Objective: A challenging career with an established and stable
organization.
Education:
*/**-**/** ******* Green State University Bowling Green, OH
Continued coursework toward a Finance degree. Participated in
Club Soccer.
8/95-5/97 Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN
Began coursework in general studies working toward a Finance
degree. Dean's list sophomore year. Attended on a scholarship
in Varsity Soccer.
8/91-6/95 Rocky River High School Rocky River, OH
Three year letter winner on Varsity Soccer team. Captain and All
State Honors as a Senior. Student Counsel Treasurer as a
Senior.
Employment:
5/09-Present K&K Distribution, LLC Yorkville, IL
Manufacturers Representative
8/08-5/09 Met-L-Flo, Inc Sugar Grove, IL
Account Manager
4/03-8/08 Valley Precision Seal, LLC Aurora, IL
Sales Manager. Managed and supported six sales representatives
in fourteen states as well as calling on my own customers.
Manager responsibilities included traveling to the field in
support of the representatives mainly as a source of education,
either about our products or different ways to market our
products to their individual customers. Was also responsible
for identifying, costing, and quoting all items for my customers
as well as our representatives' customers. Achievements with
VPS included:
. Completed a project that grossed $17,000 per month
starting in April 2008, a 33% increase over previous
monthly GP. The order was nine months in the making and
involved a new centrifuge design for uranium enrichment in
nuclear power plants.
. Negotiated deal for a raw material vendor to buy back
scrap left over after manufacturing process, resulted in a
23% raw material cost savings.
. Completed research and analysis of inbound freight costs
from offshore vendors. Recommended vendor consolidation
resulted in a 13% decrease in import shipping costs.
3/02-4/03 Waukegan Tire and Supply Waukegan, IL
Outside Sales Representative
7/00-3/02 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Jasper, IN
Factory Sales Representative
3/99-7/00 Transtar Industries Walton Hills, OH
Account Manager, Birmingham, AL Branch