Kurt Schrock
Congerville
Summary
Experienced professional with a diverse background in engaging with individuals across challenging blue-collar and cross-cultural settings. My success as co-owner and Operations Manager of Premier Garden Design for 22 years was achieved through a focus on quality workmanship, operational efficiency, and developing strong relationships with customers and employees. As a professional, I sought opportunities to mentor those who worked for me, and I found great satisfaction in helping to shape their formative years.
As I pursue a career in transportation logistics at Nussbaum Transportation, I hope to apply my relational skills, passion for service, and strong accountability to help meet your drivers' logistical needs.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Office Furniture Installer
MRI
Congerville
08.2024 - Current
- Assist with the loading, assembly, delivery, and installation of furniture items, using appropriate safety measures.
- As a CDL holder, I am one of the delivery truck drivers.
- Work alongside team members to ensure the quality and timely construction of office layouts.
Landscape Maintenance Technician Part-Time
Brookside Landacape
Eureka
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Applied fertilizers and pesticides, following safety guidelines and environmental standards.
- Inspected lawns for weeds, insects, diseases, and other problems.
- Assisted with landscape construction and maintenance projects.
*This part-time job was in conjunction with Part-Time Haiti Mission duties and assisting with our son's clinical care (leukemia).
Cross Culteral Missionary
Apostolic Christian Harvest Call
Les Cayes
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Built effective cross-cultural relationships using my conversational grasp of the language and discipleship mentoring.
- Active engagement in gospel-focused and service-based ministry, working alongside the local church in communities throughout Southern Haiti.
- Traveled out to communities to deliver material goods and construct roofs on churches and schools.
- Served alongside a talented local Haitian team, using my small business experience to enable and empower them to succeed personally and professionally.
Operations Manager/ Co-owner
Premier Garden Design
Congerville
01.1999 - 01.2021
- Company founder and co-owner of a landscape construction-maintenance business (founded 01/1999 and sold to another successful firm 03/2023).
- Worked alongside the co-owner to onboard, train, and mentor employees.
- Responsible for training and supervising the Office Manager in AR-AP and job costing, to ensure that it is entered accurately for real-time analysis.
- Engaged and built a good relational rapport with our customers. Assured expectations were met or exceeded.
- I ran the Sales and Operations of the Turf Care and Maintenance .
Education
Associate of Arts - Landscape Horticulture
Illinois Central College
East Peoria, IL01-1996
Skills
- Coaching (Mentoring)
- Service-Based Ministry
- Creativity and Innovation
- Performance Improvement
- Cultural Adaptability
- Financial Analysis
My Strength Profile: Source. Gallup Poll Clifton Strengths
1. Ideation Fascinated by ideas. Able to find connection between disparate phenomena. I am a creative thinker that thinks out of the box to come up with unique approaches and solutions.
2.Adaptability. My exposure to cross-cultural conditions and adversity have helped to expand my resiliency and adapt well to changing environments and conditions.
3. Restorative. Adept at dealing with problems and resolving them. This skill trait has helped me to come alongside my fellow human beings, discipling and mentoring them while being acutely aware of our common humanity and worth and a profound understanding that we all are in need of renewal.
4.Belief. I have certain unchanging core values from which emerges a defined purpose in life. This sense of purpose has helped propel me to serve with integrity even in uncomfortable places.
5.Activator. Making things happen by turning thoughts into actions. I am not a sideline participant. I have always sought to be actively engaged, productive and efficient.
Hobbies
• Reading Historical Novels
• Community Service Projects
• Bible Study and Teaching
• Nature Hiking
• Glamping
Job and Character References
Benj Knapp: Estimator and Project Manager at MRI Inc (309)208-7450
Dan Leman LPN: Director of A.C. Harvest Call Haiti Missions (720)281-3874
Derek Schrock: Landscape Designer at Brookside Landscape & Co-Owner of PGD (309)489-6273
Ernie Wiegand: Friend, Former Employee PGD , currently Commercial Sales Manager at DA Hoerr and Sons (309) 453-9013
Kurt Cottrell: President at Brookside Landscape Inc (309)573-9837
Timeline
Office Furniture Installer
MRI
08.2024 - Current
Landscape Maintenance Technician Part-Time
Brookside Landacape
08.2023 - 07.2024
Cross Culteral Missionary
Apostolic Christian Harvest Call
01.2021 - 01.2024
Operations Manager/ Co-owner
Premier Garden Design
01.1999 - 01.2021
Associate of Arts - Landscape Horticulture
Illinois Central College