John R. Conrad

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West Columbia, SC

803-***-****

EXPERIENCE

ICI/GLIDDEN PAINTS 2002-2009

(High performance industrial coatings and paint)

Manager, Store #491-****-****

Acting Market Manager for Columbia, SC April - October 2009

Took over store with 5+ years of sales trending downward

Managed approximate $90,000 inventory to within $3.00 of book vs. actual

Managed four store employees

2008 Accomplishments (latest calendar year):

Sales of $1.1 million

Profit of $113,250

Increase in gallons sold of 1,689

Increase in average selling price of $1.04 per gallon

Managed collection of P/D accounts to 41 D.O.S.

Manager, Store #269-****-****

Took over store with stagnant sales and managed to increase sales to

prior year

Successful at bringing contractors back to ICI from competition

Moderate increase in sales during 1 year tenure

Lowe's Company

(Home Improvement Warehouse) 1999-2002

Paint Pro, Store #106*-****-****

Opened store in Oct. 2000, built business from nothing

Yearly department sales of $1,750,000

Profit margin of 38%

Successful at converting professional painting contractors to buying from

Lowe's

Paint Pro, Store #433-****-****

Sales Increase in 2000 of $165,000 by August

Improved margins in Dept. by 2.2% over same time

Properly Train and Supervise (when needed) paint dept. personnel

Certified by both Valspar and Olympic

Sherwin-Williams Company 1988-1999

Manager, Lexington, SC 1996-1999

Manage daily operations of high volume retail store

Manage, develop and train store personnel

Increased sales by 45% during 3 year period of managing this store

Increased operating profits by 1100% over same 3 year period

Managed P/D accounts within 12% to sales.

Received Masters Club award in 1997 for sales increase of 13% over budget

Manager, Landmark Square Columbia, SC 1994-1996

Assistant Manager, West Columbia, SC 1991-1994

Assistant Manager, Lexington, SC (transferred to larger volume store) 1990

Inside Sales, Forest Drive Store, Columbia,SC 1988-1990

EDUCATION

1980. AIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

West Columbia, SC

Conversant in SPANISH (not quite fluent)

OTHER TRAINING

ICI (A division of Akzo Nobel)

Industrial Coatings I and II

Sherwin-Williams Company Sponsored Training

Sherwin-Williams S.T.A.R.T. Program

Sherwin-Williams Store Manager Level I Training

Sherwin-Williams Civil Treatment Training

Industrial and Chemical Coatings

Special Equipment Training

FORKLIFT (STANDARD)

CHERRY PICKER FORKLIFT

REFERENCES

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