Garrett Bliven

Solar Sales Manager/ Recruiter, Office Administrator

Corona, CA 92882

adwrx4@r.postjobfree.com

+1-951-***-****

A dedicated and dependable leader, born and raised in Bertrand, Nebraska on his family farm, assisted the family with their construction company during summer months, has developed skills working independently and in a team setting. relocated to California in 2018 in pursuit of a new career in office managment with a goal of one day managing his own solar sales company. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Independent Sales Contractor-Solar

First Team Savings - Corona, CA

May 2022 to Present

Career in Sales began as an Entry Level Solar lead Generator. Tasks included

1. door to door advertising of savings programs offered by the company 2. Build interest of potential clients by informing them of benefits and long term savings that switching to solar could provide

3. Verify any potential client meets basic qualifications to be eligible for the program 4. schedule future in home appointments to meet with energy advisor for enrollment process by 3rd month, achieved and maintained an 80% holding rate of appointments scheduled, and resulting in 9 successful enrollments,

received and accepted a position advancement with the company as program facilitator/ team leader after building and demonstrating a strong knowledge of company policies and sales procedures, and strong leadership quality

Tasks included

1. conduct 1st interviews and 2 hour observation sessions with potential team members, advancing them onto final interviews with CEO

2. complete onboarding process with new employees that were successful with 2nd interview. 3. attend meeting scheduled by team members with task of successful enrollment of solar programs achievements

successfully trained and developed a team of 6 sales reps, 4 of them being promoted to higher positions within the company. and increasing enrollment rate by 40%. personaly generated $78,000 profit from enrollments to the company in just 7 months. Skills

• advanced knowledge in the current solar industry

• experience in talent acquisition, team management and development,

• training and retention

• familiar with basic and advanced sales techniques Contractors Assistant/ Trainee

Blum construction - Bertrand, NE

January 2013 to December 2016

Skills

• Heavy machinery operation and maintenance

• Framing

• concrete and brick laying

• drywall repair and installation

• Hardwood flooring and tile installation

• Roofing

• moderate understanding of contract documents relative to site plans, floor plans, and schedules. (Not including electrical, or plumbing

Daily tasks and responsibilities

• Arrive onsite ahead of crew to survey and inspect all equipment and needed machinery was on site and ready to operate

• Demonstrate strong knowledge and practice in occupational safety procedures, ensuring all crew members had appropriate safety gear and following safety procedures.

• Maintained jobsite consistently through the day. keeping it's free of clutter and other material that presented a safety hazard.

• Ensured first aid kits and fire extinguishers were available and all crew members aware of their location.

• Maximized productivity even in absence of company owner and manager to ensure any contact deadlines were met by reading and understanding contract documents (Blueprints), relaying information and instruction to other crew members.

Farm Laborer

Prairie Storm Stables - Arapahoe, NE

2007 to 2016

Skills and experience

• Preform daily routine feeding and watering of all outside farm animals including Pigs, Horses, Chickens, Turkeys, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, Geese, Doves, and Cows.

• Inspect and preform any needed maintenance or repairs of animal enclosures. ensuring all animals were secure and protected from outside preditors.

• Prepair shelters for upcoming winter seasons of nebraska, ensuring animals are provided adequate protection and warmth from freezing temperatures.

• Constant monitoring of animals, especially during winter, ensuring water dishes remained full and unfrozen.

• provide 1st aid and medication for any sick or injured animal

• monitor animals during child birth, providing assistance when a risk to animal health deems it necessary, minimizing stress levels in animals.

• preform any and all necessary tasks throughout the animal meat process, including butchering, processing, packaging and storage freezing.

Statistics Interviewer

National Gallup Poll - Omaha, NE

Preform outbound telephone calls to randomly generated phone numbers to adult individuals from all 50 states to conduct interviews and surveys to collect statistical data of Americans' opinions and perceptions of pressing political and economic issues and the current events that affected their individual lives as well as the the lives of the U.S and the world

Education

vocational training in Facility maintenance, Office administration, team managment

Pine Ridge Job Corps - Chadron, NE

2016 to 2018

High school diploma

Elwood public Schools - Elwood, NE

2017

2 years apprenticeship training and feild experience in Direct sales, recruitment and team development

Skills

• Administrative experience (2 years)

• Handyman (5 years)

• Heavy equipment operation

• Automotive repair (3 years)

• Customer service (4 years)

• Statistics (1 year)

• Lead generation (1 year)

• Door-to-Door Experience (2 years)

• Microsoft Office (1 year)

• Office administration

• Program Development

• Direct sales (2 years)

• Facilities Maintenance

• Recruiting (2 years)

• Team management

• Business Development

• Mechanical Knowledge

• Marketing (2 years)

• Outside sales

• Salesforce

• Door-to-door

• Fair Housing regulations (Less than 1 year)

• Sales

• Leadership

Certifications and Licenses

OSHA 10

Forklift Certification

Osha 30

Present

Assessments

Work style: Reliability — Highly Proficient

December 2021

Tendency to be reliable, dependable, and act with integrity at work Full results: Highly Proficient

Retail customer service — Proficient

April 2022

Responding to customer situations in a retail setting Full results: Proficient

Outside sales — Proficient

October 2022

Understanding and responding appropriately in sales scenarios, and performing common sales calculations

Full results: Proficient

Basic mechanical knowledge — Highly Proficient

December 2021

Understanding and applying mechanical concepts and processes Full results: Highly Proficient

Office manager — Highly Proficient

November 2022

Scheduling and budgeting

Full results: Highly Proficient

Attention to detail — Proficient

November 2022

Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information

Full results: Proficient

Work motivation — Proficient

April 2022

Level of motivation and discipline applied toward work Full results: Proficient

Office manager — Highly Proficient

November 2022

Scheduling and budgeting

Full results: Highly Proficient

Sales skills — Highly Proficient

December 2022

Influencing and negotiating with customers

Full results: Highly Proficient

Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel — Proficient

November 2022

Knowledge of various Microsoft Excel features, functions, and formulas Full results: Proficient

Administrative assistant/receptionist — Proficient December 2022

Using basic scheduling and organizational skills in an office setting Full results: Proficient

Attention to detail — Proficient

November 2022

Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information

Full results: Proficient

Customer service — Proficient

December 2022

Identifying and resolving common customer issues

Full results: Proficient

Customer focus & orientation — Proficient

December 2022

Responding to customer situations with sensitivity Full results: Proficient

Administrative assistant/receptionist — Proficient December 2022

Using basic scheduling and organizational skills in an office setting Full results: Proficient

Sales skills — Highly Proficient

December 2022

Influencing and negotiating with customers

Full results: Highly Proficient

Workplace safety — Proficient

December 2022

Using safe practices at work

Full results: Proficient

Retail customer service — Expert

December 2022

Responding to customer situations in a retail setting Full results: Expert

HR: Compensation & benefits — Familiar

December 2022

Knowledge of compensation and benefits programs

Full results: Familiar

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