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Jacob Posey

Trout,Louisiana

Summary

Two years of Grainger sales experience with close to eight years in total with Grainger. Extremely hardworking, self-motivated, and a team player. Dedicated to building relationships and partnerships with my customers to gain business and win as one team.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Field Account Representative

Grainger
05.2023 - Current
  • Some of my goals and responsibilities in this role have included the following: building and maintaining relationships and partnerships with my customer contacts at each of my accounts. These relationships have helped me become more than just another salesperson to my customers. I am a trusted partner who brings value to their organization and is willing and able to assist them with their projects and day-to-day operations. Some of the resources and partnerships I have utilized to succeed in this role include collaborating with other Grainger teammates across the company including those in branches, safety and facility services, KeepStock, seller and product support, consulting services, and more. I have also partnered with resources outside of the company, such as suppliers, vendors, and service providers to bring additional value and insight to my customers. Other areas of responsibilities have included maintaining my salesforce opportunities pipeline, rolling calendars, staying up to date on training, and maintaining other metrics and KPI’s. I have consistently scored “Meets” or “Exceeds Expectations” on all my reviews and have met or surpassed my yearly sales goals, excluding this current half, since starting in the role. Some of the skills I have acquired or strengthened in this role include time management, relationship-building, and organizational skills.

Onsite Service Representative

Grainger
12.2017 - 05.2023
  • Responsibilities include servicing customer’s Grainger vending machines and keep stock programs. Have developed and maintained close working relationships with customers and sales partners. Work closely with coworkers and sales partners on project work such as vending installs and keep stock installs. Work inline with sales partners to provide excellent service to customers and grow shared accounts. Attend safety calls on the regional and national level and relaying the information to current team during weekly calls. Skills acquired and strengthened include time management, teamwork, problem solving, relationship skills, communicating, and organization. Applications and programs used include Salesforce, keep stock application, Gcom application, Motus, Microsoft Teams, Excel, CribMaster, SOE, and others. Extra responsibilities include helping train and mentoring new hires. Serve as current team’s safety champion. Volunteered to take notes from national safety calls and present a slide of safety topics during monthly regional call.

Crew Specialist I

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
05.2017 - 12.2017
  • Responsible for responding to and putting out timberland fires. Assisting forester with Conservation Reserve Program by plotting tracts of land to get a count and measurement of trees. Gathering fire weather data and reporting it to the appropriate sources. Operating and maintaining different types of heavy machinery.

Engineer Technician Assistant II

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
05.2014 - 05.2017
  • Work closely with contractors and inspect state projects to ensure they were done to state specifications. Responsible for collecting samples and testing the quality of various building materials. Responsible for keeping up with the quantity of materials used and how much to pay the contractors for their services and materials used. This job required the use of computer applications including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and site manager.

Floorhand

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
04.2012 - 05.2014
  • Worked on a drilling rig in various extreme weather conditions. Hazardous job that required attention to operating safely and by OSHA standards. Worked as part of a team to drill oil wells, clean and maintain various parts of the rig, and operate different types of heavy machinery.

Education

High School Diploma -

Jena High School
Jena, Louisiana
05.2008

Skills

  • Goal oriented
  • Pipeline management
  • Business relationships
  • Cold calling
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Time management
  • Excellent communication
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Task prioritization

Timeline

Field Account Representative

Grainger
05.2023 - Current

Onsite Service Representative

Grainger
12.2017 - 05.2023

Crew Specialist I

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
05.2017 - 12.2017

Engineer Technician Assistant II

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
05.2014 - 05.2017

Floorhand

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
04.2012 - 05.2014

High School Diploma -

Jena High School

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