Mike Harding
Address: 211 Alder Street
City: Campbell River
State: BC
Country: Canada
objective
Seeking a position requiring excellent client service and communication skills in a sales/marketing type environment. The use of relationship based selling, in the client's own domain will result in the partnership required for a long, mutually profitable and satisfying career.
Work Experience
Canada Post RSMC Contractor (11/16/2009 ????? 06/18/2010) (11/02/2009 – 05/20/2010)
* Sorting letter mail by route (block sorting) * Sorting letter mail and parcels into the individual routes * Delivering mail to homes, business as well as Community and Roadside Mail Boxes. * Ensuring Registered mail, ad mail and magazines are delivered as scheduled.
Last Employer: Canada Post Abbotsford BC
Contact Person: Les Wettstein 604-859-6626 ex 2005
Responsibilities: *Stepping into various routes throughout Abbotsford and Mission BC as required. *Filling vacant routes and providing vacation relief when necessary.
Accomplishments: * Stepped into several different routes at a moment's notice when regular delivery persons had unplanned absences. * Managed to complete assignments with little or no training.
Four Leaf Clover Sales Office Manager (05/01/1996 ????? 09/16/2009) (05/01/1996 – 09/15/2009)
Marketing wholesale giftware items for 30 manufacturers in the Vancouver Lower Mainland. Keeping accurate records of items purchased by supplier and customer. Handling the full range of customer service concerns from complaints, returns, billing and collections.
Last Employer: Self Employed (with Spouse)
Contact Person: Michael Harding 250-204-3846
Responsibilities: * Receiving client phone orders, and orders from field sales representative. * Manually filling orders from stock and shipping. * Responding to client questions and concerns. * Sourcing out new clientele and building sales territory throughout the Vancouver Lower Mainland * Investigating possible new products in keeping with our sales focus. * Developing and sourcing marketing materials, as well as delivery of same to target audience.
Accomplishments: Built a thriving business from the ground up. Developed excellent relationships with customers by being receptive to their needs in a timely manner. Developed confidence in suppliers by meeting or exceeding sales targets on a quarterly and yearly basis.
FX Game Film (08/30/1988 – 04/20/1996)
Providing accurate information to young athletes in order to prepare them for a University career in Canada CIS or the US NCAA. This included helping prepare them for their SATs and creating highlight game videos for marketing purposes.
Last Employer: Self Employed
Contact Person: Michael Harding 250-204-3846
Responsibilities: * Working with individual athletes and their families providing them with all the information needed to prepare them for the recruiting process. * Film and edit video to produce highlight packages to promote their skills to interested universities. * Work in cooperation with All Star Football by running testing combines and summer camps bringing blue chip players together with coaches responsible for recruiting players in their respective universities.
Accomplishments: Successfully helped many young athletes realize their dreams of attending major Universities both here in Canada and the USA. Some of these players now enjoy a professional sports career
CNCP Telecommunications Computer Switching Services (07/12/1972 – 08/01/1988)
Delivery and routing of telegram traffic electronically to businesses, personal, and governments world-wide.
Last Employer: CNCP Telecommunications
Contact Person: N/A Company no longer exists
Responsibilities: Maintaining computer systems for deliver of telegram traffic for business, domestic, governmental, and military customers.
Accomplishments: Rose from telephone operator to senior operator of the Computer Switching Service department.
Education
Establishment: Chambly County High School St. Lambert Qc
Degree: High School Leaving Certificate
Education Period: 09/02/1968 - 07/14/1972
Skills
* Excellent communicator * Outstanding customer service attitude * Flexible, quick thinking, outgoing * Eager to learn new things
Computer Skills: *General computer skills including MS Office, email and various graphics programs like Corel Draw
Foreign Language Skills: French spoken with fluency
Additional Information
* Football has always been a passion. Working with teens at football camps has been a highlight in my life. I also enjoy writing fiction.