John R. Haynes

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CELL 804-***-**** Glen Allen, Va. 23059 actgnn@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Goal Originated Sales Representative with proven success in territory development. Building and Grounds maintenance Supervision, Nursery, Farm Manager and Greenhouse Grower Operations. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Titan LED, American Made LED Manufacturer, Simi Valley, California Regional Sales Manager for Virginia March 2015 to Present

* Building a Team of Outside Sales Representatives in the Central / Southern Virginia Territory.

* Upgrading and retrofitting using LED Technology, Dominion Power as my Trade Ali, Green Funding for financing and Return On Investment Reports to close deals.

* Business to Business sales, Office Buildings and Large Commercial Projects. Terminix / Service Master. Richmond Virginia July -December 2014 Home Inspector / Outside Sales Representative

* Training program since August thru November 2014.

* Selling home related repairs to residential customers in the Richmond territory.

* Educate customers on home related issues such as Moisture, Fungus, Insulation, Pest control, Up Selling services such as Exclusion and Encapsulation. BFG Supply Co. Burton, Ohio January thru November 2013 Territory Sales Representative

* Territory Sales Representative Southern Virginia to Northern Maryland prospecting new business in the Greenhouse and Nursery market selling Plant material and in Delmarva on the Eastern Shore selling both plant material and Grower Supplies.

* Mark-up products from Manufactures guidelines ship in a timely manner. Establish customer credit, educate customers about new products, Present products, make the sale and obtain repeat sales.

* Scout territory for new business, sell the virtues of BFG Supply a new vendor in the Northeast territory. Griffin Supply Company Morgantown, Pennsylvania 2010 – 2012 Sales Territory Sales Representative

* Territory Sales Representative Delaware, Maryland and Virginia cold calling new business, maintaining and growing the business from $250 K to 130% in 2010 and 140% in 2012 to $1 M. RealScapes Landscape Services Hastings, Michigan 2008 –2010 Business Owner 1999 - 2003

* Building Maintenance, Buff Floors, general cleaning, preventative maintenance, painting interiors, exteriors, carpentry, cabinetry installation, plumbing, electrical, Decks, docks, Landscaping, maintenance, Pond installations, mowing, pruning, annual and perennial color changes. Yoder Brothers Inc. Barberton, Ohio 2006 – 2008

Sales Representative 2003 – 2005

- 1988 - 1996

* Territory Sales Rep. in MI. and IN. selling Plants using 60 different vendors and Yoder genetics.

* Educate customers with Yoder products, Garden, Pot and Cut Chrysanthemum Programs, Azalea, Hibiscus and Perennials also other Breeders materials and make the sale.

* 90% of the $1.25 M was Yoder product, the rest brokered vendors total increased to $1.5 M. Yoder Brothers Inc. / Royalty Administration International Fort Myers, FLA 2003 – 2005 Royalty Representative

* Protect Plant patents within a 5 state territory, monitoring stock production, was sent to many other states to identify specific targets and was able to obtain valuable evidence in all cases.

* Collecting and assisting in legal procedures with leading law firms.

* Top Rep every quarter during the 2 years of my employment. Yoder Brothers Parrish, FLA 1988 - 1996

Stock Grower

* for the outer growing structures that maintain the Poinsettia, Alstromeria, Dahlia, Rose and Cut, and Garden Chrysanthemum production on a 50 acre farm with supervision of the crew. Continuous Quality Improvement Process, Statistical Data Classes, Pesticide Formulation Trials, IPM Program Coordinator. Michigan Grower Products Galesburg, Mi 2005 – 2006 Quality Assurance Manager / Research and Development Manager

* Checking machinery to be sure they within acceptable specifications, checking end product mixes for the correct component measurements, checking the Lab Technicians, Equipment and following up with offsite tests for calibration purposes.

* Implementing changes and new processes to gain more control on quality and set parameters back to original recipe or formulations.

* Trialing new mixes and using all components in the Greenhouse and lab to make sure they are all within specifications. Checking Media mixes for PH/EC, air porosity and water holding capabilities. Harder and Warner Nursery Grand Rapids, MI 1996 - 1999 Wholesale Nursery Manager

* Managing two 80 acre farms and 15 acre retail sales area. Spring set up of nursery, soil screening, nursery production, winterizing all areas, designs thru the Garden Center sales, chemical applications, Irrigation set up, Container Production and loading all 32 landscape trucks before 10 a.m. Camelot East and West Residential Community Sarasota Florida 1986 - 1988 Landscape Manager / Residential Community Superintendant

* Hiring and firing, building a crew of 15 workers to increase as the new park fills.

* Lead a team of grounds workers at a 5 star residential community with the task of lawn maintenance, landscape installation, lawn fertilizations and all common areas, club house, lakes, tennis courts, model homes, and preparing new home sites.

* Promoted to Community Superintendant managing both parks with 900 homes on the East side and 1200 homes on the west side.

* Combined work force was 40 plus personnel with the task of maintaining the highest level of quality landscapes at both 5 star communities.

* Liaison position between management and the home owners. Working 80 plus hours per week was offered a Grower position from Yoder Brothers at the Bradenton Farm. Reasoners Wholesale Nursery Bradenton Florida 1984 – 1886 Landscape Crew Leader / Wholesale Plant Sales Manager

* Job duties were to install landscape plantings working with landscape plans from the Production Team, supervising a 3 -5 man team using skid loaders, boom trucks and straight trucks with trailers.

* Promoted into a management role as the Assistant Garden Center Manager

* Selling large trees and doing the installation for these plantings, Wholesale Sales, Pesticide applications at both Garden Center locations, nursery production at the greenhouses.

* Promoted to Wholesale Plant Sales Division Manager.

* Lead the department in wholesale plant sales in a 300 mile circumference in Florida.

* Calling on Garden Centers, Nurseries, Landscapers and Florist accounts to pre- fill the trucks for the sales routes, driving a sales route, loading / unloading trucks, Inventory management.

* Promoted to manage 18 Sears Garden Centers in the Tampa, Bradenton, Sarasota areas.

* I declined, was already working 85 plus hours per week without over time. Environmental Lawn Care Houston Texas 1982 - 1983

Lawn Applicator

* Apply fertilization to lawns and shrubs for commercial and residential accounts.

* Environmental was 2nd in the Houston Texas area and Chem Lawn was 1st.

* Doing 8-10 accounts per day until a co-worker showed me how I could increase my numbers, by the end of the season I was doing 25 to 30 per day.

* I was offered the Service Managers position at the end of the season, but had to decline due to health reasons, I had over exposed myself to pesticides, Cholinesterase levels were too high. EDUCATION

AAS Degree Ornamental Horticulture Technologies, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI. Certification 90 Hours of Nursery Operations, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL. 4 Credit Hours in Principals of Accounting Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL AFFILIATIONS

Ornamental Horticulture Technology Society President: Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mi. Knights of Columbus member Glen Allen, Va.

REFERENCES

MATHEW P. BERND PAUL TALLENT GEORGE MCFARLANE

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