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Toby Steffin

Toby Steffin

Belnan,NS

Summary

A dynamic professional with over 20 years of experience in a variety of business environments. Persuasive communicator with superior relationship building skills and the ability to build and maintain meaningful and productive client relationships with key stakeholders. An award-winning professional with the ability to effectively analyze /assess situations, provide effective solutions, and show initiative by taking on new challenges successfully in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Additional Information Extensive experience in Sales, Sales Management and Marketing Promoting, selling, and securing business from prospective clients Cold Calling, both in person and on the phone Aptitude for acquiring selling skills and product knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills Analytical skills include identifying and solving problems Skilled in designing performance standards, incentive programs and negotiations Extensive experience in superior customer service and client relations Comprehensive background in analysis of sales, service and new application development Able to develop ideas into workable plans Able to work independently as well as with a team Competitive and innovative with excellent communications and interpersonal skills Highly-effective communicator, able to act as liaison between various organizations to achieve objectives Able to establish effective priorities among competing requirements Excellent computer literacy knowledge and skills - Microsoft Office and Internet Web site creation and design Organized with excellent time management skills Member of the Canadian Professional Sales Association Extensive experience in CRM Software (Microsoft, Sage, ACT!, etc.) Purchasing and Inventory Forklift & Skid Steer Operators License

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

REGIONAL TRAINING MANAGER

MACFARLANDS INDUSTRIAL / SUNBELT RENTALS
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Management of the Atlantic Canada Training Division
  • Through working with the Regional Management team, align the regional strategic training function with overall company objectives
  • Ensure all regional training and development programs align with a higher purpose and support core values
  • Oversee regional training schedules/calendars work with Product support managers, and work with
  • Marketing to deliver to the field regular updates
  • Work with vendors and product support team to develop training expectations
  • Responsible for the creation of and delivery of training to employees and customers as needed
  • Acts as an advisor regarding safety issues and standards
  • Oversee and direct District Trainers, Coordinators and Administrative Assistants

Business Owner

PROVINCIAL SAFETY TRAINING, Atlantic Canada
04.2020 - 08.2021
  • Ensure all regional training and development programs align with a higher purpose and support core values
  • Oversee regional training schedules/calendars work
  • Marketing to deliver to current customers, social media, search engines, etc
  • Work with my team to ensure we are meeting any and all training expectations
  • Responsible for the creation of and delivery of training to customers as needed
  • Acting as an advisor to my customers regarding safety issues and standards
  • Creating budget expectations
  • All fundamentals with regards to running a successful company and being a sole-proprietor

Outside Sales Representative

ECS Electrical Cable Supply Ltd
05.2019 - 03.2020
  • Commence establish, and grow strong customer relationships, retention and loyalty
  • Develop new accounts, generate sales quotes, and handle customer inquiries to service customers and grow the business
  • Make warm and cold calls to uncover opportunities
  • Provide superior customer service by delivering products and services to meet or exceed customer expectations
  • Identify prospects utilizing creative lead generating techniques
  • Deliver sales presentations and proposals to prospects, identifying positive features and advantages of our products and services
  • Follow up with prospects to close the sale
  • Started as an Inside Sales Representative and through proven abilities was promoted to Outside Sales
  • Representative
  • Adhere to ECS policies, procedures, products, programs and services
  • Created Training Manuals that would be used to assist other staff when it came to using our computer system

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

LIFTOW LIMITED
10.2010 - 04.2019
  • Management of Liftow Limited’s Training Division for Atlantic Canada
  • Selling of Liftow’s various training programs (Fork Lift, Skid Steer, Mini Excavator, etc.)
  • Maintaining and building a customer base while utilizing a Microsoft CRM platform
  • Hiring of individuals along with performance reviews of productivity and conduct
  • Responsibility for revenue, profit targets, and territory budget
  • Providing clear direction to my employees to ensure a high level of effectiveness
  • Follow ups with Customers to ensure that my Instructors have been effective in certifying their equipment Operators
  • Created and maintained return to work programs with various Government and nonprofit organizations
  • Ensure that all certified Liftow training courses meet compliance with each Provincial policies, procedures and safety standards
  • Marketing through a variety of mediums
  • Creation & design of various spreadsheets to track and analyze all figures throughout each year

