BRYAN A. FOUQUET

8002 Dowling Cove, Side A, Austin, TX 78745

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Highly accomplished, versatile, and achievement driven Management Professional seeking an opportunity to leverage strong leadership abilities, a demonstrated record of career advancement, and proven analytical and communication talents in supporting an organization to achieve its established goals.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Merges solid interpersonal and communication skills to forge strong customer relationships.

• Enthusiastically collaborates with internal colleagues to achieve established goals and expectations.

• Demonstrates expertise in all areas of operations management, project management, sales, marketing, advertising, business development, and personnel management.

• Effectively communicates with and motivates team members, fostering an atmosphere of teamwork.

• Blends integrity, innovative thinking, and leadership attributes to ensure customer satisfaction.

• Displays strong decision-making talents, critical thinking skills, and an unwavering drive to excel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sales Manager (05/07 to Present), Best Buy, Austin, TX, 2004 to Present

• Strategically direct the sales management function for a retail store that generates +$55 million in annual revenue, ensuring the consistent achievement of challenging revenue and profitability goals.

• Provide leadership and direction to 150 staff members in the execution of daily roles and coordinate intensive cross training programs that improve staff performance, flexibility, morale, and retention.

• Perform HR functions including hiring and recruitment, performance evaluation, internal promotions, administration of the disciplinary procedure, conflict management, and employee terminations.

• Collaborate closely with Sales Supervisors and provide dynamic leadership in the creation and implementation of sales and marketing initiatives that improve department performance.

• Play a pivotal role in the planning and execution of innovative marketing programs that include community based efforts, special events, and advertising on local papers, news, and radio programs.

• Function as a strategic business partner to senior management, evaluate operational performance, identify areas for concern, and improve efficiency, productivity, and service standards.

Selected Highlights

• Advanced rapidly through four increasingly responsible roles over the course of a highly successful tenure based on an exemplary work ethic and demonstrated leadership talents.

• Earned senior management recognition for consistently exceeding revenue and profitability goals and establishing the store as the Top Revenue generating store within the district.

• Spearheaded the roll out of two new departments – the musical instrument and customer assistant departments are now regarded as the benchmark for standards and performance within the company.

• Developed a high performance sales team that won an internal revenue and profitability contest during the 2008 ‘’Back to School’’ drive time, and resulted in two supervisors receiving trips to San Francisco.

Commissioned Sales / Customer Service Representative, Sprint PCS, Austin, Texas, 2004

• Leveraged strong consultative sales talents and interpersonal skills to close sales of cellular phone services to new and existing Sprint customers in an increasingly competitive market sector.

• Performed the full spectrum of business development functions including lead generation, prospecting, cold calling, networking, and presentation of sales proposals to key decision makers.

• Consistently exceeded monthly sales goals, utilizing demonstrated relationship management skills to close high value phone services to new, existing, and referred clients.

Earlier Professional Experience…

Commissioned Sales Representative, Home Theater Store, Austin, TX, 2003

Product Specialist / Department Senior, Best Buy, Austin, TX, 1999 to 2003

Outbound Sales Representative, MCI Worldcom, Austin, TX, 1999

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in History (GPA: 3.2), University of Texas, Austin, TX, 05/07

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Internet Applications