Rachelle Rist
Account Manager for Outdoor/Sports Channel
Durham | United States
Skills
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Industries
Lifestyle
Outdoor
Streetwear
Yoga
Health & Fitness
In my own words
— RachelleOver 12 years experience successfully executing a wide range of office responsibilities, both in Sales and Purchasing.
Promoted from within company after showing skill set, dedication, and qualifications in all previous and current employers.
Trajectory
Dec 2014 — Now
Account Manager for Outdoor/Sports Channel · ChicoBag
Supervised and mentored a personal sales associate
Acquired sales with major retailers, such as REI, Ace Hardware, Orchard Supply Hardware, Maui Jim and Patagonia.
Created a group buy program that successfully landed products in the top National Parks in the United States. Continued buisness with the parks such as Yosemite, Yellowstone, Denali, Zion, Canyonlands, and Hawaii Pacific Parks continue to flourish with record sales year round.
Made outbound cold calls to gain new buisness. Maintain customer relationship after sale had been made.
Provide channel direction to company for continued sales growth.
Upsell to exsisting customers into new product collections.
Jan 2013 — Nov 2014
Sales Associate/ Receptionist · ChicoBag
Took incoming calls with customers placing order over phone, upsold.
Maintained outbound stock check calls average of 30 per day
Responsible for 10% of Sales Managers quota
Helped customers on companies E-Commerce website
Various other Office related tasks, answering front door, planning office parties, ordering supplies, ect.
Jan 2012 — Oct 2012
Document Delivery Specialist · Research Solutions
Promoted to delivering regular orders to the high paced, very demanding position of rush orders.
Delivered requested documents to clients in timely manner
Attention to detail was extremely important while verifying documents accuracy and ensuring copy quality.
Communicated with various "runners" located at National Library of Medicine, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UCLA, and University of Michigan libraries.
Feb 2010 — Dec 2012
Inside Sales/Purchasing Assistant · S&L Food Service
Responsible for the order processing of 3 to 5 routes on a daily basis.
Contacted 20-40 customers a day; took large volume orders, entered data into multiple systems, and prepared routes for drivers.
Wrote orders for 6 vendors, tracked all items, negotiated prices with suppliers, submitted orders, and monitored order deliveries.
Also helped warehouse in monthly inventory counts, and breaking down and distributing pallets of products to customers.
Jul 2005 — Jan 2010
Purchasing Assistant · Danielsen Company
Prepared and executed food service bids for 60 to 80 school districts.
Made company aware of lost income, and created system to track “bill backs”, recovering $50,000 - $100,000 in monthly revenue
Corresponded with suppliers and requesting product quotes, negotiated prices, entering and verifying product costs, and finalizing bid paperwork for submission.
Also responsible for the entire inventory of the Cash & Carry retail store, and database maintenance on market priced items.
