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Sonjia Woodyard

Elko New Market,MN

Summary

Proven track record in enhancing account performance and exceeding sales quotas, demonstrated during my tenure at Thomson Reuters Corporation. Expert in account retention and sales goal achievement, my rapport building helps me to grow client relationships.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Services Consultant, Banker

Bank of the West

•Cold called, generated leads, and created a book of business, bringing in new opportunities

• Required in-depth product knowledge to select from multiple products and services

• Earned customer trust and respect presenting a congenial manner, educating customers, identifying options, and making common sense, advantageous recommendations

• Focused on developing the organization, negotiated/sold to commercial accounts up to $5M, followed up, and referred ready-to buy higher-level commercial accounts

• Consistently brought in new business accounts, 48 to 50 annually

• Exceeded quota, consistently in the top 4 among a 9 person sales force

Business Development and Loan Officer/Cash Mgmt

Merchants Bank, N.A

Account Executive

Integra Telecom

• Sold services and rapidly established a pipeline by cold calling and prospecting businesses

• Gained business by identifying and tailoring product mixes to customer needs and presenting solutions that surpassed customer expectations by focusing on benefits

Home Mortgage Consultant

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

• Sold loan solutions to customers, selecting the most appropriate product from a diverse number of products and successfully educated customers to understand the program and mitigate their risk

• Successfully sold loan solutions to customer, selected the right product from many products best suited to customer’s current as well as future needs

Home Mortgage Consultant

ABN AMRO Mortgage Group

• Sold loan solutions to customers, selecting the most appropriate product from a diverse number of products and successfully educated customers to understand the program and mitigate their risk

• Successfully sold loan solutions to customer, selected the right product from many products best suited to customer’s current as well as future needs

Owner

Treasure House Gifts

• Owned and operated my own small business

Senior Account Executive

MCI Worldcom

• Sold communication services and solutions in a B2B environment; used a consultative sales approach to identify needs and differentiated from a variety of product and service combinations best suited to each customer’s needs

• Specially chosen to train new hires due to achieving rapid/successful results

• Created PowerPoint presentations for customers

• Participated in successfully launching several new products and services

• Achieved “Presidents Club” membership for achieving 207% of quota

• Consistently exceeded sales quotas; recognized for high sales performance

• Completed the management training program

FindLaw Client Manager

Thomson Reuters Corporation
07.2019 - Current

- Consult with clients to understand goals and identify any issues.
- Retain accounts and identify any growth opportunities.
- Work with field reps to retain and grow accounts, help identify products to help clients achieve their goals.
- Provide any changes for any products a customer may have.
- 2023 Circle of Excellence, second place.

Inside Sales Consultant (Print)

Thomson Reuters Corporation
12.2012 - 06.2019

• Promoting/selling Rutter and West Legal products, including Print, eBooks, CD-Rom’s, and seminars, WestLaw, and Firm Central through outbound sales

• Building strong relationships and rapport with my customer’s and business partner’s

• Maintaining consistent sales using a customer centric, consultative sales approach with high customer contact volume to build and manage a pipeline

• Consistently exceeding quota; achieved 105% for 2014, 102.5% through June 2015, 120.5% for 2017, and 113% for 2018

• Mentoring, giving feedback, and coaching new sales representative on how to manage their territories, software navigation, and sales process

• Contract Specialist for my team

• Served on the Print Advisory Board

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
05.2006

Skills

  • Account Retention
  • Sales Goals
  • Account Performance Reviews
  • Sales Quota Achievement
  • Self Motivation
  • Product Knowledge
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Professionalism
  • Rapport Building

Timeline

FindLaw Client Manager

Thomson Reuters Corporation
07.2019 - Current

Inside Sales Consultant (Print)

Thomson Reuters Corporation
12.2012 - 06.2019

Financial Services Consultant, Banker

Bank of the West

Business Development and Loan Officer/Cash Mgmt

Merchants Bank, N.A

Account Executive

Integra Telecom

Home Mortgage Consultant

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Home Mortgage Consultant

ABN AMRO Mortgage Group

Owner

Treasure House Gifts

Senior Account Executive

MCI Worldcom

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Sonjia Woodyard