William Sams

About William Sams

Greetings! My name is William Sams. I am a graduate from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Communications with a minor in Leadership Development. I am currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration at Northern Kentucky University as well as working full time as a Management Trainee for Fortune 500 company, Cintas Corporation. I am business minded in all possible aspects and look forward to connecting with others like me!

Experience

1. Management Trainee

   Cintas

   Jun 2022 — Present · Louisville, KY, US

   Employs tactical leadership skills from senior management and executive associate team members to better serve our 48-person staff. • Congruent work with management staff aiding the implementation of service strategies for local, regional, and national accounts. • Establish strong requirements-based selling (needs-based selling) methods to provide complete and appropriate solutions for customer satisfaction and top-line revenue growth. • Philanthropic director for annual giving initiatives and local events. • Produces marketing materials and creative developments in the forms of flyers, videos, and graphics for local, regional, national use. • Manage engagement strategies and track engagement metrics. • Utilizes cross-functional sales skills to augment both current and new customer experiences. • Facilitates regional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion meetings to gather information, share ideas, and provide updates. • Designed a warehouse restructure plan to better organize $750K+ worth of location inventory. Led to more efficient receiving and distributing of daily shipments. • Documents daily reporting metrics for 20+ team members to be utilized during goal setting meetings. • Collaborate with 45+ team members to increase revenue at a $12 million location. • Manage and lead three direct reports where we execute developmental strategies to increase production, efficiency, and revenue. • Experience managing external vendors and agencies for fundraising and event planning. • Gained Systems Applications and Products (SAP) knowledge to access and share common company data. • Recruit quality candidates, execute staffing campaigns, and service events for interns, management trainees, and service leaders. • Attends regional/national summits to collaborate with members to share business updates and sales strategies. • Utilizes survey platforms to collect branch data to plan and prepare for future branch engagements.

Education

• University of Kentucky

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Business/Corporate Communications

  2017 — 2021

• Northern Kentucky University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Data Analytics & Marketing