Combined skills as a construction site supervisor / project manager combined with senior level leadership and business skills. Senior management team leader- Leaderships strengths include strategic business planning and executing programs for all phases of the business cycle. Business analyst skilled in assessing company business position, equipping organization with tools for performance, growth and developing benchmarks to measure performance. Diverse operational experience extends to finance / accounting, purchasing / materials management, logistics, sales, service and production. Expertise in budgeting, cash management, cost control and customer service.
Profit Improvement: Delivered solid, verifiable profit increases on behalf of employer.
Cost Controls: Captured significant savings through process improvements and cost controls – cumulative total reflects a hard dollar of seven figures
Operational Enhancements: Introduced innovations that corrected inventory levels as much as 37% and boosted product fill rates to record high of 96%.
Management- Labor relations: Assembled competent teams and imitated pay for performance programs that led to increased productivity and employee longevity.
Sales Team Trainer: Developed sales training programs and initiatives to increase sales while improving customer loyalty, reducing calls back and increasing employee morale and longevity
Site Supervisor / Project Manager: Experienced in Residential High End custom homes, Spec homes, multifamily projects and commercial design build projects. Projects ranging from $300,000 to $30m.
Professional Experience
The Contractor Connection May 1996 – Present
Columbia, South Carolina
General Manager / Director of Operations
Diverse builder of custom homes, Spec homes and multifamily complexes. Recruited to manage pivotal financial turnaround. Charged with correcting operational issues which negatively affected production, sales, profit and morale. Direct operations, manufacturing, materials management, quotations, financial reporting, human resources, information systems, sales and marketing.
Answer directly to owner, Responsible for the daily operations of this 25 employee company with annual revenues of approx 25 – 30 million in gross sales. To include new construction sales, renovations and service.
Increased service calls from 400 in 1997 to over 2600 in 2008 through superior service initiatives
Increased profit each year, showing consecutive growth from 1997 – 2008. Sales volume increased from approx $250,000 to $4,000,000.
Employee Leadership: Improved management – labor relations through wage compensation and bonus programs. Systems brought HR practices into compliance, improved employee morale and saved nearly $100.000 in annual l labor expenses. Boosted employee confidence and participation in 401(K).
Created Sales Incentive program: Created, implemented and monitored sales program, Empowered each employee as a sales team member, Results were significant, showing an immediate increase in sales volume, reduce call back rate, increased customer loyalty and call backs
Financial Management: Reduced bank debt 43% thorough cash flow improvements rebuilt lender relationships and negotiated 67% increase in line of credit with 100& increase in length of agreement, all at a considerable reduction in interest rates.
Vendor Relations: Working with manufacture vendors developed home owner preventative maintaince program. Increasing sales volume and developing solid long term vendor relationships
Excellent Sales Trainer, Teaching Feature, Function, Value / Benefit of products and services
Excellent communication, leadership, proven people / team building skills
Proficient in Ms Office, Outlook, Power Point presentations
Developed internal training programs
Developed preventative maintaince program, proving such programs save money, increase productivity, less down time, increase profitability and reduce safety risk to employees by maintaining equipment.
• OSHA guidelines and safety training
• Sales Training & Sales Leadership
• Lock Out, Tag out procedures
• Electrical safety training
• Electrical procedures, methods and selections
• Plumbing safety training
• Plumbing procedures, methods and selections
• HVAC safety training
• HVAC procedures, methods and selections
• Hydraulic safety
• Fire fighting
• Gas safety training
• Gas procedures, methods and selections
• Low Voltage safety
• Low Voltage procedures, methods and procedures.
• Insulation safety training
• Fire safety training
• Code compliance Instructor
• Power tool use and safety instructor
• Management development
• Employee hiring practices
• Employee disciplinary guidelines and procedures
• Sexual harassment in the workplace
• Job site safety
• Modular building guidelines
• Appliance installation, use and inspection
• Vendor / Sub Contractor safety compliance
• Certified 10 Hour OSHA safety
• Certified 30 Hour OSHA safety
• CPR (American Red Cross)
• Multi Media First Aid ( American Red Cross)
Education
United Sates Navy E-5 Machinist Mate, Damage Control Officer 1977- 1983
Navy Program for Afloat College Education (P.A.C.E.) 1977- 1983
Major: Business Management
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