Looking for purchasing or operations position with a firm where I can continue to grow and advance my career while helping that organization and team members accomplish their goals.
BRIAN GEORGE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/08 to 10/09 Green Built Custom Homes, Inc.
Senior Project Manager/Owner
 Residential custom home builder and remodeler specializing in the use of “Green†technologies and product installations into new and existing homes
 Certified Green Builder
 Responsibilities included:
• Plan, organize and manage overall residential development, design and blueprint review, analysis of projects, preparation of construction documents, identify new technologies and products, ensure compliancy with Energy Star and all required codes, bidding, negotiations, sub-contractor selection, material purchasing, scheduling, project budget, building code compliance, project development, quality control, and certification of occupancy.
8/06 to 12/07 Petersen-Dean Roofing Systems, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Southeast Operations
 Profit and Loss responsibility for three divisions in Florida with most recent fiscal year sales in excess of $55 million for the third largest roofing installation company in the United States with total revenues in excess of $300 million.
 Led the expansion into the Orlando market as well as analyzed potential expansion opportunities into other markets.
 Responsible for proper staffing levels with 9 direct reports and maximum 180 employees.
 Worked with senior staff to diversify our product offerings in the market to include flat deck commercial work as well as metal roofing installations.
 Increased gross margin by 2% since joining the company by implementing controls over inventory and labor expenses.
 Implemented procedures and processes to reduce amount of outstanding billable work (reduced by 97%).
 Implemented procedures and processes to collect outstanding accounts receivable (reduced by 52%).
9/05 to 8/06 Beazer Homes, Inc.
Regional Vice President, South Atlantic Region Purchasing
 Responsible for working with seven divisions in the South Atlantic Region for compliance with Sarbanes Oxley within the purchasing departments as well as other internal controls.
 Responsible for overseeing cost completions as well as option completion within the system to maintain accurate margins for both the base house as well as the option revenue.
 Developed and implemented tracking system for direct cost increases for each division for both labor and materials as well as forecasting the impact to the divisions for implementation into the house pricing strategy.
 Member of corporate Purchasing Leadership Council which deals with different initiatives for the company – most recently worked on project to reduce appliance offerings by 61% to match with corporate direction and customer profile.
 Responsible for identifying cost reduction opportunities and work with division management to implement in order to reduce overall costs.
 Support divisions in order to achieve business plan goals by ensuring product availability.
1994 to 6/05 KB Home, Inc.
11/04 to 6/05 Vice President of Operations, Charlotte Division
 Oversee the Purchasing, Construction and Customer Service Departments.
 Supervised approximately 30 employees.
 Reduced construction cycle time by 25% (23 working days).
 Lowered field extra purchase orders by 23%.
 Customer satisfaction scores increased by 6.5%
 Delivered more homes than business plan each month and quarter.
 Maintain accurate direct costs for predictability. Reduced directs by 3%.
11/03 to 11/04 Regional Vice President, Southeast Region Purchasing
 Worked with new acquisitions in four different markets to implement company processes and procedures.
 Responsible for working with divisional purchasing teams to reduce directs by over 4% on approximately 2500 units in four markets throughout the Southeast Region.
 Responsible for working with architects and subcontractors to create and maintain accurate plans by value engineering, for the entire regional use.
 Responsible for negotiating regional contracts with key vendors which resulted in cost savings for the Southeast Region Divisions.
 Member of the corporate Strategic Sourcing Council.
3/02 to 11/03 Regional Vice President, Northern California Purchasing
 Responsible for purchasing all labor and materials for approximately 2500 single family detached homes and single family attached homes in approximately 35 different project locations throughout Northern California.
 Managed directs for approximately 2500 homes, which is in excess of $300 million annually, as well as option costs in excess of $50 million.
 Managed up to 21 employees in two locations.
 Responsible for negotiating regional contracts with key vendors which resulted in cost savings in both divisions in Northern California.
 Responsible for working with architects and subcontractors to create and maintain accurate plans through value engineering.
3/00 to 3/02 Vice President of Operations, South Bay Division (Pleasanton, CA)
 Director of Operations, South Bay Division (3/00 to 1/01, Promoted to VP 1/01)
 Responsible for delivery of houses to homeowners. Delivered approximately 1600 single family detached and single family attached homes.
 Delivered more homes than business plan projections in 8 straight quarters.
 Managed up to 35 employees at up to 15 different jobsites.
 Instrumental in developing and introducing a new home delivery program, which saw an increase in overall customer satisfaction from 78% to 91.8%.
 Reduced production cycle time by 5%.
 Developed and managed fixed cost construction budget exceeding $2.4 million annually.
 Managed house direct construction budgets exceeding $96 million annually.
7/97 to 3/00 Director of Purchasing, South Bay Division (Pleasanton, CA)
 Purchasing Manager, (1/99 to 7/99, Promoted to Director 7/99).
 Responsible for purchasing all labor and materials for all houses delivered at up to 15 different project locations, which was in excess of $96 million per year.
 Responsible for updating all subcontracts on an ongoing basis.
 Responsible for accurate scopes of work to minimize field extras.
 Managed up to 5 employees.
 Expanded subcontractor base by 20%.
1/96 to 7/97 Assistant Purchasing Manager, South Bay Division (Pleasanton, CA)
 Assisted Purchasing Manager with all aspects of bidding, subcontractor qualification, subcontractor issues and resolution, scopes of work issues, quality issues and daily operations of purchasing department delivering in excess of 600 units per year.
EDUCATION
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration, 1990
Major: Business Administration
Minor: Economics
MEMBERSHIPS
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Lake Norman Home Builders Association
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