I am interested in moving to an established company with a stable outlook and a good land position. I feel I would be an asset to any home building company due to my experience, work ethic, and management style. I am adept at pulling the best from my employees, and initiating systems amd processes to raise productivity in the field.
Please consider my resume in consideration of any appropriate positions you have available.
References available upon request.
Thank you.
James Anderson
James Anderson
Summary of qualifications Quality leadership and achievement-oriented professional. Successful management experience with small, medium and large volume companies, both established and start up. Well versed in all aspects of residential construction including: construction, operations, purchasing, estimating, A/P, contracts, product development, H/R, logistics, and training. Self motivated with excellent organizational and multitasking skills. Solid IT and networking knowledge. A proven leader in mid and upper management. Effective problem solver and communicator. Exceptional system builder.
Professional experience 2008-Present Edward Andrews Homes LLC Atlanta, GA
VP Construction
 Responsibilities include all phases of start up for this developer owned builder. Three initial communities (632 units), with systems and processes built and implemented for a multi-faceted rollout. Oversight of all construction activities, including development, starts, build cycle, closings and warranty.
• Oversight of all operations, including purchasing, estimating, accounts payable, IT, and office expense.
• Creating and implementing policies and procedures to foster a production environment.
• Seeking and negotiating bids and quotes from vendors, contractors and suppliers.
• Creating and enforcing scopes of work for all trades and contractors.
• Company Safety Officer, responsible for OSHA compliance company wide.
• Overall responsibility for all direct cost budgeting.
• Overall responsibility for targeting and hiring all personnel.
• Product development including interpretation of CMAs (Competitive Market Analyses), demographic study, traffic analysis, creation of design criteria, and final product refinement.
• Manage all out-sources including A/P, Warranty, and Sales.
• Creating and implementing training procedures for all personnel.
• Oversight of all product pricing, option pricing, and margins.
• GA Licensed Contractor (Residential Basic Qualifying Agent) for company.
• Utilizing down market conditions as leverage for contract negotiations, lowering costs to be competitive in a down market scenario.
• Maintain 9% minimum net profit figures in down market conditions.
• Achieved $2.5M in first year gross sales, leaving company in the black after one year of down market operations.
2001 – 2008 Paul Thomas Homes Atlanta, GA
VP Construction/VP Operations
 Responsibilities include raising production for this relatively new builder from less than fifty units annually ($7M in 2001) to over two hundred units annually ($56.7M in 2006). Assumed VP Operations role in 2007, in addition to VP Construction duties. Responsibilities include:
• Oversight of all construction activities, including development, starts, build cycle, closings and warranty.
• Oversight of all operations, including purchasing, estimating, accounts payable, IT, and office expense.
• Creating and implementing policies and procedures to foster a production environment.
• Initiate and manage an ongoing cost reduction program
• Maintain an average 95+% on time, on budget build cycle.
• Hiring and training all Construction and Operations personnel
• Creating and implementing the Warranty Policy.
• Seeking and negotiating bids from vendors, contractors and suppliers.
• Creating and enforcing scopes of work for all trades.
• Company Safety Officer, responsible for OSHA compliance company wide.
• Overall responsibility for all direct cost budgeting.
• Heavily involved in product development, and assessing new land deals through feasibility studies and competitive market analyses.
• Managed all developers to ensure lots were delivered in a timely fashion and within the required parameters.
• Builder representative for all developers.
• Maintain servers, office workstations, and satellite PCs through direct and outsourced solutions.
• Work with on site sales agents to evaluate contracts and contract offers.
• Work with VP Sales to set and attain closing goals, and to set customer expectations, resulting in a high referral rate.
Accomplishments:
• Targeted, attained, and maintained a 25%-30% gross margin at all times, including down market periods.
• Created and implemented a production schedule based not only upon activity duration, but among other factors, contractor availability, allowing the company to move closer to even flow.
• Achieved a 3.6% direct cost reduction within 30 days of assuming VP Operations role.
• Targeted, attained and maintained a 3.5% operating budget (including warranty), through hiring the best personnel possible, maximizing resources, training, waste control, and process completion.
• Implemented a JRJC (Job Ready Job Complete) program to identify and resolve bottlenecks in the production cycle, and improve working conditions and profit for the trades in the field. This resulted in a more streamlined schedule and a higher degree of process completion. Feedback from the trades has been tremendous, and the improvement of trade performance was almost immediate.
• Initiated a training program to ensure that all construction field personnel achieved code certification (IRC 2000) by the end of 2006. This not only improved field performance, but also fostered better communication with municipal inspectors. Additionally, the marketing team utilized this certification, as PTH was the only production builder in the Atlanta market to have 100% of its field personnel code certified.
• Designed and implemented a waste control program to track and control cost overruns, improve take off accuracy, and streamline details.
• Created and implemented the company’s OSHA compliant safety plan.
• Designed and implemented a Quality Control and Orientation Program that resulted in a 5-item average on orientations in 2500 sq. ft. to 3500 sq. ft. homes, in the $225,000 to $450,000 price range.
• Created and maintained a working environment in which construction personnel want to work, eliciting loyalty from existing employees and ensuring a full queue of well qualified candidates at all times, via referral.
1998 – 2001 Engle Homes/Atlanta, Inc. Atlanta, GA
Division Construction Manager
 Responsible for all construction in the Atlanta area.
 Oversaw eight communities with a construction staff of twenty-one employees as well as approval and management of all subcontractors.
 Created budgets and scopes and work with billing and plan revisions.
 Controlled waste and managed all warranty.
 Put procedures and policies in place for production, quality control and warranty.
 Started “Trade Alliance†program for improving quality of product and contractor working conditions.
 Safety Officer for the company.
 More than doubled production for the start up company.
1997 – 1998 Owings and Terry Building Group Atlanta, GA
Builder
Responsible for all phases of new construction from clearing to closing including:
 Orientation walks
 Quality control
 Budgets
 Scheduling and approval and control of subcontractors
 Managed four subdivisions
1995 – 1997 Peachtree Residential Properties Atlanta, GA
Builder
Responsible for all phases of new construction from clearing to closing including:
 Orientation walks
 Quality control
 Budget management
 Scheduling, approval and control of subcontractors
1992 - 1995 Pulte Home Corporation Atlanta, GA
Superintendent
Responsible for new construction from concrete to closing including:
 Scheduling
 Subcontractors
 Punch out personnel
 Waste control
Software: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Punch List Manager, CFT, Server and PC workstation operating systems, Networking systems
Additional Information:
 10 Hour OSHA Safety Certification
 Lee Evans Group (Various Programs)
 Level 1-A NPDES Certified
 IRC 2000 certified
 GA License Number RBQA003937
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