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

ADT CANADA
04.2009 - 10.2010
  • Selling of security products within assigned territory, maintaining assigned sales quota and following established guidelines
  • Identify prospects utilizing creative lead generating techniques
  • Present sales presentation and proposal to prospects, identifying positive features and advantages of our products and services over those of the competition
  • Adhere to current ADT policies, procedures, products, programs and services
  • Follow up with prospects
  • Prepare final contract for signature
  • Process work order and complete all paperwork in accordance with approved and standardized procedures
  • Post installation follow-up
  • Maintain customer retention by affirming customer satisfaction after the completion of both 6 and 12 months of service
  • On the Safety Committee

ACCOUNT MANAGER

ARAMARK CANADA
12.2007 - 04.2009
  • Business to Business Selling of Food Services
  • Responsibility for revenue, profit targets, and territory budget
  • Development customer base
  • Cold Calling, both in person and on the phone

LOGISTICS CO-ORDINATOR

Pillar Telecommunications
09.2007 - 12.2007
  • Dartmouth Nova Scotia
  • Purchasing and ordering
  • Monthly inventory inspections
  • Logistics (vehicles, tools, equipment, etc.)
  • Expediting orders

ACCOUNT MANAGER

CUMINGS' FIRE & SAFETY
12.2006 - 08.2007
  • Business to Business Selling of Industrial Supplies & Fire Safety
  • Responsibility for revenue, profit targets, and territory budget
  • Fire Extinguisher Certification
  • Development customer base
  • Cold Calling, both in person and on the phone

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

Guide Yellow Pages
09.2006 - 03.2007
  • Business to Business Selling of Yellow Page advertising spaces
  • Establish and maintain good customer relations, with my assigned customers
  • Prospecting, including Cold Calling both in person and on the phone

Advertising Sales Representative

Sports Display of Canada
12.2005 - 09.2006
  • Atlantic Canada
  • Business to Retail Business Selling
  • Working with local business's to setup advertising programs
  • Development of Customer Base
  • Prospecting, including Cold Calling both in person and on the phone

ACCOUNT MANAGER

AME Supply
09.2004 - 12.2005
  • Business to Business Selling of Industrial Supplies
  • Responsibility for revenue, profit targets, and territory budget
  • Communicate effectively to express ideas, plans and actions to support my customer’s needs
  • Fire Extinguisher Certification
  • Development customer base

ACCOUNT MANAGER

NEBS Business Products
08.2002 - 09.2004
  • Business to Business Selling
  • Responsibility for revenue, profit targets, and territory budget
  • Implement sales strategies/call prioritization to achieve revenue and targets
  • Initiate sales calls to existing customers within assigned territory
  • Establish and maintain good customer relations.

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

Aliant ActiMedia
11.1998 - 01.2002
  • Business to Business Selling of Yellow Page advertising spaces
  • Consultatively sold Yellow Page Advertising programs to business customers
  • Establish and maintain good customer relations, with my assigned customers

RETAIL STORE MANAGER / FRANCHISEE

The Telephone Booth
08.1996 - 07.1998
  • Opened and managed new retail locations
  • Train Retail Staff on Store procedures as well as how to sell
  • Practiced various methods on ensuring maximum revenue
  • Excellent communications between staff and Head Office personnel
  • Organized the first outside sales teams

Store Manager

The Telephone Booth
10.1995 - 04.1996
  • Opened and managed a retail franchise location
  • Practiced various methods on ensuring maximum revenue
  • Set up Accounting programs for other Franchisees in the Southern Ontario region
  • Hired and Maintained Inside and Outside Sales Professionals

