Michael J Rumer

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Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania 19608

610-***-**** / acz5wt@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To obtain a professional Sales partnership to promote, educate, and provide a valuable Product or service to a market by utilizing my skills of communication and connectivity to the markets need and demand to improve.

Qualifications

Import Sales and overseas purchasing expert offers ten years in the moulding and millwork industry; seven years’ experience in commodities sales & purchasing on all levels; and six years’ experience in Sales/management distribution to the “big box” stores i.e. Home Depot & Lowe’s. Possesses a proven track record of augmenting profits, generating clientele, and slashing import costs. Facilitates quality control with international manufacturers while working with new product lines and customer bases in the US to identify product demand. Established direct Sales and purchasing relationships with over thirty manufacturing mills in six countries: Chile, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, China, and Vietnam. Expertise includes Sales forecasting, communications, and inventory control. Professional Experience

LOWE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT Centers 2014 Present Commercial Sales Pro Service Specialist

FLOORING AMERICA WAGNER’S FLOORING 2013 2014 Import Markets Sales Growth & Strategies

THE HOME DEPOT 2011 – 2013 Lead generation / Home Services Sales Market Growth & Recovery Those Remodeling Guys US Remodelers 2009 – 2011 Home Depot Sales lead coordinator

FLEETWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC 2008 – 2009 Global Sourcing Director (store fixtures industries metals & plastics) BROCO SUPPY CO, INC 2006 – 2008 East Coast Sales / Import Buyer

MILL DIRECT SALES, INC 1998 – 2005 East Coast Sales Director /Import Buyer

PENNSYLVANIA MOULDING & MILLWORK CORPORATION 1996 – 1998 Operations Manager/Purchasing Mngr. /Inventory & Quality Control Mngr. VIRGINIA MOULDING & MILLWORK COMPANY 1994 – 1996 Distribution Branch Manager & Operations Manager

UNITED STATES ARMY 1990 – 1994 Airborne Ranger Infantry Soldier

Career Highlights

Increased clientele base through establishing key relationships with buyers and their real market needs in quality, cost, and just in time delivery to improve product and decrease final cost delivery, resulting in increased customer base over 35%.

Through contract and relationship building established a direct partnership with owner of storage and stripping facilities to increase his product handling, storage, and container striping that decreased clients final cost of product and increased time of delivery with free storage for first 30days from bill of lading receipt. Resulting in over

$5million dollars a year savings for both the company and client.

Established personal relationships with Family based factories in South America taking the clients final products to them and increasing quality in manufacturing and detail that increased their order base and factory growth at the same time improving the final product for client, Resulting in over 40% increase of supplier base and 20% decrease in final cost to consumer.

Filled a void in production and high demand need for pine doors in this US by utilizing the established port space contracts and supplier based relationships to take care of 4 east coasts plants and over 700,000 doors in just 18 months to supply the surge in the homebuilding market for Prem Door Masonite Corp. to the big box stores Home Depot, Lowe’s in the US

Trained sales associates in lead generation & the importance of customer connectivity and their belief in Home Depot as an extension of their family for core values of customer first in taking care of a customer’s needs. Resulting in taking the store from the second to last sales in the district to second in sales from the top. Education

Union University Jackson, TN 1989 – 1991 Major Business Management / Political Science

Belford University Accredited Online Studies 1991 – 1992 Bachelor’s Degree Business Management

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