Kelly Benes

Inspirer
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Advanced Scrum Master at Meijer

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Overview

Kelly is a customer-centric Advanced Scrum Master and Release Manager at Meijer, skilled in the SAFe Agile Framework. Her colleagues describe her as organized, dependable, and positive. She transitioned from full-stack development to agile leadership and holds a Bachelor of Science from Grand Valley State University.

Outside of work, she is a lifelong learner who is active in her local community. She participates in events like Grand Rapids Tech Week and volunteers with her coworkers at organizations such as Kids Food Basket, helping provide lunches for children.

During a tour of a Meijer distribution center, she learned that bananas are the companys number one selling item.

Personality Overview

Generous

Charming & Persuasive

Confident & Optimistic

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something.  They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Agile Methodologies
As a Certified SAFe 6 Advanced Scrum Master, she coaches multiple teams and is praised for her ability to improve processes and remove blocks.
Community Engagement
Volunteers at Kids Food Basket to support local children and attends events like Grand Rapids Tech Week to connect with the local tech community.
Cloud Fundamentals
Recently earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification to strengthen her understanding of cloud concepts and services.

Media Appearances

Kelly has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2024
Advanced Scrum Master at Meijer
5-2021 - 6-2024
Scrum Master at Meijer
3-2019 - 5-2021
Scrum Master at Our Daily Bread Ministries
9-2018 - 9-2019
Fullstack Web Developer at Our Daily Bread Ministries
9-2015 - 4-2018
Operation/ Store Sales Manager at The Clothing Cove

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS from Grand Valley State University
Development (Front-End) from Grand Circus Coding Bootcamp

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Insights For Selling To Kelly

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Acknowledge their status and position during the conversation
  • Look like someone who is on top of their game
  • Clearly address the competitive aspects

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kelly is

  • Product value plays a big role, followed by relationship and a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kelly

  • If they do not firmly believe in you, they will refuse without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kelly move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Kelly take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Kelly

Personality Compatibility


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