Education

High School Diploma -

Cole Harbour High
Dartmouth, NS
06.1990

No Degree - Website Design

I.W Akerley CollegeHuman
Dartmouth, NS

Human Resource Management, Business Management

I.W Akerley College
Dartmouth, NS
1998

Skills

  • Company Policy Compliance
  • Organizational Efficiency
  • Standard Operating Procedures Understanding
  • Training Manuals and Processes
  • Customer Needs Assessments
  • Online Platforms
  • Motivational Leadership
  • Multimedia Presentations
  • Document Organization
  • Production Processes
  • Corrective Actions
  • Customer Relations
  • Revenue Growth
  • Adult Learning Theories
  • Providing Feedback
  • Employee Evaluation
  • Learning Strategies
  • Proper Staffing
  • Educational Materials
  • Individual Trainings
  • Employee Surveys
  • Closing Procedures
  • Informational Packets
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Operational Standards
  • Special Assignments
  • Written Documentation
  • Core Values Management
  • Confidential Records Management
  • Staff Leadership
  • Budget Expenses
  • Company Policy Compliance
  • Develop Training Programs
  • Sales Leadership Development
  • Customer Inquiry and Response
  • Performance Measurement
  • Travel Arrangements
  • Shipment Processing
  • Interactive Content
  • Role Playing
  • On-The-Job Training
  • Evaluate Instructors
  • Daily Schedule Creation
  • Remote Employee Training
  • Customer Requirement Prioritization
  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Inventory Assessments
  • Inventory Stocking
  • Training Methods
  • Create Visual Aids

Accomplishments

  • Web Site Design
  • I.W Akerley College
  • Skills
  • Account Management (10+ years)
  • Cold Calling (10+ years)
  • Inventory Management (10+ years)
  • Sales (10+ years)
  • CRM (10+ years)
  • Data Entry (10+ years)
  • Powerpoint (10+ years)
  • Salesforce (2 years)
  • Microsoft Office (10+ years)
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM (5 years)
  • Act as the liaison between the groups (10+ years)
  • Develop annual sales plans, including annual objectives (8 years)
  • MS Office
  • Quickbooks
  • Sage
  • Outside Sales
  • Application Development
  • B2B Sales
  • Inside Sales
  • Business Development
  • Sales Management
  • Retail Management

Certification

  • WHMIS 2015 GHS Certification, CCOHS
  • WHMIS 2015 for Managers & Supervisors, CCOHS
  • Due Diligence in Occupational Health & Safety, CCOHS
  • Health and Safety for Office Managers, CCOHS
  • Lift Truck – Train the Trainer Instructor for
  • WHMIS 2015 GHS Instructor for certified Fork Lift training
  • First Aid Level 2

Additional Information

  • Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Work Availability

monday
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sunday
morning
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Quote

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Steve Jobs

Timeline

REGIONAL TRAINING MANAGER

MACFARLANDS INDUSTRIAL / SUNBELT RENTALS
08.2021 - 08.2022

Business Owner

PROVINCIAL SAFETY TRAINING, Atlantic Canada
04.2020 - 08.2021

Outside Sales Representative

ECS Electrical Cable Supply Ltd
05.2019 - 03.2020

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

LIFTOW LIMITED
10.2010 - 04.2019

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

ADT CANADA
04.2009 - 10.2010

ACCOUNT MANAGER

ARAMARK CANADA
12.2007 - 04.2009

LOGISTICS CO-ORDINATOR

Pillar Telecommunications
09.2007 - 12.2007

ACCOUNT MANAGER

CUMINGS' FIRE & SAFETY
12.2006 - 08.2007

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

Guide Yellow Pages
09.2006 - 03.2007

Advertising Sales Representative

Sports Display of Canada
12.2005 - 09.2006

ACCOUNT MANAGER

AME Supply
09.2004 - 12.2005

ACCOUNT MANAGER

NEBS Business Products
08.2002 - 09.2004

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

Aliant ActiMedia
11.1998 - 01.2002

RETAIL STORE MANAGER / FRANCHISEE

The Telephone Booth
08.1996 - 07.1998

Store Manager

The Telephone Booth
10.1995 - 04.1996

High School Diploma -

Cole Harbour High

No Degree - Website Design

I.W Akerley CollegeHuman

Human Resource Management, Business Management

I.W Akerley College
Toby Steffin