Dean Houghton

- Managed Northern CA distribution customers sales of engineered wood, lumber, decking and siding products.

- Increased annual sales volume by 20% each year.

- Increased number of showroom displays and product installations by 50%.

- Conducted training clinics, lunch & learn meetings, attended customer trade shows and promotional events.

- Responsible for pull through cabinet hardware sales utilizing 4 distributors and their 35 sales reps servicing over 1,200 OEMs.

- Launched 2 new products lines and received sales awards for sales success for 2012 and 2013.

- Increased distribution sales from $800K to $1.4K in 3 years.

- Managed cabinet/furniture/architectural hardware sales to over 250 Bay Area accounts.

- Improved product mix purchased by customers by 25% and added number of showrooms displaying Hafele products by 40% in 3 years.

- Grew territory sales volume by 30% from 2006 to 2010.

- Managed High Pressure Laminate and Solid Surface distribution, OEM, and specification sales efforts.

- Coordinated lunch & learn Architect meetings with 2 Architectural specification reps.

- Responsible for new product launch and sales growth.

- Grew number of displaying dealers by 25% in 3 years.