RICHARD CARUSO
***** ********* **. **********, ** 48714
313-***-**** / ***********@******.***
Well-qualified manager with a strong history of sales, client service, training, marketing, competitiveness, and drive. A positive, goal oriented, and reliable asset for any position, with a proven track record of meeting and exceeding set revenue targets as well as aggressive timelines.
• Management in both Union and non-Union environments
• Sales, client service, marketing
• Team building, employee development, critical thinking
• Leadership, multi-tasking, strong organizational skills, dependability PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mortgage 1, Inc., Monroe, MI 04/2023 – Present
Mortgage Loan Officer
● Asked to rejoin the company 3 times over the course of the time with Supreme Lending. Twice by the President of the company
Supreme Lending, Trenton, MI 07/2022 – 03/2023
Mortgage Loan Officer
● +1.2 million closed transactions (Jan 1-present)
● Pursued by company for hire for over a year
Mortgage 1, Inc., Monroe, MI 02/2020 – 07/2022
Mortgage Loan Officer
● Promoted to President’s Club Loan Officer after first full year of closings
● 101 Loan Closings in 2021
● Top Producing Loan Officer in Monroe Branch 2021 Quicken Loans, Detroit, MI 11/2018 – 02/2020
Senior Mortgage Banker
● Promoted to Senior Mortgage Banker after 4 months of banking
● 200% Pace to Ace April and June of 2019
● 94%+ Average MRQ Rating
● Mentored to Omega Supreme Foundation Team
● Proficient in AMP and LOLA
● Recipient of LOC Award for October 2019
● Recipient of Top Closer Award for Gametime
● Recipient of MVP Award for The Investment
● Recipient of two coins
● Top Converter for the Colony in May and June of 2019 Brines Refrigeration, Lathrop Village, MI 09/2017 – 08/2018 Account Manager
● Started with the company on a team of Account Managers over accounts such as Petsmart and Family Dollar for heating and cooling.
● This entailed ordering parts, meeting deadlines, and overall job satisfaction.
● After 3 months with the company was given control of their Rite Aid lighting account based off of organization skills and meeting deadlines on a consistent basis. The Rite Aid lighting account entails overseeing over 3000 Rite Aid locations for all lighting needs.
● Ordering parts
● Creating spreadsheets using Excel
● Dispatching
● Coordination with Rite Aid Corporate
● Coordination with technicians
● Invoicing
● Cost control
● Meeting deadlines
Enterprise Holdings, Monroe, Wayne, Ann Arbor, Romulus, MI 11/2013 – 09/2017 Branch Manager
● Branch Manager for Ann Arbor Enterprise/National/Alamo
● Customer Service, marketing, sales training
● Fleet Management, debt control, vehicle quality control
● Interviewing, hiring, new employee trainer (trained 2 future managers)
● Manager to a staff of over 200 employees and a fleet of over 5,000 cars
● Conflict Resolution with employees and customers
● Customer and employee retention
● Held training seminars for sales to rental agents based on upgrading, selling coverage for vehicles, and additional products.
Sterling Jewelers 08/2012 – 11/2013
Sales, Key Holder
● Earned Key Holder status through responsible inventory control and maintaining sales while management was not present
● Marketing
● In house credit applications
● Protection sales
Consumer Acquisitions 12/2011 – 08/2012
Account Manager
● Named one of the top sales reps in the Nation 7 times
● Acquired a promotion within 1 week of work from general sales to account manager
● Built a team of successful sales agents as well as other account managers
● Sent to Dallas, TX for a National Top Representative meeting after only 4 months
● Assisted with hiring and training a staff for a brand-new operation in Eau Claire, WI GNC 02/2011 – 12/2011
Store Manager
● Appeared in training videos for four GNC locations. Videos included lectures, product knowledge, and role playing for customer facing situations.
● Held a $48 average per customer over 8 months with GNC when given a $30 average store
EDUCATION
Monroe County Community College (2009)
Associates of Applied Science
Specialization: Applied Sciences – Awarded full scholarship