travel and logistical arrangements.

Executive Recruiter

Toby Richey & Associates, Inc, Illness Resignation
Houston, Texas
09.2014 - 04.2015
  • Recruitment of Financial Advisors for Morgan Stanley & Ameriprise Financial.
  • Prospecting Calls to over 250 Financial Advisors per day from the 3 major Wire House competitors.
  • Dissecting business breakdown of Advisors to prepare for deal points & meetings (Mutual Funds, Fee Based, Bonds, Transactional, Insurance, IPOs, etc.).
  • Setting recruitment meetings for Complex, Sales & Branch Managers of Morgan Stanley & Ameriprise Financial.
  • Writing telephone scripts for market adaptability (compensation packages, mergers, major news stories).
  • Researching major money markets, trends in specific offices (Houston, DFW, New York, Tampa, San Francisco, Northeastern Cape).

Business & Operations Manager

Massage Envy Spa
Pasadena, Texas
06.2013 - 07.2014
  • Sales Closing was 9% when I took over location, when I left, it was closing at 20-25% monthly completing a huge turnaround.
  • Monthly gross revenue went from $75,000 a month to $130,000 per month. 
  • Oversaw business budget planning and administration, accounting functions, purchasing and bi-weekly payroll to handle financial needs.
  • Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, targeted to current business conditions and forecasted needs.
  • Monitor operations to ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, or hygiene standards.
  • Plan or direct spa services and programs.
  • Membership based sales coaching.
  • Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
  • Assess employee performance and suggest ways to improve work.
  • Schedule staff or supervise scheduling.
  • Recruit, interview, or hire employees.
  • Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
  • Verify staff credentials, such as educational and certification requirements.
  • Maintain client database of over 1,500.
  • Participate in continuing education classes to maintain current knowledge of industry.
  • Sell products, services, or memberships.

Sales Manager

RECMAR Products
Houston, TX
03.2008 - 09.2011
  • Oversaw RECMAR Products commercial sales and also retail site, Curtain-Tracks.com.
  • Customer Service, General Sales, Marketing Outreach, more specifically, providing clients drapery hardware advice and shipping lead times.
  • Breaking down market segments in the drapery hardware industry.
  • Creating new customers through web research and social media development.
  • Increased monthly gross sales from $9,000 to $180,000 and exceeded goals for sales, revenue and profit margins.

Merchandiser & Route Settlement Clerk

Silver Eagle Distributors, Anheuser-Busch Budweiser
Houston, Texas
12.2003 - 09.2006
  • Filled, received and stocked Budweiser/Corona/Michelob/Busch product throughout account route of up to 10 grocery stores and liquor stores daily throughout the greater Houston area.
  • Negotiated display space for Budweiser/Corona/Michelob/Busch products in retail accounts.
  • Inventory control for over 84 truck routes.
  • Cash cage control on all 84 accounts, upwards of one million dollars per day (Counting/Logging/Reporting).
  • Forklift and Hand-truck Certified.

Education

Completed coursework towards Business Administration Certificate Plan -

San Jacinto College District
Pasadena, TX
12.2005

Certificate (Ongoing) - Film & Television

New York University - Tisch School Of The Arts
New York, NY
03.2021

Skills

  • Staff Management
  • Strategic planning
  • Account management
  • Direct sales
  • Business development and planning
  • Accomplished manager
  • New business development
  • Extensive personal network
  • Sales reporting
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Database management
  • Salesforce Proficiency
  • Public speaking
  • Brand management
  • Optimizing business processes
  • Staff management
  • Pre-Production
  • Creative Vision Implementation
  • Content Development
  • Project Management

Accomplishments

21 Honors & Awards

  • Columbia University Sports Industry Essentials Scholarship Recipient
  • NYU School of Film & Television Scholarship Recipient
  • 2nd Place - The Longest Day Fundraiser
  • Ammy Award x 15 at Ameriprise Financial Clear Lake
  • Ameriprise Gold Ammy Award
  • Top Advisor Function - Ammy Award
  • Employee Appreciation Award
  • National Day of Service Ammy Award
  • Brand Steward Award Ammy Award Ameriprise
  • Clear Lake - Employee of the Month Award (June 2015)
  • Jul 1, 2018 Alzheimer's Association
  • Jun 2017 Pat O'Connell, VP Ameriprise Financial Compliance Award
  • Feb 2017 Pat O'Connell, VP Ameriprise Financial Staff Award
  • Sep 2016 Christopher Cannon, FOTL
  • Special Projects & Marketing Award 2016
  • Ameriprise Financial - Special Projects Award
  • New Advisor Onboarding.
  • Ameriprise National Day of Service recognition for planning & implementation.

Affiliations

  • Ambassador, Pasadena Chamber of Commerce 2019 to 2020.

Volunteerism

Director of the Risen Care Food Pantry. Our mission is to end food insecurity on the Southeast Side of Houston, TX.

On Sundays at church, I am also assistant director to the livestream produced by Risen Nation Church in Pasadena, TX.

Have also worked with Southeast Area Ministries Food Bank and Salvation Army on projects for feeding the food insecure.

WKF Heavyweight Champion Kickboxer

April 2017, won the Texas Heavyweight Title for Kickboxing for the globally renowned World Kickboxing Federation.

Podcast Host & Executive Producer

I host and produce the 4 Questions Podcast on Spotify. I implement production techniques to produce a story and provide analysis each week on 4 different topics that myself and my cohost deliver each episode. In production for season 2.

Additional Information

I am also a voiceover actor and screenwriter currently looking for representation.

Timeline

Senior Go-To-Market Advisor & Launchpad Manager

The Pipeline Group
04.2021 - Current

Business Development Representative

Mobile Communications America
05.2019 - 04.2021

Client Service Coordinator & Operations Specialist

Ameriprise Financial
04.2015 - 10.2017

Executive Recruiter

Toby Richey & Associates, Inc, Illness Resignation
09.2014 - 04.2015

Business & Operations Manager

Massage Envy Spa
06.2013 - 07.2014

Sales Manager

RECMAR Products
03.2008 - 09.2011

Merchandiser & Route Settlement Clerk

Silver Eagle Distributors, Anheuser-Busch Budweiser
12.2003 - 09.2006

Completed coursework towards Business Administration Certificate Plan -

San Jacinto College District

Certificate (Ongoing) - Film & Television

New York University - Tisch School Of The Arts
John Villarreal