Donald Lewis

Donald Lewis- • ​https://www.linkedin.com/in/DonaldTheGuru/ 2154 W 7560 S, West Jordan, Utah- •- Marketing & Purchasing Talent Ambitious, sales-minded marketing professional with progressive negotiation experience impacting company performance and profitability through sales, marketing and purchasing leadership. Excellent negotiator with a proven track record of closing key accounts and building long-term business relationships. Seeks to contribute marketing and/or purchasing expertise in a forward-thinking, high energy work environment. • Sales & Marketing Strategy • Revenue & Profit Growth • Territory Expansion • Purchasing & Inventory Control • Business Development • Talent Training & Development • Operations Management • Customer Service • P&L Management / Budgeting • Relationship Building • E-Commerce Sales • Project Management Career Experience Vice President Acquisitions ​, West Jordan Thrift, West Jordan, UT 2019 to Present Delivered leadership for the day-to-day operations of three stores to assure optimum performance and continual improvement in customer service, employees, sales and marketing, property appearance, and P&L control while maintaining brand standards. Successfully communicate values, strategies, and objectives, assign accountabilities, and evaluate job results to increase company efficiency. DBA of Green Mobile, LLC. ● Funded and opened two additional subsidiary stores in year one: Treasure Hunt Thrift of Taylorsville and Pickers Paradise Thrift of Roy, both in Utah. ● Worked to identify trends within the community and the market to strategize effective solutions, increasing revenue and control cost in order to achieve highest possible net income. ● Effectively increased the company's success by training and coaching employees. President​, AirwayMarket.com (formerly FirstClassDiscountAir.com) 2012 to 2019 Conceptualized the marketing plan and sourced funding partners to found this independently owned and operated online travel company servicing 1,000’s of customers worldwide with discounted business class air fare. ● Recruited, hired, and trained a team of employees to manage the business independently and successfully cope with the increasing demands from the customers. …continued… Donald Lewis Page​ | 2 Marketing and Purchasing Director​, Lewis Wireless of Salt Lake City 2001 to 2012 Provided operational leadership with full P&L accountability to direct a team of employees to achieve aggressive sales goals within a competitive territory. Recruited top-notch talent and conducted coaching and mentoring to increase the team's ability to deliver and exceed expectations. Negotiated an average of 20 percent inventory cost savings resulting in exponential activation sales. Company now managed by son. ● Became the highest producer of new cell phone activations for AT&T in Utah during the first year. ● Drove profitability metrics, employee engagement, and customer experience through change and innovation. Paid off in full all building and land bank loans in two years. Owner / Operator​, Business Referral Network 1994 to 2001 Founded business networking company for business owners and members looking to grow their business and clientele. Coordinated weekly networking meetings to build industry connections via phone and client referrals. ● Leveraged membership to increase referral income YOY. ● Produced favorable client referrals and recommendations. Additional Experience: Owner / Operator​, Don Lewis & Associates ● Acquired travel inventory by negotiating vacations for radio stations’ awards in return for advertising for resorts and hotels. Earned a share of the travel inventory as a result for company clients. ● Founded Rocky Mountain Times division, a successful subscription based barter publication. ● Created and hosted the radio show called The Barter Show, with a weekly live barter auction gathering of hundreds of attendees. Owner / Operator​, Great Northern Distributing Company ● Grew a successful warehouse distribution company into a national private label health appliances distributor. ● Source of Great Northern Flour Mill and Food Dehydrators sold by Kmart and other national accounts. Education Completed three years towards Business Management degree Brigham Young University