Ashlee Duerr

Collaborate with existing customers while identifying opportunities with smaller accounts to drive growth. Focus on strengthening relationships, uncovering new business opportunities, and delivering innovative solutions that align with client goals. Partner with clients to achieve success through a strategic assessment of their needs and objectives, resulting in increased sales and long-term growth.

Successfully driving sales growth by managing existing customer relationships and developing new business relationships within territory. Regularly visit top accounts to strengthen relationships and ensure continuity, resulting in increased sales. Collaborate with National and Key Accounts on their book of business to achieve collective goals and optimize sales performance.

Actively established and maintained solid relationships with key sales people to fill pipeline and grow apparel business within PCNA and assigned territory. Educated and consulted with customers and end users on how TriMark apparel fits into customer's marketing plan, programs and promotions. • Achieved 110% of forecast. • Collaborated with inside Project Manager to close new projects as well as insure repeat business and large orders. • Attended End User calls individually and with hard goods counterpart to ensure new business and facilitate product placement in existing programs. • Reviewed and analyzed sales in preparation for presentations, as well as review potential and current business for territory to hit monthly and annual budget. • Maintained accurate and detailed records on both perspective and active accounts by purposefully utilizing Salesforce.com. • Prepare bi-annual business reviews for top 20% of customers. • Attended Regional and National trade shows and events

Consistently and effectively maintained relationships with key sales people from small distributors to national accounts in an effort to manage and grow the Hard Goods and Calendar business. Created sales incentives and promotions to motivate customers and grow business for BIC Graphic as well as distributor base. Interviewed prospective new hires/train new hires in outside sales role as well as inside sales role. • Showed consistent growth of 7% to 10% through working with National Accounts and Key Accounts. • Promoted to Senior Account Manager after exceeding forecast for 5 consecutive years Presidents Club - BIC Graphic. • Achieved top 3 in sales 13 times over 20 years by growing YOY by 5 to 10%. • Maintained strong knowledge of product offerings through continuous education to provide expert advice and recommendations to customers. • Collaborated with inside team and marketing to educate key customers on how BIC Advertising and Promotional Products fit into their customer's marketing plan and programs. • Reviewed and analyzed sales in preparation for presentations as well as review potential and current business for territory to hit monthly quota. • Maintained accurate and detailed records on both perspective, and active accounts by purposefully utilizing CRM and Salesforce.com. • Attended Regional and National trade shows and events.

• Launched the Appliance Select Program for upscale home builders in the Dallas Metro Market. • Active in cold calling new accounts and account management of existing accounts. • Proven skills in relationship marketing, competitive positioning and market penetration.

• Recruited, trained and supervised sales associates for this indoor/outdoor furniture refurbishing company. • Established revenue goals and monitored performance. • Developed pricing strategy and reviewed proposed contracts. • Direct participation in large and or complex sales negotiations with the end user.