Seeking a position with a progressive company where I can utilize my cross functional leadership skills and proven ability to achieve goals and exceed expectations through detailed project and client relationship management
Maurice H. Kaiser
1573 Coles Avenue ➢ Mountainside, New Jersey 07092 ➢ Telephone: 908.228.2751 ➢ Mobile: 210.825.7231
Email: mauricekaiser[at]gmail.com
Seeking a position with a progressive company where I can utilize my cross functional leadership skills and proven ability to achieve goals and exceed expectations through detailed project and client relationship management.
Career Highlights
➢ Entrusted by senior management with conducting an in-depth site development analysis in 2008 that identified 2 building sites with risk of foundation failure and legal exposure, thereby saving the company approximately $1 million in legal costs.
➢ Selected by Vice President to reorganize the premiere subdivision in San Antonio. In an 8 month period improved homeowner satisfaction from 37% to 100% while simultaneously increasing productivity by 38% (lowering build times from an average of 181 days to completion to 111 average days to completion).
➢ Reduced in 2007, construction-build times in a single subdivision by 19% on average. Consequently, this reduction saved Perry Homes $75,000 in interest and $25,000 in monthly carrying costs, while simultaneously freeing up capital to pursue other ventures
➢ Reduced in 2 years, the average completion of customer service requests from 18 days to 3 days by improving building practices and ongoing active management of direct reports.
Key Areas of Expertise
Creating a Shared Project Management Vision; Cross functional leadership; Evaluating & Addressing Financial Exposure; Residential Project Bidding; managing all Phases of Project Lifecycle from Development to Post-Construction; Ability to Motivate & Engage Others; Multiple Project Management; Residential Build-Outs & Adjustments; and High Standards of Ethics & Integrity.
Professional Experience & Accomplishments
Perry Homes, Houston, Texas 2004 to June 2008
(Residential homebuilder based in Houston, Texas building approximately 3400 single family units per year grossing $780 million annually)
Project Manager San Antonio, Texas (2005-2008) – Scope of duties consisted of managing a team that built over 175 homes in South Texas. Additionally, charged with improving operational efficiencies and functional project areas such as pricing negotiations, site development, HR budget management, CRM, and quality control initiatives.
➢ Entrusted by senior management with managing a $6.4 million annual budget to a 4% variance while simultaneously accomplishing the following 3 items: 1) Implemented a systematic construction approach for each project; 2) Reduced construction build times by 19%; and 3) Achieved 40% profit margins on build out changes
➢ Managed and developed 9 assistant project managers, which proved instrumental in 5 of the 9 assistant project managers receiving promotions within a 18-month time period
➢ Obtained 100% customer satisfaction through surveys in 2007
➢ Collaborated with more than 300 cross-functional workers on each residential building project including corporate executives, land developers, engineers, estimators, operations, sales, design, PO assistants, PM assistants, sub-contractors, and inspectors.
1st Assistant Project Manager San Antonio, Texas (June 2005-October 2005) – Primary duties focused on scheduling projects and quality control initiatives from land clearing to sheetrock stage. Worked as part of a cross-functional team with site supervision and client/vendor communications, including weekly updates and conducting meetings with the client before assigning the next phase of home construction to the 2nd Assistant Project Manager.
➢ Developed a working project schedule of actions that consistently reduced construction build times from 60+ days to 50 days or less.
➢ Conducted in-depth pre-construction and pre-sheetrock meetings with clients and sales personnel. Consequently, reducing client change request errors. As a result of the success rate, these meetings became company policy in 2006 with all future clients.
2nd Assistant Project Manager San Antonio, Texas (March 2004- June 2005) – Responsibilities included scheduling a wide-array of projects from sheetrock to completion, including vendor and material management, client orientation walk through inspections, and closely managing warranty matters in 11 different projects.
➢ Achieved outstanding record with finished out homes that resulted in 10 or less deficiency items found during final homeowner orientation inspections.
➢ Demonstrated track record of closing 5+, 3,000 – 4,500 square feet homes per month while other 2nd Assistant Project Managers were closing an average of 2 to 3 homes per month.
➢ Scheduled and set realistic expectations for warranty work on client’s homes in a timely and accurate manner, resulting in homeowner satisfaction scores increasing from 73% to 95%, between 2004 and 2005.
Newmark Homes, San Antonio, Texas 2003 to 2004
(For more than 25 years Newmark Homes ranked as one of the top 15 single family home builders in the nation. Newmark has been welcoming families, establishing communities and winning design trend awards)
Construction Superintendent – Responsible for all phases of construction from lot clear to closing of the home as well as warranty calls.
➢ Promoted after 3 months with the company, for exceeding conflict resolution and customer relationship standards. Subsequently, selected by the Area Manager/Project Manager to handle difficult clients and/or take over projects and warranties that were poorly managed, in an effort to turn them around to a successful completion.
➢ Awarded “Construction Superintendent of the Month†for having a 97% production score while carrying 17 projects simultaneously.
Education
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) : In Progress expected completion Feb 09
B.S. Kinesiology, Sports Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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