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Robert Freer

Bethesda,Maryland

Summary

Resourceful Project Manager with 15 years of expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Leads procurement of resources including equipment and supplies. Monitors projects by adhering to production schedule and budget, managing production team, identifying problems and providing targeted solutions. Knowledgeable in accounting principles, bookkeeping, budget, and financial management.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Taylor Oil Co
  • Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience
  • Conduct sales needs analysis with new and prospective customers, including the development of client-centric product solutions
  • Understands the communication needs of small and mid-sized business customers, and designs solutions to meet those unique business needs
  • Responsible for achieving a monthly unit quota in data, phone, and video sales
  • Designs, develops, and delivers sales proposals and presentations on product benefits
  • Self-generates leads by contacting prospective clients by telephone, cold call premise visits, networking, and industry events
  • Qualifies new leads and requests site surveys to determine serviceability of prospects, including submission of ROI analysis to sales management
  • Maintains all sales databases necessary to report sales activity and customer information
  • Works in conjunction with other business services support groups, including sales support and marketing personnel
  • Attends all sales meetings and training sessions as required by management.

Account Executive

Office Images Inc.
  • Full service contract furniture dealer focusing with customers both on the local and national level
  • Demonstrating success in the industry with a proactive approach focusing on commercial interior projects; design, specifications, budgeting, implementing processes, project management and installation, all while meeting budgets and timeline demands
  • Determined to make the full project team successful
  • Help organizations maximize performance from their 3 greatest assets: People, Facilities, Technology
  • Aid in space planning for renovations or relocation, to providing solutions by creating efficiency in the work place
  • Built relationships with architects and designers, clients, commercial brokers, contractors, and engineers, with a goal to create a better community through ideas and budgets which meet requirements of agencies and organizations.

Account Executive

The Coca-Cola Company
09.2015
  • Provided oversight of regional sales objectives, holding responsibility for sales teams in Maryland & Virginia; established sales objectives through forecasting and market research, projected expected sales volume and profits for new and existing products, and developed strategic action plans to exceed quotas
  • Maintained results through planning, monitoring, and appraising job performance; and contributing to team efforts by accomplishing related results
  • Cultivated superior customer relations to increase sales; ensured accurate orders and quickly responded to and resolved customer issues, improving customer satisfaction levels
  • Built brand loyalty through implementation of strategic merchandising techniques to create an engaging brand vision; executed action plans to capitalize on sales opportunities
  • Collaborated with sales center management teams to develop objectives and review the analysis of activities and forecast data to determine progress towards goals.

Project Manager

Office Images Inc.
02.2018 - 08.2022
  • Lead and manage projects from all phases; strategize initial ideas, order management, installation completion, and post installation assistance
  • Liaison between all parties and trades associated with projects
  • Effectively support resource management, develop budgets, project milestone schedules, manage construction meetings, and all client deliverables for US Federal Government Agencies and commercial corporations.

Account Manager

The Coca-Cola Company
01.2013 - 09.2015
  • Consistently met or exceeded sales objectives through effective account management; forged strong client relationships, accurately assessing client needs and creating solutions through up-selling
  • Managed the sell in and sell through process to achieve maximum account profitability and provided marketing and promotional platform to increase profit margins
  • Maintained & increased sales revenue by minimum set goal of 100% every year for over 5 years; created and maintained solid client relationships, utilizing superior interpersonal and networking skills to acquire new accounts
  • Delivered sales presentations, resulting in an increase in market share and customer loyalty; and pro-actively supported sales and marketing activities to identify prospects and opportunities
  • Established a reputation for continuously handling increasing responsibilities; exhibited a hand-on approach to managing key client accounts, utilizing analytical-based tools to exceed sales volumes
  • Optimized business development through collaboration with account teams regarding building and evaluating expansive territory to ensure business growth
  • Recognized as Maryland market rookie of the year (2013); increased sales volume/DNGP 103% from prior year while exceeding merchandising standards in territory
  • Awarded vacation from Monster Energy for exceptional collaboration on multiple sales-promotions across 4 quarters
  • 90-100% placement of new product introduction to given sales territories from Q1 2014- Q2 (2015).

Education

Bachelor of Arts and Humanities in Communications -

University of Maryland - College Park, MD
Membership: Member of Alpha Tau Omega (Alpha Phi Chapter)

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project planning and development
  • Project Scheduling

Timeline

Project Manager - Office Images Inc.
02.2018 - 08.2022
Account Executive - The Coca-Cola Company
09.2015
Account Manager - The Coca-Cola Company
01.2013 - 09.2015
Project Manager - Taylor Oil Co
Account Executive - Office Images Inc.
University of Maryland - College Park, MD - Bachelor of Arts and Humanities in Communications,
Robert Freer