Chad Savage

Experience

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  Frazee Paint

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  Home Depot Operations

   Sales, training, merchandising and stock replenishment for San Diego County Home Depot stores. High volume order entry and customer service for the corporate office. Order tracking, point of sale replenishment and field sales back up support for 8 regional field personnel.

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  Border Construction Specialties

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Outside Sales Representative

  Direct outside/field sales of concrete forming, protection, water proofing, safety supplies and tools to commercial and civil builders/contractors in the San Diego County territory. Daily contact with Corporate Estimators and Project Managers for large commercial concrete, coatings and waterproofing contractors in the road and highway, commercial structures and waste water treatment industry.Extensive presentation work with local architectural firms, Developers and General Contractors related to project submittals.Regularly engaged in joint sales calls with material suppliers to local engineers and builders.Extensive pre-bid sales through local plan rooms. Fluent in blue print reading and building plans as well as product project submittals. Show less

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  UNITED GILSONITE LABORATORIES

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  Sales Representative

  Direct sales of 80 paint and related products to corporate buyers of independently owned hardware and paint companies, contractors and end users. Daily contact with buyers and decision makers, initiating new sales programs and items to their current product mix. Strong focus on new account acquisition, product application and demonstration.Extensive presentation work with local architectural firms, Developers and General Contractors related to project submittals.Regularly engaged in joint sales calls, job inspections and product demonstrations with local paint and building material sales representatives to their customers and clients.Attended, local, regional and national trade shows displaying and demonstrating product line features and benefits. Show less

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  Disaster Response Team

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Division Manager

  My main role was to respond to project requests in a timely manner, consult clients on the scope and costs of projects, provide estimating with the scope of work, then deliver the project back to the customer to sell the project and sign contacts. Additionally, I managed all aspects of the disaster mitigation projects for the company including personel management, hiring of staff, work flow, production and scheduling and payroll. Additionally, I performed all scoping and estimating of all projects. Show less

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  Servpro Industries

  Sept 2008 - Jul 2013

  Sales/Project Management/Estimator

  Managed all aspect of sales, estimating, project management, personnel management and collections for the best interest of the organization. Managed my team on how to be equiped to perform their tasks safely, provided proper training on company guidelines and safety standards, dictated mandates on proper use and maintenance of equipment (personal protection and company capital), and required compliance with all industry and company standards. Required that all employees, under my care, buy into the goals and best practices of the organization. Show less

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  Airgas

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2015

  Safety Sales Specialist

  Focused on driving a core business segment of Airgas. Direct and indirect safety sales and management over 10 Account Managers and Branches in a market producing over $4 million in safety sales. Weekly team engagement with the sales team to coordinate, plan and build the safety sales pipeline in the region. Extensive travel in the region to work with my account mangers and end users.

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  Honeywell Safety

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2021

  RSM-General Safety

  Regional Sales Manager for General Safety Products at Honeywell in the North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas territory

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  Mechanix Wear

  Nov 2021 - Apr 2025

  Regional Sales Manager
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  Ergodyne

  Apr 2025 - now

  Regional Sales Manager