Charles S Rankin

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Wheaton, Il, *0189

312-***-****

ab9mxa@r.postjobfree.com

Education:Graduated University of Nebraska BS/Business management

Extremely efficient in the sales process. Talent lies in establishing business relationships in short order.. Relationship sales is my specialty. I love to sell.

2003-currentWindy City Construction and Design

Job responsibilities included selling a new product to this region James Hardie fiber cement. Eventually I began to sell a few additions, sunrooms, portico’s etc. I have sold more remodel Hardie jobs than any other rep in this region. The economy is the reason I need to make a change at this time, Windy City is pursuing other interests

1999-2003 Tic enterprises//division of Lucent Technologies

Job responsibilities: I was hired as a Sales rep to introduce new US Postal technologies to the end user. I became successful very early on and got promoted several times to key acct’s manager, then sales manager, and then regional sales manager. Lucent then began to have huge financial problems and eventually closed this division

1991-1999 Overspray Paint Consultants

Owner, Distributor of industrial paint filters and paint application equipment. Responsibilities included being responsible for the growth of the filter business in the Midwest. Growth was an issue Due to changing paint processes and the relocation of companies out of the region and the country.. I was able to: Acquire some new lines including a product that was imported from Belgium called Dinamec. Again as usual I penetrated the Midwest with this capital equipment item, a paint removal system that I sold to General Motors, Chrysler, Amana corporation, John Deere, and Admiral Corp. Due to the changes and continual relocation of my accounts I closed the business

1988-1991 Air technologies: Air filtration products serving the industrial painter.

Job responsibilities: Introduce a new revolutionary paint booth filtration product to the high volume industrial spray painters. I quickly opened doors to major acct’s all through the Midwest. ATI quickly noticed my talents, as I assumed dual roles of serving my accounts in the Midwest and traveling across the country opening new distributors. During this time I was able to penetrate the aerospace industries establishing accounts with Boeing, McDonald Douglass, and Bell Helicopters for starters. Finally ATI allowed me to take over responsibilities for the distribution of paint filters in the Midwest

1983-1988 Aro Corporation: Pumping systems Regional Sales Manager

Job responsibilities: Establish relationships with current distributors and develop new distributors. This included training distributor sales reps with product knowledge to sell the Aro pump line.

Introducing new pump lines as well as existing. This region was tops in the US markets.

1978-1983 Nordson Corporation: Automated coatings systems

Job responsibilities was to sell automated finishing equipment the metal finishers and regional distributors in Chicago, Indiana, Wisconsin Indiana. Finished in the top 5 of the company 3 of 5 years.

1973-1978Olympic Oldsmobile Finance Manager

As the business manager, I was the last person to see the customer after they bought a car. My job was to finalize the sale. Responsibilities included selling after market items and handle the finance and insurance options for the client. This was the second highest paying position in the dealership

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