Kelly Rose
814 E. 167th Terrace Gardner KS ∙ Phone: 913.522.4774 ∙ Email: kelly_7176@att.net
Objective: Obtain a challenging leadership position applying creative problem solving and project management skills with a growing company to achieve optimum utilization of its resources and grow market share.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Client Relations Manager:
Mid-America Merchandising March 2012- November 2012
204 W. 3rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64105, Director Larry White 816/471-5600
Description of Responsibilities:
- Support Sales Executives and play an active role as an inside/outside sales liaison by utilizing company systems, processes and merchandise; sourcing and selling products from our stock line and approved vendors.
- Facilitates internal paperwork accurately (orders, quotes, art forms, etc.). Recognizes existing and potential problems with sales orders throughout the process and offer solutions to the Account Managers and customers.
- Partner with Sales Executives on new product opportunities and new client RFP’s.
- Prioritizes workload and meet deadlines for a variety of marketing "deliverables".
- Work closely with clients Brand guidelines to find the best strategy to strengthen their Brand and Promotional needs.
Creative Sourcing Specialist:
Staples Promotional Products August 2007- March 2012
7500 W 110th Street
Overland Park, KS 66210, Supervisor Jenny McCarty 913/319-4424
Description of Responsibilities:
- Project planning and Management- Ability to interact effectively with current and potential clients to manage expectations, develop new brand opportunities and strategic marketing functions/projects and market research.
- Source promotional products that will fit each client’s needs.
- Negotiate high dollar opportunities and working with sales force to ensure the customer response is creative aggressive and accurate.
- Submit RFQ’s to overseas suppliers and analyze responses accordingly.
- Order product samples for Sales Force to display and/or give away in each client presentation, custom product solutions with creative strategy from start to finish product.
- Keep current regarding industry trends by traveling to tradeshows and communicating such to the department, as well as outside sales force.
- Web and Program Merchandising, strategic Marketing Research.
- Provide proactive, creative ideas to the department, as well as outside sales force on a regular basis.
- Take lead role in implementing “the Configurator” and Product Information System (PIM) and includes weekly testing on a multiple range of items allowing for any errors to be surfaced and corrected.
Business Development Analyst:
Staples Promotional Products August 2007-May 2005
7500 W 110th Street
Overland Park, KS 66210, Supervisor Shannon Davis 913/319-4736
Description of Responsibilities:
- Market Basket Exercises, pricing import/domestic of various customers supplied items.
- Working with suppliers to partner on these exercises to give Staples a competitive edge in RFP’s (Request for Proposal).
- Large order opportunities, sourcing import and domestic items.
- Negotiate high dollar opportunities and working with sales force to ensure the customer response is creative aggressive and accurate.
- Identifying, sourcing and procuring items for outbound marketing objectives, Business Development supplies and gifts for client presentations.
- Multi-task between 4-6 projects open simultaneously, deadline driven and detail oriented.
Inventory Expeditor:
Staples Promotional Products Feb 2002- May 2005
7500 W 110th Street
Overland Park, KS 66210, Supervisor Marilyn Harrenstein 913/319-4553
Description of Responsibilities:
- Generate faxes to vendors for drop ship Purchase Orders (PO’s) that have been created by customer orders.
- Follow up daily on PO’s via system reporting to ensure PO’s have been sent and are in process.
- Point of contact for vendor communication on any drop ship PO including shipping information, pricing questions and art questions.
- Communicate directly with vendors to follow up on PO’s, negotiate rush ship dates if necessary and resolve errors and problems.
- Maintain information in the AI Linc pertaining to ship date and any discussion with vendor and /or customer.
- Assist catalog buying assistants by generating PO’s for program inventory and providing follow up and expediting as needed.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Longview Community College August 1994 – May 1996
500 SW Longview Road
Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64081
Major Areas of Study: Pre-requisites for Business Administration/Marketing & Communications
Raymore-Peculiar High School Graduated May 1994
20801 S. School Rd
Peculiar, MO 64078
Major Areas of Study: Specialized in DECA, Marketing Education Program ∙ Vocational Technical Program for Skilled Nursing.
Proficient in the following computer programs: 2010 Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access, Power Point and Microsoft Excel, ASI Profit Manager, SAGE & ESP, Illustrator and various internet applications- as well as knowledge working with various spreadsheets and word processing.