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About me
Sales Operations Manager at Imprint Plus
Education

Pryor Learning
-Project ManagementActivities and Societies: Project Management, Management & Leadership, Training & Coaching Main focus on Project Management and other Leadership disciplines.

Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma
2009 - 2011Yellow Belt Lean ManufacturingActivities and Societies: Introduced Lean Manufacturing to our company and encouraged all staff to attain training in this very important discipline to gain knowledge and skills in their professional growth. Helped to create the Lean Committee at Imprint Plus, later to head to committee and monthly meetings to ensure continuous improvement in everything we do.

Canadian Professional Sales Association
2022 - 2022Certificate Professional Sales Management 96%
BCIT School of Business
2004 - 2007Associate Certificate Leadership Management(with honours)

Kwantlen Polytechnic University
1983 - 1986Bachelor Applied DesignDegree program in the Arts of design (clothing and interior)

Sandler Training
2013 - 2017Selling Skills and Sales OperationsActivities and Societies: Trained by Trainwest Management & Consulting. Continued ongoing training within the Sandler Sales Training programs that included professional development - sales training, leadership & customer service.
Experience

Kamari Professional Uniforms
Jan 1989 - Jan 1998OwnerManufacturer of Healthcare Uniforms Owned and Operated all aspects of the business including designing, marketing and sales of private line of healthcare uniforms as well as specialty labcoats for Dental Hygiene, Dentists, Diagnostic Imaging, General Practitioners, and costume apparel for the Entertainment Industry (TV series and Movies filming in North Vancouver studios).Supervised all aspects of manufacturing and employees including outside contractors.New line of healthcare uniforms were designed, sampled and manufactured annually. Catalogue was distributed twice a year direct to the consumer as well as supplied to outside sales staff. Uniform line was known in Western Canada & Pacific Northwest in the US. Show less

Imprint Plus within the Avery Division at CCL Industries
Jan 1999 - Jan 2001Sales RepresentativeServiced existing customer base. Order co-ordination, price quoting, order expediting, and including Accounts Receivables.

Imprint Plus within the Avery Division at CCL Industries
Jan 2002 - Jan 2005Customer Service ManagerAccount Management of higher tier client base and managed the Customer Service Team. Including order entry, new customer set up, and meeting targets of Customer Retention and Growth.

Imprint Plus within the Avery Division at CCL Industries
Jan 2006 - Jan 2017Responsible for the largest customer base and Brand Manager large hotel organization including all Hotel Distributors. Continued new business development in Banking and high level Account Management of our Retail & Cruise Lines accounts. Brand Management of large hotel group to support sales representatives selling through the contract as well as our partner hotel distributors who are also servicing the hotel group. Continued retention & growth of key accounts, many of which have been clients for over 10 years. Show less
Senior Account Manager & Brand Manager
Jan 2015 - Jan 2017Account Manager & Brand Manager
Jan 2012 - Jan 2016Business Development Manager
Jan 2006 - Jan 2012

Imprint Plus
Jan 2018 - nowResponsible for top tier accounts and Brand Management of large hotel organizations. Key focus is Retail, Cruise Lines, Hotels & Resellers. Strategically working with all departments in our organization to ensure on time delivery, new development of products as required by key accounts. New business development in Banking & Healthcare and continued support of sales representatives that work within the hotel contracts. Additional channels are Government accounts, Grocery & Convenience chains and one of the largest hotel management groups. Show less
Sales Operations Manager
Jan 2023 - nowSales Manager
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023Executive Account Manager & Brand Manager
Jan 2018 - Jun 2020
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate

CPSA Member
Canadian Professional Sales Association 
How to Supervise Bad Attitudes and Negative Behaviors
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackSept 2023
Advanced Microsoft® Excel®-Macros, PivotTables, Charts and More
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackAug 2023
Leadership, Team-Building and Coaching Skills
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackSept 2023
Data-Driven Decision Making and Analysis Course
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackAug 2023
The Manager's Role as Trainer and Coach Seminar
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackJul 2023- View certificate

Project Management Workshop
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackMay 2023 
Easily Master Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables Seminar
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackJun 2023
Training the Trainer
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackJun 2023
Fundamentals of Project Management
Pryor Learning | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrackApr 2023
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