Professional Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
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Sonia Mai

Advance America
New Ulm,TX
1
Language
1
Certification
35
years of professional experience

Results-driven professional with over 15 years in branch operations and sales management. Expertise in compliance, team leadership, and financial analysis leads to substantial increases in profit margins and customer satisfaction. Passionate about developing staff skills and achieving organizational goals.

Work History

Branch Sales Manager

19 Years 5 Months
Advance America | 11.2006 - 04.2026

Operations:

Communicate the Company's vision and strategies to all team members, establish and communicate division goals and objectives.

Manage financial goals, use analytics to assess ways to improve financial position, review operational standing of assigned branch to identify areas of opportunity for increased profit margin.

Provide training and guidance in all aspects of operations and sales leadership in conjunction with Division Director. Ensure the training of procedures outlining banking collections, audits and other company policies and standards are being met.

Ensure compliance with federal state and local law, as well as guide assigned branch teams in conjunction with Operational Quality Specialists on identifying and mitigating compliance concerns.

Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate team members.

Maintain the Advance America appearance standards and maintenance requirements for the branch.

Marketing:

Conduct and train competitive market analysis and develop strategies to increase total market share and active customer accounts; work with DDO, Field marketing Manager and Corporate Marketing to maintain campaigns for the branch.

Leadership:

Recognize, train, and develop skills and abilities of the branch team members in order to achieve objectives and provide effective leadership, responsible for growth and development as well as recruiting, coaching, evaluating branch teams.

Job Responsibilities:

Provide Leadership on sales, coaching and development of team and overall profitability and growth.

Collaborate with Division Director to help build a healthy, strong, future-facing branch; build strong relationships with current and prospective customers, in person, in the market and over the phone.

Monitor and measure customer satisfaction. Take the lead on case management for delinquent accounts.

Compliance:

Work with DDO to ensure that aII federal, state and local laws are followed including and detect potential risks for non-compliance.

Training:

Provide training and guidance in all aspects of operations, marketing and customer experience, teach and validate understands of customer choice One Customer/One Choice and the overall Omni channel experience. Instruct the brandch on company procedures, policies, practices an computer systems programs. Lead by example in a hands-on and approachable manner.

Recognize and develop skills/abilities of assigned branch in order to meet branch, division and company objectives.

Parts/Returns Department Head

3 Years 11 Months
Jim Coleman Company | 08.2002 - 07.2006

Created invoices for parts orders and repairs

Pulled parts

Packed orders and shipped them by UPS, FedEx, etc...

Received packages for parts department and returns department.

Received defective parts and sent them to the manufacturer or repaired them myself. Managed two employees. Other duties as required.

Receptionist Administrator

7 Years 9 Months
Office of the Attorney General of CNMI | 10.1996 - 07.2004

Managed front desk operations, in and outgoing calls and visitors

Handled government contracts from different offices

Assisted Registrar of Corporations with all duties

Assisted Attorney General Assistant with Child Support division

Office Manager

1 Year
Saipan LauLau Bay Golf Resort | 07.2001 - 07.2002
  • Managed daily office operations to ensure efficient workflow across departments.
  • Coordinated scheduling for meetings and events, optimizing resource allocation.
  • Streamlined communication between staff and management to enhance collaboration.
  • Assisted in maintaining accurate records and documentation for administrative processes.

Administrative Assistant

3 Years 10 Months
DFS-Duty Free Shoppers | 05.1991 - 03.1995

Ran sales tape from all locations and managed vault cash balances and deposits in the Accounting Receivables Department.

Inventory

Petty Cash

Education

High School Diploma

Marianas High School | Saipan, MP

Associate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice

Northern Marianas College | Saipan, MP | 03-1994

Skills

Increasing sales
Sales growth
Operations management
Team development
Team Training
Financial analysis
Sales training
Client management

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of up to 7 staff members.
  • Numerous certificates pertaining to the laws of lending and Western Union and Money Gram too (the AML).
  • Typing, computer skills, 10-key by touch, copier, fax, emails, etc....

Certification

AML laws for western union and money gram

Lending laws

Languages

Chamorro
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Branch Sales Manager

Advance America
11.2006 - 04.2026Read More

Parts/Returns Department Head

Jim Coleman Company
08.2002 - 07.2006Read More

Office Manager

Saipan LauLau Bay Golf Resort
07.2001 - 07.2002Read More

Receptionist Administrator

Office of the Attorney General of CNMI
10.1996 - 07.2004Read More

Administrative Assistant

DFS-Duty Free Shoppers
05.1991 - 03.1995Read More

Marianas High School

High School Diploma
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Northern Marianas College

Associate of Applied Science from Criminal Justice
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Sonia Mai