Experience

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  Noland Sales Corp

  • Commercial Floor Covering Estimator

    • Mar 2008 - Present

    offCalculate material requirements. Read and analyze specifications from blue prints. Prepare estimates using Callidus computer estimating software. Help prepare final bids, communicate with general contractors and provide ideas as they relate to improving efficiencies, sales volume and overall company performance. I'm also capable of doing manual takeoffs from blueprints and/or scale drawings.

  • Commercial floor-covering estimator

    • Mar 2008 - Present

    Calculate material requirements. Read and analyze specifications from blue prints. Prepare estimates using Calidus computer estimating system. Help prepare final bids, communicate with general contractors and provide ideas as they relate to improving efficiencies, sales volume and overall company performance. I'm also capable to doing manual takeoffs from blueprints. Slow sales forced company cut backs; currently laid off

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  Noland Sales

  • Estimator

    • Mar 2008 - Apr 2009

    Estimate quantities of flooring materials for commercial projects. Currently laid off due to slow sales forcing company cut backs.

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  Central Rug & Carpet Commercial Division

  • Commercial floor covering estimator

    • Mar 2008 - 2009

    Calculate material requirements from blueprints and or physical measures for 6 salesmen. Prepare estimates using Calidus computer estimating system. Help them prepare bids, communicate with general contractors, resolve cutting issues. Provide ideas as they relate to improving efficiencies, sales volume, and overall company performance. In late 2007 the company was sold. All employees either quit or were discharged by new owner.

  • Estimator

    • Nov 2003 - Feb 2008

    Commercial Floor Covering Estimator 2003 - 2008Calculate material requirements from blueprints and or physical measures for 6 salesmen using Callidus estimating software. Help them prepare bids, communicate with general contractors, resolve cutting issues. Provide ideas as they relate to improving efficiencies, sales volume, and overall company performance. In late 2007 the company was sold.

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  DeSitter Carpet

  • Commercial Estimator

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

    Calculate material requirements from plans and/or physical measures for all the companies' commercial jobs and help on residential takeoffs when asked to. Examine complaint situations and make recommendations for resolving the situation. Following up with the sales person involved in each situation. Provide ideas as they related to improving efficiencies, sales volume, and overall company performance.

  • Commercial estimator

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

    Calculate material requirements from plans and/or physical measures for all the companies commercial jobs and help on residential takeoffs when asked to. Examine complaint situations and make recommendations for resolving the situation. Following up with the sales person involved in each situation. Provide ideas as they related to improving efficiencies, sales volume, and overall company performance.

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  Pedian Rug Co

  • Estimator

    • Jan 1988 - Jan 2000

    Receive all salesperson orders. Check for accuracy, calculate the amount of material needed, create a scale drawing of fills for the installer or cutting floor foreman and order the material with the mills. Re-draw scale drawings of custom made area rugs. Figure takeoffs for large commercial jobs that were going out to bid. Resolve cutting problems when material was received damaged or imperfect.

  • Estimator

    • Jan 1988 - Jan 2000

    Receive all salesperson orders. Check for accuracy, calculate the amount of material needed, create a scale drawing of fills for the installer or cutting floor foreman and order the material with the mills. Re-draw scale drawings of custom made area rugs. Figure takeoffs for large commercial jobs that were going out to bid. Resolve cutting problems when material was received damaged or imperfect.

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  Jack Kornick & Associates

  • Expediter

    • Jan 1984 - Jan 1988

    Responsible for hiring installers, scheduling installations, resolving customer complaints, checking sales persons orders for accuracy and/or inconsistencies. Perform takeoffs for commercial and residential jobs.

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  Stevens Carpet Svc. Div. of ESCO Sales Inc

  • Owner

    • Jan 1977 - Jan 1984

    Carpet installation service and retail sales store located in the Andersonville

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  Neighborhood of Chicago

  • Installer

    • Jan 1971 - Jan 1977

    Became their top custom installer before leaving in 1977, to open my own installation service. I continued to do business with Action Carpet service for several years until they retired from the carpet business.