Benito A. Zarzuela

BENITO ZARZUELA

SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER

Rutherford, NJ
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Summary

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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Leadership/Coach/Mentor/Team Builder

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Strategic Planning/Execution

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Data Analytics/Research & Strategy

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Relationship/Partnership Builder

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Training & Development

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Leadership Culture Wellness

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Recruitment/Hiring/Negotiation

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Sales/Pipeline Management

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Sales/Business Development

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Strategic Sales/Revenue Growth

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Market Share/Marketing/Brand

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Employee Engagement/Performance

Experience

2022 Mar - 2022 Nov
STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER
DEMPSEY / CLIFTON, NJ

Ambassador and partnership builder. Built relationships establishing rapport providing quick turnaround response time to issues shifting client perception and significantly increasing satisfaction of largest and most strategic customers. Detect key updates, gain insight into future expansion and new referrals. Collaboration with cross-functional leaders to ensure timely and proper resolution of customer issues.

2017 Jan - 2022 Jan
DISTRICT GENERAL MANAGER, H&R BLOCK, PUERTO RICO & ESSEX
UNION COUNTY

Led district of 23 retail offices, brick & mortar, seasonal kiosks, delegated among 7 Team Leader direct reports; recruited candidates, identified future office leaders and instructors, coached, trained following SOPs, performance management.

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Led leaders, ensured healthy EBITDA, surpassed revenue targets, grew customer base, developed new opportunities. Managed teams to optimize productivity, and profitability, and led culture to be client focused to increase client retention and satisfaction.

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Accelerated business growth through strategic business plan, marketing, outbound campaigns, LinkedIn and FB for growth.

2014 Jan - 2016 Jan
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER NORTHERN LATIN AMERICA
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT / GUAYNABO, PR

$10M in P&L, $36M C&CA destination sales. Design strategic account plans to pursue opportunities in multiple industries, generated sales growth in automation solutions with energy efficiency and reliability. Grew business with Integrated Customer engagement selling.

2013 Jan - 2014 Jan
CUSTOMER CARE SPECIALIST
XEROX/RIGHT SOURCE/HUMANA PHARMACY / GUAYNABO, PR

Resolved grievances using escalation protocol to address member needs, educated members on inquiries, ensured compliance.

2011 Jan - 2013 Jan
TERRITORY/SALES REPRESENTATIVE/SR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
MOSAIC SALES

Contact local resale companies, managed entire line of Whirlpool products, evaluate balance of floor distribution, trained staff on promotions and offers, SaaS consultative sales to local public sector, Enterprise as well as SMB markets with solutions & proposals

2010 Jan - 2011 Jan
PROMOTER DE EMPLEO, ROCAFORT GROUP
LIFE INSURANCE EXTERNAL WHOLESALER

Contact and meet with UBS and Oriental Group's sales associates to include life insurance in portfolio, employment opportunity promoter through federal Workplace Investment Act. Helped diverse individuals to find jobs using tools and training provided.

2006 Jan - 2009 Jan
PARTNER BUSINESS ACCOUNT MANAGER, CHANNEL MANAGER
HEWLETT-PACKARD/ SAP ANDINA & CARIBE/ENABLER PR

Met IPG, PSG and TSG sales goals, improved partner relationships, sales performance, branding, successfully exceeded targets, managed partners, improved engagement, product knowledge, business development with local telecom companies and mobile device partners.

1994 Jan - 2005 Jan
PARTNER ACCOUNT MANAGER
MICROSOFT CARIBBEAN / GUAYNABO, PR

Improved partner sales, pipeline management disciplines, met needs, engagement and satisfaction, and coached resellers to incorporate Microsoft partner program. Pivotal product launches across Caribbean & Central America region to reseller channel and end-user clients.

PREVIOUS: SALES REPRESENTATIVE, COMPUTER GALLERY, PR

Education

Computer Systems Engineering & Technology Pontificia Universidad Catoica Madre & Maestra
BBA

BBA, Computer Systems Engineering & Technology Pontificia Universidad Catoica Madre & Maestra, Santiago, DOM. Rep

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