Scott E. Bacon

123 Ridgewood Court, Jackson, MS  39211, 601-123-4567, scottbacon123@yahoo.com

Professional Experience

CEDARTON'S ANIMAL HOSPITAL, 1623 Seely Road,  Jackson, MS   39208

Operations Manager  (2/01 -  Present)

• Supervise duties of veterinary technicians to ensure proper medical care is quickly and properly administered to animals

• Oversee in-house training of technicians and the logistics of their yearly offsite training

• Oversee nutritional awareness programs sponsored by the hospital

• Oversee purchasing of hospital supplies, surgical equipment and work daily with sales representatives to obtain fair prices for supplies

• Regularly meet with customers to outline proper grooming habits and optimal health maintenance schedules of pets

• Experienced in performing routine clinical duties and assisting in complicated surgical procedures

MICHAEL'S PET NUTRITION, 4928 N. Beekerton Street, Kansas City, MO   64101

• Successfully increased sales in Florida and Georgia markets by 45%

• Launched several successful marketing campaigns to generate new customers

• Routinely exceeded monthly sales goals by more than 35%

• Organized monthly nutritional seminars to introduce local veterinarians and clinicians to the different benefits of Hill's pet products

• Designed promotional material and hand-out advertisements to acquaint customers with Hill's newest products

TERRIAC CORPORATION, One Terriac Drive, Memphis, TN   37501   

• Oversaw massive challenge aimed at increasing sales in Mississippi.  By utilizing new tools and implementing an aggressive sales strategy, in less than one year the company's sales skyrocketed by more than 275% in Mississippi.

• In 1997 outsold all other Terriac sales representatives and was unanimously voted "Rookie Salesman of the Year"

• Consistently exceeded company's sales quota and was cited regularly in company memos and other company communication as Terriac's top seller

• Regularly praised for garnering the trust of hard-to-sell clients and repeatedly awarded the company's most challenging contracts

• Earned highest customer retention rating amongst company's sales representatives

• Organized and personally led discussions at regular in-house seminars that were directed at store employees to help familiarize them with different usages and capabilities of Terriac's products while at the same time providing extensive information to aid employees in selling the company's products more effectively

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS  39209

• Designed and performed experimental laboratory procedures

• Developed restricted diets for laboratory subjects to be used in adjacent to important studies on addiction

• Co-wrote scientific papers outlining experimental results which were later published in the department's monthly medical journals

• Regularly worked with different computer software to manage experimental data

• Oversaw purchasing of laboratory supplies and equipment along with maintenance and tracking of this same equipment

Education

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Computer Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes