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William M. (Bill) Poupart

Billings,MT

Summary

Performance-oriented Sales Leader offering exceptional record of achievement over 20+ year career. Tenacious manager with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, bringing in customers and accomplishing profit targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.

Overview

Work History

Regional Sales Manager

Costa Del Mar (last 14+ Years)
    • Developed a successful sales team through rigorous coaching, performance management, and ongoing training.
    • Organized regular sales meetings, providing comprehensive updates on market trends, competitor analysis, and new product developments.
    • Generated detailed sales reports and forecasts to analyze performance and track progress.
    • Contacted key accounts regularly and achieved high satisfaction scores by routinely re-assessing needs and resolving conflicts.
    • Exceeded quarterly sales targets consistently by leveraging extensive product knowledge and effective selling techniques.
    • Developed and maintained positive relationships with clients in assigned sales territories.
    • Participated in sales calls with direct reports to strengthen customer relationships and uncover possible opportunities for growth.
    • Collaborated with senior executives to evaluate performance in regional area and develop strategies to expand revenue generation.
    • Effectively recruited and hired highly talented individuals bringing exceptional skills and expertise to sales team.
    • Established clear performance metrics for monitoring individual team member progress, fostering accountability towards achieving shared goals as a cohesive unit.
    • Executed successful promotional events and trade shows.
    • Facilitated seamless communication between departments for better collaboration on projects that further supported regional growth initiatives.
    • Managed revenue models, process flows, operations support and customer engagement strategies.
    • Organized promotional events and interacted with community to increase sales volume.
    • Maintained financial controls, planned business operations and control expenses while identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow business operations and boost profits.
    • Directed sales support staff in administrative tasks to help sales reps close deals.
    • Liaised with sales, marketing, and management teams to develop solutions and accomplish shared objectives.
    • Achieved established KPI for company, regional team and individual performance through teamwork and focus on customers.
    • Collaborated cross-functionally with headquarters, regional and other teams nationally to maintain consistent message and experience.
    • Held one-on-one meetings with sales team members to identify selling hurdles and offered insight into best remedy.
    • Achieved regional sales objectives by coordinating sales team, developing successful strategies, and servicing accounts to strengthen business relationships.
    • Managed team of 26 regional sales representatives and consistently achieved high sales targets.

National Sales Director

Sunbelt Optics
  • Bullets are same as Costa position

Sales Representative

Nike Vision & Timing
  • Generated additional sales opportunities with upselling and cross-selling techniques in multiple channels of trade
  • Grew MT, WY & ID from under $100K to $1MM+ in revenue in just under 3 years

National Sales Director

Mountain Shades/ONE Eyewear
  • Bullets are same as Costa position

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

Utica College
Utica, NY
05.1987

Skills

  • Key Account Management
  • Staff Training
  • Business growth and retention
  • Sales Training
  • Performance Reviews
  • Product Sales
  • KPI Tracking
  • New business acquisition
  • Business Analytics
  • Strategic account development

Accomplishments

  • Throughout my sales management career, I have successfully built national & regional sales teams from scratch and developed existing sales teams into more finely tuned and effective sales leaders within each territory to consistently achieve & exceed corporate sales targets.
  • It has always been my goal to develop sales teams that are better listeners than our competitors to enable them to become business partners vs. order takers and bring value to the dealer that is unmatched in the sunglass industry.
  • In the 21st century it has become vitally necessary to develop sales teams that can provide analytics both for the their own use and their accounts so that the dealers understand that what we propose for them is developed to improve their bottom line. This has led me to continually train sales teams in SAP, Sales Force etc. so that they are proficient in all aspects of these platforms as it makes them better at their jobs

Pursuits/Industry Involvement

  • Life-long Skier
  • Former National & Professional Ski Patroller @ Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, NY & Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, MT
  • Angling Enthusiast
  • Lifelong cyclist pursuing both road and mountain aspects of sport
  • Lifelong outdoor enthusiast that has traveled to hike, bike & ski in various locales in numerous countries
  • Past member of OIA Capitol Summit team (5 years) that traveled annually to Washington, DC to lobby members of both houses of Congress to pass legislation that was important to the outdoor industry and communities throughout the US
  • Past member of Sunglass Association of America


Timeline

Regional Sales Manager

Costa Del Mar (last 14+ Years)

National Sales Director

Sunbelt Optics

Sales Representative

Nike Vision & Timing

National Sales Director

Mountain Shades/ONE Eyewear

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

Utica College
William M. (Bill) Poupart