Manager Sales

Paul Clarke

Email: abou8f@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ***** ** *

City: Palm Beach Gardens

State: FL

Zip: 33418

Country: USA

Phone: 561-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: 100

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Paul Clarke

West Palm Beach 1-561-***-**** abou8f@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

* Experienced Manager and Leader with detailed knowledge of all aspects of the P+L.

* Consistently increased Sales, GM and reduced costs, receivable and inventory days at every business I have been associated with, leading to increased profitability.

* Experienced buyer and negotiator, including international purchasing.

* Logical Manager, with plenty of common sense and a great motivator. My mantra has always been, I cannot succeed without a team of excellent, loyal and dedicated employees.

* Consultancy work with failing branches in England, throughout Florida as well as Atlanta, St Louis and Richmond.

* Extensive professional experience utilizing MS Office Suite programs.

EXPERIENCE

Suncrest Supply: General Manager 1996-2012

* Joined the Suncrest team in 1996 with sales of $7m, increased to $30m by 2012.

* Reduced the vendor debt from $6.3m in 1996 to $0 by 2004.

* Started with 25 employees and grew to 50+ team oriented members of staff.

* Increased and re-located the business from a 20,000sqft to a 105,000sqft facility.

* Ran the entire project, architectural and GC meetings, warehouse, office design and layout, in order to control costs. The project came in 12% below budget.

* Increased revenue stream by adding new product lines while maintaining costs.

New products added included laminate and engineered wood flooring. In 2003 Suncrest was awarded National distributor of the year for Quickstep laminate, after only having the product line for 18 months.

* Implemented Lean Methods to eliminate wasted time between operations and sales.

Meyer International: Increased levels of responsibility 1982-1996

* 1982-Joined Meyer, United Kingdom, in an entry level position, working in the warehouse.

* 1983-Accepted into the management training program at Meyer International.

* 1987-Promoted to General Manager Winchester location. Was the youngest G.M. in the country, out of 200 branches. Increased sales from 4m GBP to 6m in 3 years and profitability from 60k to 240k in the same time period. Managed 15 employees.

* 1990-Promoted to Southampton branch with sales of 9m GBP and 25 employees. Increased sales to 12m GBP by 1992 and profitability from 180k to 420k.

* 1992- Promoted and transferred from England to Riviera Beach, Florida branch as General Manager. Grew sales from $8m to $12m in two years and re-located the branch from 12,000 sqft to a 25,000 sqft facility. Managed 25 employees.

* 1994- Promoted to General Manager Orlando branch. Sales of $16m and a staff of 30 employees.

* 1995- Promoted to V.P. Operations Florida. Implemented policies to streamline and standardize all operational costs, resulting in substantial savings for Meyer Int. Fl.

* 1995-Promoted to Purchasing Manager for all 16 U.S. locations, concentrating on international procurement of all board products. Reduced product cost and maintained supply, even in a period of shortages. This was in addition to My V.P. Operations role in Florida.

Academic and other Qualifications

* 1982-Graduated King Alfred`s College, Winchester, England. B.A. Teaching.(Math and Phys Ed.)

* Captain of Rugby, Cricket and Swim teams.

* Have lived in England, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany and France.

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