To obtain a full time position in the construction industry where I can utilize my 30 years of construction experience to the benefit of the company.
Cynthia Kidwell
153 Estates Circle
Lake Mary, Florida 32746
407-927-1836 Cell
407-330-0960 Home
SUMMARY
I am a versatile, dependable and dedicated professional with over 30 years of increasing responsibility in the architecture, engineering and construction fields. Proven track record in:
 Purchasing and estimating  Value engineering
 Project bidding and bid analysis  Management and staff training
 Project management  Multi-level diversity in communication
 Programming and design  Staff management
 Local division comptroller functions  Accounts payable
 Developed purchasing staff into the most improved team in the Division  Team cross training
EXPERIENCE
DeLuca Homes January 2007 – March 2009
A privately held, Homebuilding Company with offices in Florida and Pennsylvania
Director or Purchasing
Responsible for the management of the estimating staff, accounting staff, builder support, in house designer, identification of new product/vendors. Reduction of hard cost and variance, new product development
 Pricing of new home product in order to maintain a budgeted/required margin.
 Introduced new vendors and successfully reduced the cost of sticks and bricks by more than $5.00/sf.
 Developed new product in order to overhaul existing elevations and floor plans.
 Negotiated new rebates with suppliers as well as collected rebates outstanding for several years.
 Introducing additional upgrades to the Design Studio in order to increase sales and profits.
 Provide construction and sales support to the builder and sales staff.
 Tracked red lined drawing changes for accuracy.
 Purchase order creation and approval for payment in conjunction with contract.
 Revised and managed division land budget to reflect actual costs.
Brentwood Custom Homes, Inc. June 2004 – January 2007
A privately held, Custom Homebuilding Company with sales revenues of $100M
Purchasing Manager
Responsible for the management of the purchasing staff, builder support, in house designer, identification of new product/vendors Reduction of hard cost and variance, new product development
 Pricing of new home product in order to maintain a budgeted/required margin.
 Provided pricing and accurate base home costing to aid company in increasing margins from 8-10% to 20% and more.
 Introduced new vendors and successfully reduced the cost of sticks and bricks by 5%.
 Developed new product in order to overhaul existing elevations and floor plans.
 Negotiated new rebates with suppliers as well as collected rebates outstanding for several years.
 Review and approval of all starts, pinning details and lot checks prior to being released for construction to reduce the possibility of errors during construction.
 Introducing additional upgrades to the Design Studio in order to increase sales and profits.
 Price all non-standard option requests by sales.
 Run project reconciliation of all specs and sales in order to verify margins prior to acceptance of contracts.
 Provide construction and sales support to the builder and sales staff.
 Tracked red lined drawing changes for accuracy.
 Managed contracting and insurance requirements for existing and new vendors and suppliers.
Cambridge Homes (Relocated to Florida) 2003 – June 2004
A privately held, Homebuilding Company with offices in Florida and North Carolina
Purchasing Manager
Responsible for the management of the estimating staff, accounting staff, builder support, in house designer, identification of new product/vendors. Reduction of hard cost and variance, new product development
 Pricing of new home product in order to maintain a budgeted/required margin.
 Vendor account reconciliation, responsible for reducing past due payables from 20% over 90 days to an average of 3% of payables over 90 days.
 Introduced new vendors and successfully reduced the cost of sticks and bricks.
 Developed new product in order to overhaul existing elevations and floor plans.
 Negotiated new rebates with suppliers as well as collected rebates outstanding for several years.
 Review and approval of all starts, pinning details and lot checks prior to being released for construction to reduce the possibility of errors during construction.
 Introducing additional upgrades to the Design Studio in order to increase sales and profits.
 Price all non-standard option requests by sales.
 Run project reconciliation of all specs and sales in order to verify margins prior to acceptance of contracts.
 Provide construction and sales support to the builder and sales staff.
 Tracked red lined drawing changes for accuracy.
 Managed contracting and insurance requirements for existing and new vendors and suppliers.
David Weekley Homes 1999 – 2002
David Weekley Homes is a privately owned company with divisions located across the country, mainly in the south.
Purchasing Manager
Responsible for the management of the estimating staff, accounting staff, builder support, in house designer, identification of new product/vendors, reduction of hard const and variance, the day-to-day operations of the local comptroller functions.
 Implemented procedures resulting in the reduction of variance from –16% as a percent of revenue to a –5.8%
 Pricing of new home product in order to maintain a budgeted/required margin
 Close out of financials at the end of month to verify monies paid to the closed homes as well as G&A overhead
 Vendor account reconciliation, responsible for reducing past due payables from 20% over 90 days to an average of 3% of payables over 90 days
 Successfully negotiated accounts turned over to collections to reduce outstanding balances
 Introduced new vendors and successfully reduced the cost of sticks and bricks by $5.00/sf.
 Overhauled a waning department to provide superior support to the Charlotte and Charleston markets
 Reduced end of month cost overruns from being in the red to actually providing money back to the bottom line
 Supported the markets in two cities, Charlotte and Charleston
 Provide construction and sales support to the builder and sales staff
Ryland Homes, Inc. 1996 – 1999
Ryland Homes is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and leading mortgage finance companies operating in 21 markets.
Assistant Purchasing Manager
Responsible for identifying new product and suppliers/vendors in order to reduce costs, estimating existing and new product and training and directing starts and purchasing administrators.
 Introduced new vendors to the company that previously only worked for other builders.
 Negotiated a 7% reduction in a 15% price increase to control rapid increase in base house costs.
 Successfully estimated and bid a new first time homebuyer project within 1% of actual construction cost.
 Preformed value engineering on current and new product by introducing standardization and new material suppliers and manufacturers at the best cost for the product
 Successfully costed and contracted 108 existing house types in order to be able to sell product at an acceptable margin and increase revenue at the close of construction
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio: Majoring in architecture.
 Completed courses required to sit for the Certified Purchasing Manager exams.
 Member of the National Association of Female Executives
 Member of American Management Association
 Enrolled in Accounting Technology, Seminole Community College
 Proficient in JD Edwards, Word, Excel, Outlook
 Green Building Certified
 Instructor, ATA Tae-Kwando
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