Stephen
Sims
2045 Vista Del
Mar…Los Angeles,
CA 90068
1155 Paseo El Mirador…Palm
Springs, CA 92262
Pers 760-272-7652 Fax 760-323-1020 Cell 760-272-7327 Ssims1@dc.rr.com
A self starting, top-performing
Sales Management Professional with 20 years
experience in marketing,
promotion and Foodservice Sales/Management
Professional experience:
August 2000-Present…Self
Employed
- Created PSFunAndSun, Inc. in 2001 to explore and develop
the various ventures listed below.
Owner, Your Personal Driver, Oct.
2004-present
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Developed a personal,
private chauffeuring service, Your Personal Driver,
www.imyourpersonaldriver.com. We provide private chauffeurs to drive our clients
in their personal vehicles.
Property
Development. 2003-Present
- Erected/sold first home as a joint venture
2003. Have since erected 4 additional lower income/first time buyer
homes in the Desert Hot Springs area of the Coachella Valley.
Responsible for managing over 700K in investors’ funds.
Oversee
remodeling and landscaping projects for existing clients.
Seasonal
rental and private property management, PSFunAndSun, Inc. Nov. 2001-Present
- Responsible for managing seasonal rentals and
private residences in the Coachella Valley.
General
Sales Manager, WeDriveU, Inc. Jan.-Oct. 2004
- As GSM, was responsible, on a consultant basis,
for developing corporate business in the Los Angeles Metro area and for
developing a viable client base in the Coachella Valley.
Apr. 1996-Aug. 2000 District
Sales Manager…Sysco Foodservice of San Francisco
- Responsible
for training, managing, supervising, motivating and maintaining the
profitability of 8-10 Marketing Associates in a 10+ million dollar
territory.
- Preserved
and maintained District Sales/G.P. during the merger of operations of two
Sysco Houses and the installation of a new, in-house computer system.
- Responsible
for maintaining annual double-digit growth.
- Developed
and expanded contact with key customers and decision makers throughout the
district.
- Took
the lead in representing Sales Dept. on Company committees.
- Responsible
for interceding on the behalf of my M.A.’s with Sysco Corporate to resolve
credit, purchasing, delivery and any unique customer issues.
June
1984-Mar. 1996 Marketing
Associate…Sysco Foodservice of San Francisco
- Responsible
for developing and managing sales territory with 15,000 stocked items.
- Increased
sales from $500,000 to $2,300,000.
- Worked
with a variety of end users, ranging from county jails, sports arenas and
nursing homes to hotels, white tablecloth restaurants, fast food and chain
accounts.
- Remained
in the top third of House in sales performance.
- Developed,
cultivated and continued to increase Sysco’s in house export business in
the late 80’s, resulting in the creation of an export division within the
company.
- Completed
all the above while guiding and maintaining my sales territory through the
buy out of CFS Continental by Sysco in 1988.
Jan.
1980-June 1984 Sales Representative…Kraft
Foodservice, Pleasanton, Ca.
- Responsible
for increasing sales in a $500,000 territory to $1 million.
- Met or
exceeded sales quotas through account penetration and cold calling
- Began/developed
export business leading to an additional $150,000 in annual sales.
Oct.
1976-Sept. 1979 Delivery/Sales…Dr.
Pepper Bottling Company. Sylmar, Ca.
- Efficiently
managed a variety of delivery routes
- Increased
sales in territory by 15% over 1-½ years.
- Responsible
for collections, displays, increasing shelf space and merchandising.
EDUCATION
Colorado State University-Fort Collins, CO.
AWARDS
Kraft Foodservice
·
Seven time Sales Representative of the Month
·
1983-1984 Sales Representative of the Year, resulting in
the award of a new automobile
Sysco Foodservice
·
Received a variety of trips and prizes from
vendors/manufacturers.
·
Recipient of Corporate Incentive Trips.