Aaron Malone: Business Advisor in Portland, OR

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Inside and Outside Sales Force Management; Direct Sales --Opened Canada as a new market for distribution including the establishment of an outstanding independent sales force. --As Regional Sales Manager, I held a continuous streak of 29 consecutive months of the fastest growing sales region in North America. --Integral part in forecasting, sales program construction, overall direction of the sales strategy and sole development of advanced statistics-based reporting on sales performance raising my Excel expertise to very-advanced. --Oversaw the sales and CRM portions of a very successful SAP implementation in Feb 2012 --Recruited and developed industry leading Inside Sales and Customer Service teams in addition to day-to-day management of 42 independent sales rep territories. --Designed and implemented our sales program and sales training efforts at all levels of the organization as well as at retail with IBDs and our key retailers/distributors (i.e. REI, Performance, Amazon, Competitive Cyclist, Bike Nashbar, Velotech, Norco/LTP, and QBP). --Built structure to facilitate coordination with road based brand specific specialists to gather market intelligence and to be our direct liaisons to our retail partners. --2014 Distributor of the Year First Annual Interbike Awards