MONISHA SMITH
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Business professional with a proven track record of building solid community and business-to-business ties. High-achieving, self-motivated, and forward-thinking. Dedicated natural leader who excels in tasks involving strategy and execution to create initiatives and procedures that offer value and gain peer and client buy-in.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Guest Educator
Northwest Independent School District
10.2023 - Current
- Oral Instruction – Effectively interpret and execute K-12 lesson plans while achieving daily benchmark metrics for students success, enhancing 90% of lessons by using personal tools and tactics
- Student Engagement – Facilitate a high degree of attention, curiosity, and willingness to learn while providing one-on-one support to help improve academic performance
- Classroom Management – Maintain discipline in classroom while fostering a safe, productive and positive learning environment in accordance with school policies
Territory Sales Manager
Altria Group Distribution Company
02.2007 - 02.2017
- Strategic Planning – Partnered with clients to develop business plans inclusive of promotions, advertising, and market data analysis to drive incremental traffic and sales volume through company brands and marketing materials
- Market Share Growth – Consistently grew territory market share +15% through business partner relations, and successfully converting non-contracted client base to accept exclusivity rights, effectively displacing competition
- New Product Placement – Executed self-developed distribution plans leading to increased distribution points, while consistently achieving 85% new product acceptance prior to speed to market deadline, which led to 75% reorder rate
- Account Management – Delivered over $50M in annual revenue across 134 key accounts including Publix, Walgreens, and Sam's Club, 7-11 and Gate Gas
- Meeting Coordination – Planned and executed District wide meetings with committee colleagues, researching cities, group accommodations, team building activities and nightly outings
- Talent Recruiting – Awarded Leadership Frontier Award for bolstering career fair booth traffic and attendance at corporate information session by 85%, leading to onboarding 10 new sales managers within 2 years
Director of Youth Ministry
St. Paul Church Of Jacksonville
01.2009 - 10.2011
- Event Planning – Organized quarterly events to maximize student engagement, including a community service project consisting of over 100 adult and teen volunteers while partnering with a neighboring ministry to distribute over 600 toiletry goody bags to families in need
- People Leadership – Directed a12-person volunteer team that managed the day to day operations of ministry that included membership development, fundraising, and community event planning
- Community Programming – Planned community focused events geared towards outreach and growth that regularly impacted between 100-500 people
- Membership Growth – Strategized and implemented impactful ministry programs, successfully increasing membership from 20 to 78 students within a 1 year time period
- Fundraising – Spearheaded scholarship fundraising through grassroots efforts encompassing lead generation, networking and community buy in that raised over $2000
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL12.2006
Skills
- Networking and Relationship Building
- Event Planning
- Content Creation
- Public Speaking
- Interpersonal skills
- Client Relations and Retention
- Strategic Planning
- Community Organizing
- Talent Recruiting
- Team Management and Development
- Competitive Market Analysis
- Budget Management
Community Leadership
- Sendera Ranch Elementary & Parkview Elementary PTA Board, Vice President of Programs 2022 - Present Community Strategizing: Identify school community needs and provide year round programming leading to a 25% increase in in family and teacher engagement Networking: Develop relationships with community businesses to gain programming support Volunteer Coordination: Recruit, organize and manage parent and student volunteers through various channels while keeping an updated database for future programming Donation Generation: Solicit and manage monetary and physical donations from individuals and businesses through cold calls, social media outlets and in person connections Marketing: Create and distribute marketing materials to publicize programming
- Leadership NISD, Parent Representative 2023 - Present Stakeholder Engagement: Sendera Ranch Elementary Parent Representative nominated to participate in monthly dialogue meetings detailing key District topics by Northwest ISD Executives
- Mocha Moms, President 2017 - 2019 Support Facilitator: Planned biweekly engaging outings and activities to meet the social and emotional needs of Stay at Home Mothers and young children Community Organizing: Increased volunteerism by 75% through coordinating numerous service projects that built community visibility
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Member 2005 - Present
Timeline
Guest Educator
Northwest Independent School District
10.2023 - Current
Director of Youth Ministry
St. Paul Church Of Jacksonville
01.2009 - 10.2011
Territory Sales Manager
Altria Group Distribution Company
02.2007 - 02.2017
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Florida A&M University
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