Manager Sales

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April 01, 2010

Rick Creech

Greenville, S. C. 29615 ********@*********.***

Operations Management, Marketing and Sales

Over thirty years of leadership and management experience in the wholesale

and retail coatings business including business development, inventory

control, point-of sale administration, purchasing and sales.

EMPLOYMENT

2006- Present- Independent Business and Coatings Consultant

Researcher and specification developer for industrial and commercial

coatings applications and job cost analysis and estimating

2003-2006- Store Branch Manager, PPG/Porter Paints, Greenville, S.C.

Sold assets and equipment of RPC Inc. to PPG/Porter Paints and served

as the Branch Manager of their Greenville location. Within 2 years the

Greenville Branch became the first million dollar PPG store in South

Carolina. In our third year we opened two new locations in the

upstate, Anderson & Spartanburg enjoying the most market share

presence PPG has ever had in the Upstate.

1981-2003- Co/Owner & Store Manager of Rainbow Coatings Inc.,

Greenville, S.C

In 1981, started RPC Inc. (Rainbow Paint Coatings) and successfully

managed the store operations including planning, merchandising,

market analysis and staff, inventory and customer management; in1985

RPC purchased a local store and merged the operations with RPC Inc.

Our operations developed into three locations, the largest independent

paint distributor in the Upstate of South Carolina, with sixteen

employees, more than $ 2 million annual sales and servicing more then

5000 industrial/commercial/retail accounts.

1975-1981- Assistant Store Manager, Pittsburg Paint and Glass (PPG)

Assisted the Store Manager with buying, inventory management, sales,

team leadership, supervision and training

Education/ Training / Certifications

. High School Diploma: Hampden Dubose Academy, Zellwood, Fla.

. Blueprint Reading & Job cost estimating, Greenville Technical

College

. Management/Purchasing training, PPG/Porter Paints

. Certificates in Heavy Duty Industrial Coatings from PPG

Industries and Benjamin Moore Coatings

References:

Excellent personal and professional references available on request