Human Resources Information Technology

Joseph Zukosky

**** ******* **** ***** **** FL **286

***********@*****.*** 570-***-****

Experienced professional looking for a part time role. I have a great education, lots of experience, and lots of diverse skills. I am on Full Time Social Security Disability, but I am still allowed to earn up to $1,600 more per month. I have good people skills. I would like an active role to keep me busy. My limitation is that I cannot do any repetitive lifting of 30 pounds or more.

COMPETENCIES

Leadership, Inventory Management, Continuous Process Improvement, Construction, Microsoft Certified Excel Specialist, Hire and develop new employees, Reading blueprints, Completing Window Take Offs, Complaint Resolutions, Project Management software and execution, “Get Things Done Mentality” and solving everyday problems.

EDUCATION

State College of Florida—Information Technology Analysis

Villanova University—Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate

Pennsylvania State University—MBA Marketing

Pennsylvania State University—BA Economics

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Project, Excel, Power Point, Access, SQL Server, Transact SQL, Salesforce, Docusign, Build Pro

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sarasota Painters— February 2018—present

OWNER—NORTH PORT FLORIDA

Work as a small business owner and residential painter doing interior and exterior work. Have all my own tools at this point including brushes, rollers, poles, pressure washer, Titan sprayer and more. Our company has been in business for 3 years now, and has continued to grow, despite the challenges of Covid and exponential building growth. I have 16 years’ experience working for Sherwin Williams and Valspar before relocating to Florida where the economy is quite different. So, I do have a great amount of knowledge in terms of products and different application techniques for different substrates.

Responsible for Estimating, Providing Customer Presentations, Human Resources, Marketing, Product specifications, Managing a team of 5 employees,

Empire Millwork—October 2016—April 2018

TERRITORY MANAGER

Performed sales and marketing activities to exceed sell through forecast while maintaining positive customer relations.

Maximized sell through of brands by developing merchandising and sell through campaigns at our national retail partners.

Initiated and provided in-store product knowledge sessions to educate store personnel and management.

Hired and trained stockers as needed at each location.

Maintained or increased revenue of existing accounts. Acquired new accounts using cold calling leads funneled to us via Construction Monitor TM.

Lennar Homes—August 2014—September 2016

CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVE– VENICE FLORIDA

Help new homeowners navigate the warranty for the first year in their new home.

Perform Quality Assessment walks on all new homes 45 days from completion.

Process daily work orders. Send to the appropriate trade and follow up to make sure work is done in a timely fashion.

Lots of computer work including Salesforce, Excel, Teams, Word, Zoom, and Outlook

Constant interaction with trades and customers to solve problems.

Organization and establishing repeatable processes were key to this job.

Lowes Home Improvement— Florida August 2012— July 2014

INSTALLED SALES MANAGER, MILLWORK DEPARTMENT MANAGER

This was a true project Manager position balancing human resources (Lowes Installers), financial resources, and maintaining the original scope. I was responsible for supply chain ordering, managed a team of Sales Specialists, Installation Coordinators, and two Outside Sales Representatives.

I was able to increase customer satisfaction and referrals by meeting the time constraints of seasonal customers. I was able to do this by having our permit runner conduct a class for all inside stakeholders to apply for their own permits, thus expediting projects. Long running projects were pushed to the fall.

I was able to drastically reduce incorrectly ordered products by having more than one sales associate check the order for accuracy before being placed with the vendor.

Pella Corporation—Philadelphia Pa. May 2011 –December 2011

OUTSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Called on over 60 contractor yards in the greater Philadelphia area.

Used available business intelligence to create a successful marketing plan. The plan was built around the diversity of our product line and the divergent needs of customers from Long Island to Washington DC.

Helped grow market share by enlightening homeowners, wholesale distributors, builders, and architects on the superior quality, customization, and reduced lead time in direct comparison to our competitors.

Worked with Logistics team to reduce damaged orders by 15 percent and provide receipt of replacement orders within 2 weeks. The 2-week mark was a 33 percent increase in replenishment time over our largest competitor.

Valspar Corporation—Scranton Pa. September 1998-March 2010

TERRITORY SALES MANAGER

Efficiently called upon a rapidly expanding National Lowes store footprint.

Used hands on, PowerPoint, and side-by-side selling to establish the Valspar Brand as the premium line of paint in Lowes. The training and relationship development resulted in a roughly 70/30 split in favor of Valspar sales.

Targeted commercial property managers to drive incremental paint sales through Lowes for customers who might otherwise be buying their paint elsewhere.

Actively placed special orders and managed inventory to increase turns and improve ROI.

Assisted Lowes Associates in maintaining a grand opening appearance of marketing materials after stores opened.

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