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RASHAD CASTILLA

Brandon,MS

Summary

Talented sales professional who effectively multi-tasks and balances customer needs with company demands. Efficiently builds loyalty and long-term relationships with customers, while consistently reaching sales targets.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Executive

ScentAir Technologies
Brandon, MS
07.2017 - Current

This is a business to business sales position. My duties are to call on businesses face to face and by telephone to schedule a consultation to explain the value of scent marketing and negotiate pricing to sell them on a lease agreement for a scent diffusion machine. My primary focus is on the hotel, apartment, and senior living verticals. Required to meet a monthly goal and also input all prospecting and closed sale activity in a Customer Relationship Management database. Expectation is to conduct 8 to 10 sales presentations on a weekly basis.

Outside Sales Executive

12.2012 - 06.2017
  • AmeriPride Linen & Uniform Clinton, M S Executed cold calls on a daily basis in order to schedule appointments to convince decision makers in food & beverage as well as industrial verticals why they needed to do business with me.
  • Scheduled and attended at least 15 appointments per week.
  • Once appointment is scheduled, I answered customers' questions regarding products, prices and availability.
  • It is then my job to close the deal and get a signed contract.Collaborated with members of other departments to complete sales transactions.
  • Exceeded targeted sales goals by 15%.
  • Insurance Broker

    06.2007 - 12.2012

    Solicited individuals through telephone cold calling as well as referrals in

    order to schedule in-home appointments to offer insurance in the life &

    health markets.

    Answered customers' questions regarding products, prices and availability.

    Shared product knowledge with customers while making personal

    recommendations.

    Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions.

    My end goal was to close the sale with a new policy for the customer

    Inside Sales Representative

    02.1998 - 03.2006
    • Contacted new and existing customers to discuss how their needs could be met with specific products and services related to paging, customer messaging, and telemetry such as GPS solutions for fleets of vehicles.
    • Conducted business to business telephone sales.
    • Completed 40 outbound calls daily, with average conversion rate of 45%.
    • Responded to all customer inquiries in a timely manner.Quoted prices, credit terms and other bid specifications.

    Education

    Bachelor of Arts - Economics

    Tougaloo College
    Tougaloo, MS
    1997

    Skills

    • Adept at closing sales Accomplished in relationship
    • Detail-oriented selling
    • Self-sufficient Friendly and cheerful
    • Proven sales track record
    • Exceptional time management
    • schedule appointments, Business Administration and Management, closing, cold calling, conversion, credit, Detail-oriented, Economics, GPS, insurance, Management training, messaging, selling, sales, telemetry, telephone, time management

    Accomplishments

  • In 2014 and 2015, I was able to win the "Golden Eagle Award" for my branch at AmeriPride
  • This is an annual trip that is awarded to select sales executives throughout the US and Canada who achieve above and beyond the yearly revenue goal that is set forth by company executive leadership.
  • This is an accomplishment I am very proud of and takes tremendous focus, and dedication.
  • Timeline

    Account Executive

    ScentAir Technologies
    07.2017 - Current

    Outside Sales Executive

    12.2012 - 06.2017

    Insurance Broker

    06.2007 - 12.2012

    Inside Sales Representative

    02.1998 - 03.2006

    Bachelor of Arts - Economics

    Tougaloo College
    RASHAD CASTILLA