Jeffery Rodning

National Account Manager @ Wahl Clipper Corporation

About

As the Vice President of Sales at Minim, I built and lead the team that sells Motorola wifi smart products to retailers and distributors in North America. I have over 12 years of experience in driving revenue and growth with both big and small retailers/etailers in the CPG field, including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowes, Office Depot, Menards and more. I also serve on the senior leadership team and chair the culture committee, ensuring alignment and collaboration across the organization. My core competencies include new business development, growth within existing customers, strategic account planning, contract negotiations, sales growth and team building & leadership, plus relationship building. I am passionate about launching new products, growing market share, and developing trust and loyalty with customers of all sizes. I have a proven track record of successfully managing direct and independent reps, forecasting and budgeting, exceeding my sales plan. I am hard-working, honest, and adaptable sales professional who thrives in dynamic and challenging environments.

Country

United States

City

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Industry

Wholesale

Skill

Business-to-Business (B2B), Market Penetration, Working with Brokers, Business Reviews, Microsoft Office, English, Customer Satisfaction, Relationship Building, Retail Sales, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Sales Management, Account Management, Sales, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Business Turn-arounds, Direct Sales, Contract Negotiation, Product Management, P&L Budget Management

Experience

National Account Manager

Wahl Clipper Corporation

2024-7 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Sterling, Illinois, United States

Manage all sales for Target, Costco, PriceSmart and Mira

Vice President of Sales

Minim

2021-12 - 2024-4 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Promoted to VP to build the team both internally and externally to sell Motorola wifi smart products to retailers and distributors in North America. I also served on the senior leadership team under the direction of the CEO and was the Chair of the culture committee. Customers we did business with include but are not limited to Amazin, Best Buy, Target, Office Depot, Home Depot, Menards, Lowes, Shopify, D & H, Staples. The CPG sold are wifi smart products such as modems, routers, and mesh products to retailers and etailers throughout North America.

Director of Sales

Minim

2021-12 - 2022-4 · 5 mos

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minim, Inc. (NASDAQ: MINM) is the creator of intelligent networking products that dependably connect people to the information they need and the people they love. Headquartered in Manchester, NH, the company delivers smart software-driven communications products under the globally recognized Motorola brand and Minim® trademark. Minim end users benefit from a personalized and secure WiFi experience, leading to happy and safe homes where things just work. To learn more, visit https://www.minim.com.

Director of Sales

DiSa Digital Safety USA

2017-9 - 2021-12 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

DiSa is a company focused to help retailers and suppliers (B2B) worldwide to help eliminate fraud and theft inside and outside (in transit) of the stores. The product offered is SaaS which is installed in the mainframe of the company's computer system which will work at every register in store and in all distribution centers. In addition, this also includes delivery of on-line products being delivered to customer. Retailers working with and calling on include, Walmart, Home Depot, Macys, Kroger, Best Buy,Target, Walgreens, CVS, Office Depot, Nordstrom and Amazon.

Vice President- Home Entertainment: Target, Best Buy etc.

eSolutions Furniture

2007 - 2017 · 10 yrs

Global Account Manager (CPG) selling home entertainment and office furniture to retailers such as Best Buy, Target, HH Gregg, etc. Hired to stop the erosion of home entertainment furniture business at Best Buy and to gain reentry into Target. In addition manage manufacturers representatives in the US for the entire Home Entertainment division of Bush.

National Account Manager - Best Buy

Royal Philips

1999 - 2007 · 8 yrs

Brussels Region, Belgium

Recruited to manage and grow Best Buy's accessory business. • Grew Best Buy's accessory business from $2.8 million to $7 million in 2005, to $13 million in 2006, adding six additional SKU's in 2007 which will annualize to $24 million. • Member of a team managing one of the top six worldwide strategic accounts. •Selected to be one of 164 distinctive members of Philips International Retail Board. annualized in excess of $63M. • Led functional key account team: channel marketing, finance, logistics and executive sponsors.