Christopher Kostelec

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Plumbing Specialist and Sales Associate @ Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Chicago, IL, US
Christopher Kostelec's Location
Romeoville, Illinois, United States, United States
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About Christopher Kostelec

29 years experience with Kitchen & Bath project sales as a focus servicing homeowners and professionals alike. I've developed lucrative accounts and partnerships in the industry throughout the years. My Pro clients, vendors, and places of work have trusted me to make business transactions a win for all parties involved.

Christopher Kostelec's Current Company Details
Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Lowe'S Companies, Inc.

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Plumbing Specialist and Sales Associate
Chicago, IL, US
Website:
lowes.com
Employees:
103467
Christopher Kostelec Work Experience Details
  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Plumbing Specialist And Sales Associate
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Chicago, Il, Us
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  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Plumbing Specialist & Sales Associate
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. May 2019 - Present
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    Assisting clients specializing in remodeling bathrooms, picking materials to suit their needs. Resolving issues, maintaining accurate inventory levels. Trusted by Pros and DIY clients both.
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  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Administrative
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. Feb 2018 - May 2019
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    I handled daily business reports, investigated fraud and day to day transaction review.
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  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Commercial Business Salesman
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. Jun 2014 - Feb 2018
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    Open and grow business accounts to facilitate contractor and institutional sales. Developed the current largest producing account at this location. Also assisted in high volume fire restoration clients working with the District Restoration Specialist. Developed new vendor partnerships to satisfy clients purchasing needs.
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  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Plumbing Specialist
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. Feb 2010 - Jun 2014
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    Design, sell, and expedite plumbing fixture packages for consumers and professionals. Responsibilities include sales, handling orders from conception thru shipping, tracking department orders, trouble shooting, and display maintenance.
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  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Commercial Sales Specialist
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. Feb 2008 - Feb 2010
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    Primary responsibilities include providing materials and services catering to builders, remodelers, maintenance supervisors, and property managers. Daily activities include outside sales representation, inside sales, bidding jobs ranging from basic remodels to multiple unit apartments and high rises. Secondary responsibilities include designing kitchens, blueprint takeoffs, and strengthening vendor relationships to reduce the cost of goods for bulk orders.
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  • 84 Lumber
    Kitchen Sales Specialist
    84 Lumber Jul 2007 - Feb 2008
    Eighty Four, Pa, Us
    Successfully developed a kitchen cabinetry and counter top sales program at the Naperville 84 Lumber location. Primary day to day responsibilities are designing and supplying kitchen cabinetry and counter tops to current home building industry professionals and multi-unit complex developers. Daily tasks include jobsite meetings, targeting new clients, measuring sites, laying out cabinetry, quoting product, and scheduling deliveries. Operational responsibilities include creating vendor supply chains, order follow-up, and processing returns to the vendor for credit. Wage is salary + commission + target bonuses. A kitchen I designed for a project in Wheaton, IL was featured on Home & Garden Television (HGTV) on a show called "Dream House".
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  • 84 Lumber
    Outside Sales Co-Manager
    84 Lumber Feb 2006 - Jun 2007
    Eighty Four, Pa, Us
    Main job responsibilities are to work alongside Outside Salesmen, and act as their inside sales support to maximize gross profit of materials sold including lumber framing packages, windows, doors, trim, siding, roofing, kitchen cabinets, and more. Day to day operations include pricing, placing, and tracking special orders. I handle a high volume of calls while salesmen are in the field. The majority of the calls are to generate new orders, follow up on warranty issues, work with vendors to satisfy customer needs, and target new clients. This is an extremely fast-paced work environment and requires attention to detail.I am also the only kitchen cabinetry design associate on staff. I am 20/20 Design Certified and can design using builders grade ready made cabinetry to high-end custom cabinetry
