Sales Representative Construction Equipment

ROBERT MULVEY

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Construction Equipment Sales/Operation: Branch management in the Chicago area construction equipment rental market

EXPERIENCE

JANUARY 1 2015 – NOVEMBER 8 2019

OWNER AND SALES REPRESENTATIVE, SKYKING LIFT RENTALS, INC. Started and built an aerial lift rental business with 2 partners that currently has over 800 rental units and 16 employees. Monthly revenues well over $500K per month. Original duties included all facets of operation and sales. Maintaining, servicing, transportation, sales and administrative duties. After hiring multiple employees and signing a union contract, my duties became primarily focused on sales. Visiting construction jobsites and contractor offices to build a larger customer base to occupy our rental fleet. I unloaded the first 50 units on ‘day one’ and subsequently developed a customer base that resulted in over 750 units on rental contracts as of November 1, 2019.

JUNE 1 2003 – NOVEMBER 1 2015

OWNER SALES, LIFT WORKS, INC.

Started and built an aerial lift company with 3 partners that, at the time of my departure, had over 1,000 units on rental contracts and billed over $1,000,000 per month. My original duties included transportation and service and sales. I became exclusively sales and generally covered the construction sites and offices in the Chicago city limits.

June 1 2000 – JUNE 1 2003

OWNER/OPERATOR LUNAR LIFT RENTALS, INC.

Started and operated a small lift company that consisted of a pickup truck and trailer and 12 electric scissor lifts. I eventually built the fleet to over 50 units and a single axle rollback truck and was billing approximately $25,000

-$30,000 per month. I incorporated my fleet and customer base into Lift Works, Inc. fleet.

EDUCATION

JUNE 1989

ECONOMICS, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

I also studied German and have a minor.

SKILLS

● Excellent working knowledge of local

construction contractors

● Excellent working knowledge of construction

equipment

● I am comfortable meeting and developing

strong working relationships with the

construction industry personnel

● I have recently passed PAL – Powered Access

License training

● I have trained multiple employees over the

past 15-20 years – Safety, Sales, Operation

● I have a good understanding of logistics and

how to get the physical completion of the

work done even in difficult situations that the

construction market often presents

● I genuinely enjoy this industry, I have

developed many new ideas that have been

adopted by previous businesses and

personnel to increase performance and/or

improve work experience

● I am extremely familiar with the entire

Chicago Metro area

● I have an above average understanding of

how to fix/maintain equipment –

Hydraulic, Troubleshooting and repair

● I have a B class driver license and

experience operating, loading,

transporting heavy equipment.

● I have an above average understanding of

Excel and can import/sort/format

information to provide informative reports

● I have a current list of dedicated

customers that would be highly inclined to

provide me an opportunity to do business

with their company

● I have worked with many outside sales

representatives and can motivate and

educate them to get more rental business

and develop better time management

ACTIVITIES

I am a member of several trade groups in the Chicago construction market. Specifically, American Subcontractor Association (ASA), Finishing Contractor Association of Illinois (FCAI), and the American Rental Association (ARA).

I do not smoke and am in good physical condition.

I am willing to travel.

I speak German and marginal Spanish.

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