Alan Paluszek

**** *. ***** ****** ****** Park, IL 60477

708-***-****

acgzg0@r.postjobfree.com

Career Over 25 years of business experience within the automotive

Summary industry, 20 years of which is in a supervisory or management

role.

Strong knowledge with auto parts operations, order fulfillment

and sales.

Experienced in business development activities in both the

wholesale and retail areas, including off site customer sales

visits, cold calling, and after hours networking..

Solid planning and organizational skills for the staff of my

department, including annual performance reviews, merit

increases, and necessary disciplinary actions.

Monitored and managed the growth in sales and profitability of

each work location.

Experienced with employee development, including on-boarding and

monthly coaching of staff as well as preparation and delivery of

annual performance reviews.

Proven ability to effectively utilize staff through

individualized coaching to keep branch locations functioning

profitably and operationally sound.

Believe in adhering to company policies and remaining compliant

with federal regulations and both manufacturer and dealership

internal auditing requirements. Involved myself with many

community functions that targeted different areas resulting in

numerous sales and future business prospects.

Employme Parts / Wholesale Parts Manager, Martin Nissan, 2014-09 -

nt Skokie, IL current

Details Decreased parts inventory from $420,000 to $380,000

with a goal of $280,000.

Increased gross profit of parts department to $75,000

a month.

Increased wholesale gross profit line from $13,000 to

$19,000 a month.

Properly retrained the department staff on daily work

processes.

Parts Manager, International Autos, Tinley Park, IL 2013-09/20

14

Cleaned up the Subaru and Volvo parts inventory, thus

reducing obsolescence from 21% to less than 1%.

Implemented processes to more-fully utilize the

Subaru and Volvo manufacturer stock orders in order

to maximize profitability.

Increased wholesale revenue by over 11% for the first

year.

Increased gross monthly profit from $40,000 to

$55,000.

Reduced the drivers from 3 to 2 to increase

profitability.

Ran the Subaru and Volvo parts department to support

service needs for an average volume of 800 cars a

month with just one other person.

Parts Manager, Mid City Nissan, Chicago land Area 1999-2013

Supervised the work of a staff of up to 15 employees

spread between 2 different dealership locations in

the Chicago area, including workload balancing.

Recruited, trained, and supervised all staff members

and evaluated them both monthly and annually.

Implemented sales and referral goals for each

employee to meet the goals of my department.

Implemented new campaigns and sales techniques for

the staff to meet my sales goals.

Reduced Nissan parts inventory obsolescence from 18%

to 6% resulting in an annual inventory cost savings

of $350,000.

Increased gross monthly profit from $35,000 to

$87,000.

Wholesale Parts Manager, Honda of Lisle, Lisle, IL 1996-1999

Acquired and enrolled new customers by cold calling

in the community.

Managed daily wholesale parts inventory functions and

performed internal weekly and monthly audits.

Reduced parts inventory obsolescence from 15% to

virtually 0%, thus allowing my department to buy

other dealerships' inventory obsolescence for 50

cents on a dollar.

Prepared the work schedules for the staff across all

shifts required to support the dealership.

Parts Counterman, Honda of Lisle, Lisle, IL 1989-1996

Fulfilled orders for both retail customers and the

dealership's service technicians.

Performed daily parts ordering activities as well as

stock orders, according to inventory depletion

requirements.

Successfully organized the physical order of the

parts department to allow the department to run

efficiently.

Computer Microsoft Office 2010; including Word, Excel, Outlook,

Systems PowerPoint

Proficie Automotive Inventory Systems including Reynolds & Reynolds,

ncy HondaNet, NissanNet, SubaruNet, VCR2, ADP

Hobbies Founder: Tinley Park Bulldogs Girls Travel Softball Program

& Commissioner: Tinley Park Bulldogs Girls Travel Softball Program

Personal - 5 years

Interest Manager: Tinley Park Bulldogs Girls Travel Teams - 5 years

s (Teams 12 & under, 14 & under, 16 & under)

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