I sell a stone that has a distinctive beauty, harvested in the heart of Montana, for a variety of applications – both interior and exterior use. This stone with its many shades of blue, some copper and covered in varying amounts of Iron-Oxide, results in a variety of textures and can be cut to suit a variety of needs. Ironside Stone’s unique parallel tops and bottoms add to the value of this natural stone. The Stone’s versatility offers numerous products and encourages limitless design potential. Interior applications of natural stone include fireplaces, wine cellars, walls and floors and even countertops. With advancement in in-floor heat, even these beautiful floors will radiate warmth as well as charm. Exterior applications of natural stone include outdoor fireplaces and kitchens, stone walls, patios, pool surrounds, water features with columns, chimneys and siding for homes and buildings. This natural stone exhibits a durability not found in other building materials.

Hired to build new customers that remodel their locations frequently. Found two market segments that did a lot of remodeling and brought one large customer into the firm. Had a person scrap a website of 54,000+ possible customer and put it into a database that the sales team could use to call on new prequalified customer.

Hired to build new customers end up taking over a route due to shortage of Representatives. Took over their poorest performing route (450 customers) and made it their second-best route (over 1,000 customers) in two years even after they took 40% of my customers away and gave it to someone else.

Manufactures Representatives servicing MN Western Wisconsin, North and South Dakota.I was hired to solve a problem in the company. Once solved, I took over the quotation department for Bradley Plumbing products, Chicago Faucets, JR Smith drains, Noritz Water heaters, NorthStar Water Softeners. I also called on architects and engineers. I did service call for these products if the plumber could not fix it. It sounds like a lot, and it was. I needed help so I suggested we hire an outside person to create a program to my specification to read the different websites the list all the projects and give me an excel spreadsheet of the projects and items listed in the specification. This saved huge amounts of time and put our firm out front as an industry leader.

Responsible for the fiscal relationships of Bredahl, promoting, Bredahl in our business community, oversee the service department and the construction department. Review all contracts, and amend them, accept them or turn the sale down. Actively track each project with numbers to insure the projects will turn a profit. I responsible for business relationships between Bredahl plumbing and our vendors: setting terms, perks and dealing with invoicing errors. I am the person who deals with the debt collection.

Commercial Fixture Quotations DepartmentI work with 50 sales people who service the area from the eastern Dakotas through western Wisconsin. My primary goal is to interpret correctly what the mechanical engineer is seeking to be installed and to quote interested plumbing and mechanical contractors. Once the project is awarded, I seek to find the best price and marketing position that will set the salesperson up to close the sale. • More than tripled the amount of our Commercial Fixture Quotation business• Created a higher standard in customer service• Increased profitability * Increase in sales * Major decrease in errors* Increased inventory turnover • Created a company wide project tracking system to keep sales people informed. * New project awarded * Status of current projects * Tracking market movement in the fixture industry