Robert Buster is an experienced account representative seeking a new opportunity. He has 19 years of experience in sales and customer service roles at Coca-Cola, where he developed strong relationships and increased sales. Buster has a track record of strategic account development, excellent communication skills, and driving innovative solutions to increase customer footprint and profits. He is goal-oriented and strives to be customers' best supplier.

1. Robert Buster
701 Austin Acres, Sulphur Springs TX 7548
Home: 903-335-8516 Cell: 903-243-1086
Email: rbuster76@outlook.com
www.linkedin.com/in/rbuster76
Summary
Account Representative who excels at building a loyal customer base to achieve both
short and long-term organization sales goals. Very Goal oriented with a strong drive to
be our customers’ best supplier.
Highlights
 Exceptional customer service skills
 Strategic account development
 Strong communicator
 Customer-oriented
 Strong lead development skills
 Excellent negotiating tactics
EmploymentHistory
Coca-Cola Sulphur Springs/Dallas/Paris/Tyler February 1997-March 2016
Part time Warehouse
 Sorting bottles in the warehouse in the mornings
 Cleaning the warehouse
 Building orders for Grocery Supply
Full Time Warehouse
 Building orders for large/small account
 Forklift operations
 Loading/unloading bulk transports
Merchandiser
 Breaking down pallets from the transports
 Filling shelves in accounts
 Maintaining clean working environment for customers and in back room
 Sell in displays where I could
 Built large and small thematic displays
Sr Merchandiser
 Covered routes where needed
 Helped my team build displays, or assisted them where needed

2.  Sold in displays where I could
 Promoted our products over the competitors
Full Service Driver
I obtained my CDL through Coca-Cola and was promoted to FSD.
 Driving a tractor trailer in a safe and courteous manner according to company
standards
 Filling vending machines with our products
 Collecting money from the machines
Sideload driver
After much discussion with my supervisor, it was decided that I needed to move to the
Sales side of the business to be more promotable.
 Responsible for delivering products to customers
 Rotation of our products
 Collecting money from customers
 Abiding by DOT regulations
Sr Sideload
 Filled in for open routes
 Helped line out routes for the following work day
 Filled in for my supervisor when he was on vacation
 Learned to geo-code the routes
 Set up routes to be approved using the geo code
 Filled in for the Account Managers as needed
 Covered my supervisors’ vacations and assumed his duties which included
making sure all routes were ready to go in the mornings with drivers to cover.
Ensured all drivers were abiding by DOT laws and had the necessary equipment
to complete the day.
Account Manager
 I was responsible for 1 of the top 5 Walmart in the state of Texas.
 Sold in innovative ideas to help increase sales in a saturated market
 Sold thematic displays to increase shareholder footprint and profit
 Sold innovative ideas to increase the profit to the accounts
 Discussed market trends and activities with the customer
 Did business reviews with the customers to help decide what products to display
to gain footprint and retail profit dollars.
 Designed unique point of sale to draw attention to our product and away from
competitors
 Led associates from Ohio, Illinois, California, St. Louis, Canada and other places
globally in the use of Design Machine.
 My market had shown a solid growth over previous year. Total case to Date was
up 110% and my strategic volume was up 113%

3. Education
Paris Jr College - Sulphur Springs, TX, USA
I have approximately 15hrs of college courses.
High School Diploma: 1994
Sulphur Springs High School – Sulphur Springs, TX, USA
References
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