Strother Booze
Sedalia,Missouri
Summary
Experienced leader in the field of Distribution and Sales who understands and practices the importance of a Team above all else. Presents passion and dedication in all tasks presented. Works daily to maintain the reputation of someone who is working to fulfill customers' needs as well as support the companies bottom line. Always motivated to learn new things especially in relation to increasing efficiencies and reducing cost. Strive to be respected who listens well and responds when necessary. Motivated by challenges and learns from roadblocks to ensure goals are met on time.
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Inside Sales Manager
Wireco
10.2024 - 04.2025
- Set and exceeded inside sales goals by establishing ambitious targets and motivating sales representatives.
- Scheduled and led department staff meetings, workshops and functions to encourage and inspire staff.
- Monitored and amplified sales pipeline to maintain flow of potential leads and prospects.
- Liaised with clients via email or phone to identify and address needs, growing existing accounts through cross-selling.
- Updated accounts and maintained long-term relationships with clients.
- Trained employees on new technology and sales methods to build highly-knowledgeable and successful team.
- Collaborated with upper management to implement continuous improvements and exceed team goals.
Regional Distribution Manager
Wireco Worldgroup Inc.
09.2018 - 10.2024
- Oversee a staff of 28 associates ranging from Management, Customer Care, Logistics and Material Handlers.
- Communicate daily on the importance of safety above all else encouraged feedback from all levels to assist in brainstorming best practices to reduce the risk of injuries and increase throughput
- Maintained and annual budget of $4 million not including an additional shipping budget of close to $4 million as well.
- Oversaw the reduction of shipping cost within the facility by $12,000 monthly.
- Assisted in the drive down of overall sock levels of roughly $2 million in aged materials with fading outlets.
- Absorbed the business of closing a distribution center within the company without the need for additional staff or large impact on our facilities on time delivery. This allowed for a $1 million in savings in overhead.
- Communicate daily with all levels of the business to maintain supply chain is moving on time from production to the customer, whether internal or external, leading to a reduction in lead time by 50%.
- Maintained inventory with a .01% annual variance.
Assistant Distribution Manager
WIRECO WORLDGROUP
03.2017 - 09.2018
- Managed day to day functions of the production floor.
- Assisted in the reduction of scrap and overall annual variance of less than 1%.
- Offered expertise in distribution and bottlenecks experienced on the production floor in development of new facility.
- Assisted in the move to a new facility with little or no impact to day to order processing and shipping needs of companies customers.
- Offered expertise in inventory management and current stock levels to internal teams and customers to facilitate accuracy and product availability.
Supervisor and Logistics
WIRECO WORLDGROUP
03.2014 - 03.2017
- Oversaw flow of order processing on the production floor.
- Conducted routine inspections of incoming materials to check quality and compliance with established product specifications.
- Enhanced training programs to strengthen employee knowledge and promote new managers from within.
- Worked to consolidate shipping in the reduction of shipping budget as well as shipping more efficiently and economically.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marketing Sales And Sales Management
Missouri State University
Springfield, MOSkills
- P>Distribution and warehousing
- P>Shipping and receiving
- P>Warehouse management systems
- P>Order picking and processing
- P>Staff Supervision
- P>Safety and compliance
- P>Staff Management
- P>Production planning
- P>Cost reduction
- P>Loading and unloading
- P>Budgeting
- P>Documentation
- P>Inventory Management
- P>Project Management
- P>Operational Improvement
- P>Team building
- P>Excel
- P>MS Word
- P>Importing, Exporting & Incoterms
- P>ERP systems
- P>Identifying Roadblocks
- P>Removal of Roadblocks Prior to reaching team
- Sales tracking
- Budget development
- Pipeline management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Competitor research
- Customer relationship building
Timeline
Inside Sales Manager
Wireco
10.2024 - 04.2025
Regional Distribution Manager
Wireco Worldgroup Inc.
09.2018 - 10.2024
Assistant Distribution Manager
WIRECO WORLDGROUP
03.2017 - 09.2018
Supervisor and Logistics
WIRECO WORLDGROUP
03.2014 - 03.2017
Bachelor of Science - Marketing Sales And Sales Management
Missouri State University
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