Robert A. Billingsley
Orlando, Fl
*******@*********.***
Resourceful Sales / Marketing/ Business Consultant with excellent communication and people skills,
offering creative vision through solid business operations and achievements.
Planning/Organizing/Implementation ---Team Trainer & Leadership
Develop New Business---Effective Presentation Skills
Sales Manager for our in-house team members and Instructor for company’s new owners of Business Opportunities and their staff.
Closer in Sales for over 25 years, products range from Automobiles, Retail / Wholesale Store,
Business Opportunities/ Franchises, and Real E-State Industry,
Instrumental cog in three up start companies, two developing brand-new USA industries with patented products and procedures.
Assisted with generating new product lines for in house sales, distributors and customers with creative research and trade show marketing, sales, Instructor and management experience.
Consent Improvement in all of my sales positions and the company’s operations output through time management, communication, motivation, by truly caring about end results and client’s opinions.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Marketing--Del Mar, Corpus Christi TX--Valencia and UCF Orlando, Fl / FL Real Estate Licensee, Fl Home Inspection. Instructor in Sales, Marketing, and Gen Business Practices. Ongoing Management Training Courses / Extensive Training in Sales and Negotiating / Managed Countless Trade shows and Expos nationwide.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sales / Marketing / Management / Instructor.
Co-Owner Retail / Wholesale Store with Multiple Bays –W.P. Fl 1980/1998
Darryl and Mr. B’s Auto Van and Truck Accessories
4400sq ft Store with Bays—Retail and Business to Business selling and installing to Dealerships, Car lots of all sizes, Body shops and the Automotive Insurance Industry. Demonstration feature and benefits of Auto, Van, and Truck Accessories including variety of parts and labor for over 18 years
Generated a positive cash flow by goal setting and accomplishing groundbreaking company sales goals, with consent change, learning which new products to carry and best prices to purchase and sell.
Supervised P & L functions for multiple departments, by coordinating all purchase items from inventory to tools, to construction repairs and expansions, as well as directing sales; which produced strong and steady profit increase over my tenor at the helm.
Maximized productivity potential by creating a motivating up beat in house atmosphere, arranging best business practice, and influencing team building training.
Performed Inside/Outside Sales; wrote labor estimates; negotiated retail / wholesale accounts by building long term relationships with individual buyers of our services, and getting to know new management skills quickly.
Increased labor output with time management, open communications, and coaching, which also produced managements hours to drop down from 60-hour work week to 42 hours while maintain yearly gross revenue at the $850,000 mark.
Attended numerous Trade Shows / Exposes though out the US as a buyer for company.
Business Opportunities / Franchising, (Sales / Manager / Instructor) 1999/2004
Edge-Tec Inc / AKA-Kwik Kerb Landscape & Commercial Curbing EQ and Training
Orlando, FL
Assisted clients in the acquisition of Equipment for 5K to 12K and or full Business Opportunities/Franchise ranging from 18K to 50K including assisting with outside financing and or leasing.
Sold National Business Opportunities (B.O.) primary over the phone for over 6 years, by listening intently then painting mental images of client taking ownership of their own personal business to improve their lives.
Directed ramp up one-week initial training, new and existing business owners/franchisees in many facets of their daily work needs. Helped with any additional training over phone thereafter.
Organized in house sales staff meetings, (In) Closing Sales, Product Knowledge, Services, and how to help with hands-on training for their own new clients purchasing the Business Opportunity.
Sales manager for eastern half of nation, handling Texas to Minnesota over to the east coast. Assisting in marketing, selling products, and training sales staff and new start up business opportunities clients.
Helped with all departments ranging from advertising, inventory and planning of Industry Trade and Franchise shows; Web page, T.V. Ad’s, Magazine Layout, Signage, Point of purchase displays, and inventory. Sales increased under my direction from $150K a month to over 350K consistently.
Outside the box thinking with two brand new industries and innovative patented products to the USA. (Kwik Kerb / Landscape Curbing Eq (B.O.) and (Scenic Screens – (B.O). /Superimposing Scenic Images on Pool Enclosures / Patios/ Lanais)
Management / Sales / Marketing / Instructor 1998 - 2012
Mr. B’s of Central Florida and or Robert A. Billingsley ‘’Contract Work Included’’
* Business Opportunities / Consultant / Instructor
Scenic Screens-- Decorative Photo Graphics Added to Screen Rooms / Pool Enclosures, and
Lanais Orlando, Fl 2005-2006
Outside the box thinking with brand new industry, innovative patented products and one of a kind end merchandise. (Scenic Screens /Superimposing Scenic Images on Pool Enclosures / Patios/ Lanais-- Franchise’s)
Designed and used presentation books to present (B.O) to franchise seekers at trade shows and in house conference room settings; and or second book to end users home owner’s kitchen tables.
Provided focused leadership with control budgeting, organization, consulting, resolving vendor relationships and producing innovating projects through calculating planning.
Successful track record selling TWO start up Business Opportunities/Franchises were territories ranging from 30k to 80k. (Scenic Screens and Kwik Kerb) including assisting with outside financing and or leasing.
Organized and attended numerous Trade Shows / Expos though out the US as I did for other positions threw out my resume.
* Sales, Telemarketing: Wyndem Vacation Resorts
Time Share Ownership, 2007-2008
Sold / Marketing timeshare weekend tour packages nationwide over the phone, asking precise questions and then
helping them
paint their mental images of the family taking unique vacation ownership with there time off with a personal location and
accommodations to match their desires.
* Real E-State Agent- Residential, Commercial, Business Broker
Stirling Sotheby & Kumba Reality, Orlando, Florida 2005-2011
Sales, Marketing, Leasing, Rental and Business Broker for greater Orlando region.
I have up to date Florida License, but would need to activate it, if needed.
Fractional Ownership Sales in Key West Florida.
* Home Health ---Care Giver
Personally, took care of my mother. 2012-2015
Assisted her to Doctors and or Hospitals for much needed care and treatment 2 to 3 times a week on
average. Cooked, cleaned, shopped and managed all home needs; or anything else she desired until her
passing.
* Business Opportunities / Equipment and Equipment Packages, (Sales / Instructor) 2015-2021
The Concrete Edge and the Lil Bubba machine…Landscape & Commercial Curbing EQ
Trailers and Training Orlando, FL
North America Sales of machinery and trailers, selling goods and services throughout the USA and Canada.
Assisted in training, retail and wholesale sales, job quoting, marketing and promoting new operators on all fascist of the essential decorative residential and commercial curbing industry.
Sales of raw products needed to produce finished goods. (Color agents, powders, sealants, lights and other needed wholesale / retail goods)
Worked with clients, banks and leasing companies in order to get equipment and trailers financed.
Retired-2021-2023
*Realized I don’t like doing nothing all day, must be productive
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Robert A. Billingsley