Brad Couchman's Resume

 

New Zealand

Overview

: who is extremely honest without being brutal, one hundred percent reliable to the point where I would rather be 35 minutes early than 2 minutes late. I am highly motivated and adaptable, no matter what the challenge I will always do my best to impress. This is a very exciting time for me as I continue to move forward and develop my personal and professional skills. I have gained a huge amount of Sales, business and industry Career knowledge in the past 13 years, more so in the last 5 years. Objectives: Moving forward I believe it is vital I continue to "climb the ladder" and learn all that I can from my peers and work colleagues. I am currently looking for my next challenge. I have a wide variety of interests; I have been involved in squash for 15 years (currently B grade) and always push myself as hard as I can on court whoever I am playing. I am always picking up books and have an interest in fiction/self-help books. Family is very important to me and I always help out where I can, which sometimes takes up a lot of my "lazy Sundays" I am known as one of the

Career History

Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

 DTS 2010 LTD Position: Self employedSupply general building materials to builders, maintain debtors andcreditors register, complete G.S.T returns, ordering stock, dispatchingstock, stocktake.DTS was a great way for me to “scratch the itch” of self-employment, mybusiness model was based on low overheads and low margin trading, and Iwas successful at that.

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

 Placemakers Takanini Position: Contract sales/Account managerProvide sales on a commission basis, maintain my own customer base.

Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

 Mitre 10 Pukekohe Position: Account ManagerTo increase and grow the trade sales, hunt for new business, ensuredebtors list is kept current, maintain end of month credits, ensure customerorders are correct and delivered on time, problem solve any customerissues, entertain customers outside the office, provide material quotations.Also but not in my job description, help with staffing issues in trade area,employing trade area staff, deciding what lines to stock in the trade areaand what levels to stock, opening accounts with appropriate suppliersamongst other duties. Whilst at Mitre 10 I was the sole account manager and the trade sales wereincreased from 60k a month to around 500k. When I resigned I felt I hadsucceeded at the basic aspect of my role.Reason for Leaving: Reached potential

Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

 Pukekohe Timber Position: Timber salesTravelling to Rotorua mills and purchasing timber, ensuring sale of thattimber once in the yard, taking and processing phone orders, orderingstock, stocktaking, cold calling for new business, travelling to customersites on a daily basis.Reason for Leaving: Job opportunity

Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

 Pukekohe Timber Position: Prenail truss and frameCutting nogs etc for prenail frames, fabricating prenail frames. Leadinghand-truss factoryReason for Leaving: Promotion

Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

 Robco builders Position: LabourerGeneral "hammer hand". Form work, standing house frames, installinginsulation, pitching roof, digging holes, concrete work, basically anything I was required to do.Reason for Leaving: Job opportunity

Jan 2000 - Jan 2000

 Ross Roofing America Position: LabourerGeneral labourer, re-roofing existing storage buildings with long runcorrugated roofing, forming spouting droppers and water proofing theroof.I was with Ross Roofing for 6 months and learned a great deal in thattime, however I was on a limited visa.Reason for Leaving: Limited visa

Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

 Benchmark building supplies Position: Trade salesFacing up stock on shelves, counter sales, answering the phone and takingcustomer orders, cleaning the shop floor and any other duties as directedby my supervisor.Reason for Leaving: Overseas opportunity

Education & Training

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

 Level 2 certificate in retail

Feb 1993 - Nov 1997

 High School

Skills

Business Skills

  • Cold Calling ( - experience)
  • Commission ( - experience)
  • Monthly ( - experience)
  • Sales ( - experience)
  • Trading ( - experience)

Product Skills

  • AM ( - experience)
  • BASE ( - experience)
  • BASIC ( - experience)
  • COM+ ( - experience)
  • DTS ( - experience)
  • IMPRESS ( - experience)
  • Manager ( - experience)
  • PROFILE ( - experience)
  • Purchasing ( - experience)
  • Retail ( - experience)
  • Sales ( - experience)
  • Time ( - experience)

Industry Company Experience

  • Books ( - experience)
  • Business and Industry ( - experience)
  • Mobile ( - experience)
  • Retail ( - experience)
  • Supply ( - experience)
  • Trading ( - experience)

Interests

, together for a quiet game of 500, me who arranges the monthly poker game or pulls a group, and as a result it is normally, organizers in my social circle, :.

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