Matt Stakoe

About Matt Stakoe

A proven leader possessing expertise in strategic planning, business plan execution, sales and sales management, training and new business development. Qualified by 20+ years of successful sales, management and leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to lead sales teams, identify emerging business opportunities, grow revenues and maximize margin contribution. • Proven record of sales leadership with a demonstrated ability to lead a sales organization to achieve outstanding results in highly competitive markets • Able to build strong, long lasting relationships and distinctive strategic partnerships with key decision makers at all levels of an organization to achieve desired results • Experience meeting challenging sales goals/objectives; superior professional selling and account management skills • Disciplined, self-starter; enthusiastic and outgoing, skilled at hiring, training, evaluating, developing, coaching and motivating others to set challenging goals and achieve desired results • Able to act cooperatively and collaboratively to bring divergent views together to create a cohesive unit with clear vision and direction • Excellent problem-solving skills; able to analyze and recommend innovative solutions to improve business processes and achieve desired outcomes • Able to respond to changing situations with professionalism, critical thinking, flexibility, decisiveness, resourcefulness, and a sense of humor when necessary • Able to effectively develop strategic and operating plans which leverage new and existing relationships in key accounts to grow profitably within the territory/region or company • Able to effectively define, implement and execute annual business plans to drive the sales process to capitalize on identified growth opportunities to achieve targeted sales revenue goals

Experience

1. District Sales Manager

   KIK Consumer Products

   May 2015 — Present · North Carolina, GE

   Responsible for driving sales by calling on accounts at regional, market and store level for major mass retailers including Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot and Costco. Successfully driven sales through market analysis, interaction with store, market and regional management of key retailers, including gaining incremental seasonal and feature orders, acquisition of secondary product features and higher profit items. Manage retail sales team that drive store level sales and marketing activities. Current territory covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia.

Education

• Michigan State University

  BA, Advertising

  1983 — 1988