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  • Expo Design Center
    Trade Services Department Supervisor
    Expo Design Center Nov 2004 - Sep 2005
    Us
    Supervising a staff of 6 employees. My office is dedicated to servicing the needs of Architects, Builders, Contractors, and Designers, and clients of. Duties included driving outside sales and coordinating the product and service selection through building relationships, coordinating experts of different trades, negotiating project bids, purchase order and installation follow up, and after sales care. Tasks included keeping accurate sales records and client data, soliciting new clients, reviewing large project bids, taking care of existing clients, building employee relations, training new associates, writing associate reviews, attending and holding staff meetings, counseling and mentoring associates, conflict resolution, associate recognition, and making a yearly sales plan. Repeat business was the primary focus. When taking over the position, sales were down 8% from the previous year and were 20% under sales plan. Through training associates, building strong relationships in the industry and throughout the company, materializing new strategies for targeting clients, keeping accurate records, and utilizing new followup procedures, sales increased 30% above the previous year while beating plan by 12%. Sales plan was 3.2 million, but projected to be 3.59 million under my supervision.
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  • Expo Design Center
    Expeditor / Order Follow-Up Associate
    Expo Design Center Oct 2002 - Nov 2004
    Us
    Primary job functions included following up on purchase orders with vendors, customer relations, extensive computer related duties, answering phones, handling customer complaints, troubleshooting, fixing order errors, parts ordering, and negotiating credit with vendors on returns or vendor errors. Secondary job functions included installer charge backs, negotiating installation bids, follow up of installations of bath fixtures and faucetry through completion, record retention, placing orders, and training new associates.
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  • Expo Design Center
    Bath Showroom Sales Specialist
    Expo Design Center Jun 2001 - Oct 2002
    Us
    I specialized in specing and selling product for luxury kitchens and baths. The target customers made an annual income $150,000 and up. Primary responsibilities included quoting job bids, designing custom shower systems and enclosures, designing bathroom fixture suites to suit the client's whole project needs, and training new associates on products and services offered.
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  • The Home Depot
    Kitchen Designer
    The Home Depot Apr 2000 - Jun 2001
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Worked in Kitchen Department on the sales floor to start. Soon after, trained on 20/20 system and sold kitchen cabinetry and countertops.
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  • The Home Depot
    Kitchen & Bath Sales Associate
    The Home Depot Apr 1998 - Apr 2000
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Sold kitchen and bath fixtures, cabinetry, and rough plumbing. Assisted the Department Supervisor with in stock ordering, out of stock reports, attended staff meetings, and helped with reports to reduce loss of profits.
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  • Menards
    Plumbing Associate
    Menards Jul 1996 - Apr 1998
    Eau Claire, Wi, Us
    Sold plumbing fixtures and rough plumbing, detail received merchandise, stocked inventory, and maintained displays.
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Christopher Kostelec Skills

Sales Negotiation Pricing Customer Service Retail Process Scheduler Contract Negotiation Training Renovation Selling Cabinetry Contractors Doors Employee Relations Outside Sales Bathrooms Framing Plumbing Troubleshooting Supply Chain Roofers

Christopher Kostelec Education Details

  • Joliet Junior College
    Joliet Junior College
    Marketing Management

Frequently Asked Questions about Christopher Kostelec

What company does Christopher Kostelec work for?

Christopher Kostelec works for Lowe's Companies, Inc.

What is Christopher Kostelec's role at the current company?

Christopher Kostelec's current role is Plumbing Specialist and Sales Associate.

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What schools did Christopher Kostelec attend?

Christopher Kostelec attended Joliet Junior College.

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Christopher Kostelec has skills like Sales, Negotiation, Pricing, Customer Service, Retail, Process Scheduler, Contract Negotiation, Training, Renovation, Selling, Cabinetry, Contractors.

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Christopher Kostelec's colleagues are Tim Moyer, Jim Pappenheim, Sammy Samuel, Jon Chrysler, Jesse Dalton, Jordan Graner, Kizzie Tryon.

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