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Nikki Smith-Allen

Houston,Texas

Summary

Driven Regional and Territory Sales Executive with 10 years of Sales and Marketing experience. Exceptional multitasking skills, and the ability to manage a fast-paced sales environment. Result oriented, focused on driving sales and maximizing company profits, while effectively building loyal and long- term relationships with customers and exceeding sales targets.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Account Executive (Houston Territory)

Amarok Security
Columbia, SC
04.2018 - Current
  • Manage the sales cycle from discovery to negotiations for new business while growing existing accounts
  • Build relationships with Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) and other members of the buying decision team
  • Manage the qualification process by building business cases, threat assessments, and security analysis to show value for potential customers
  • Maintain CRM and sales pipeline for quarterly and annual sales quotas
  • Deliver strong weekly, monthly, and quarterly forecasts
  • Work collaboratively with all cross-functional resources to achieve high customer satisfaction
  • Meet and exceed annual territory sales goals
  • Develop and sustain relationships with existing customer base, building rapport as a personable and trusted resource
  • Prepare customized quotes and educate on products and services
  • Participate in sales training events and conferences to continuously develop skills and gain product knowledge.

Commercial Outside Sales Rep

Central Security Group
Stafford, TX
09.2017 - 04.2018
  • Present security products to potential and reoccurring customers as the face of CSG
  • Utilize salesforce CRM for all leads and continual updates through the sales process
  • Create professional written communications for all the sales updates, including phone discussion notes, emails and/or letters/mailings sent to prospects
  • Cultivate new leads through referrals, company provided leads, networking groups and cold- calling
  • Keep pre-scheduled appointments and schedule new appointments with homeowners and business owners to complete sales presentations
  • Follow through in a timely and professional manner with the entire sales process
  • Exceeds monthly sales goals of 10 self-generated sales while closing 90% of company leads
  • Report to the branch manager monthly with the daily action plan and explanation of activity
  • Follow-up with customers after the installation process to assure customer satisfaction and obtain referrals
  • Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations
  • Effectively present virtual demos and presentations related to CSG security products
  • Create electronic contracts
  • Efficiently manage territory resources to maximize daily production and time in front of customers
  • Skilled in system design, scope of work, theory of operation and solution integration
  • Collaborate with product and manufacturing representatives and operational counterparts
  • Expert in customer relationships, conflict resolution, negotiation, and customer service.

Realtor

Keller Williams
Katy, TX
01.2016 - 08.2017
  • Managed real estate transactions from initiation to closing.
  • Prepared forms needed for real estate transactions, contracts, deeds, closing statements and leases.
  • Represented buyers and sellers in major real estate transactions.
  • Scheduled home viewings with potential buyers.
  • Researched and determined competitive market price.

DFO Coordinator

Worley Parsons
Houston, TX
01.2013 - 12.2015
  • Coordinate between the Project Team and operations to define the documentation and information to be handed over to support operations planning, start-up preparations, and ultimate operations
  • Utilized management systems and tools for Interfacing with stakeholders on requirements and delivery
  • Ensured supplier documentation and information deliverables met contract requirements for handover to operations
  • Transmitted Early Deliverable / Final Deliverable information packages to operations proactively, bring to the attention of the Project Information Management Lead any issues that could potentially impact final documentation quality, cost or schedule
  • Ensured all final DFO drawings, documents, and their associated attributes are progressively loaded into U-Docs system.

Outside Sales Representative

Horizon Lights & Power
Houston, TX
07.2008 - 12.2012
  • Oversaw sales forecasting, goal setting and performance reporting for all accounts
  • Acquired $1.3 million in sales revenue in 9 months
  • Increased sales volume by adding 4000 accounts in the Northeastern territory
  • Contact and met with on average 10 new or existing customers in an 8-hour work day to discuss new products and services
  • Negotiated prices and terms of sales / service agreements
  • Created sales contracts with on and off premise accounts.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

Houston Community College
Houston, TX
01.2008

Skills

  • Creating Presentations
  • Negotiation
  • Prospecting
  • Territory Management
  • Marketing Knowledge
  • Product Knowledge
  • Communications
  • Forecasting
  • Customer focused
  • Effective Customer Upselling
  • Relationship Building
  • Data Management

Accomplishments

  • Recognized as 2021 and 2022 Presidents Club recipient for outstanding performance in the Central region.
  • Developed relationships with 300 new clients in a 5 year time frame.
  • Exceeded sales goals by average of 15% in 2021
  • Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Recognized for "Dynamic Duo" in 2019 for surrounding the deal with sales counterpart.

Timeline

Regional Account Executive (Houston Territory)

Amarok Security
04.2018 - Current

Commercial Outside Sales Rep

Central Security Group
09.2017 - 04.2018

Realtor

Keller Williams
01.2016 - 08.2017

DFO Coordinator

Worley Parsons
01.2013 - 12.2015

Outside Sales Representative

Horizon Lights & Power
07.2008 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

Houston Community College
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