Objectives
To secure a position in purchasing and estimating for a homebuilding company that will allow me to capitalize on my proven experience and professional skills to enhance corporate profitability.
Skills
Proven reliability: Possess more than fifteen years experience in homebuilding and commercial construction during which I developed and implemented purchasing and estimating procedures aimed at improved efficiency and enhanced operational effectiveness
Technical expertise abilities include:
-Read, interpret, and red-line plans
-Write and develop scopes of work and construction-related specifications
-Periodically develop and review Scopes of Trades to certify compliance with contractual requirements
-Maintain take-off information to ensure that vendor pricing correlates with material used
-Recruit and qualify a large vendor base to guarantee competitive pricing
-Negotiate with subcontractors and suppliers
-Update and organize contracts estimates, take-offs, plans, and other relevant documents
-Supervise the distribution of bid packages in electronic format
-Analyze subcontractor proposals
-Identify sourcing opportunities
-Manage the pricing and processing of custom changes
-Manage the maintenance of vendor files
-Establish cost benchmarks for existing and future projects
-Periodically conduct an analysis of market trends to benchmark labor costs for optimization
-Provide bid clarification and analysis for trade managers prior to the awarding of contracts
-Supervise the maintenance of budgets and develop new budgets for senior management
-Review new products, techniques, and innovations throughout the homebuilding industry
-Assist senior management in forward planning efforts including the generation of projected costs for future communities
-Work with plan administration personnel to ensure the accuracy of plans
-Conduct analyses of house drawing and blueprint to ensure conformity with local code requirements and value engineering
-Develop and write standard operating procedures to improve organizational effectiveness
-Manage contract administration
Excellent computer skills: An expert in data analysis using automated systems, including MS Outlook, Excel, Word, Project, JD Edwards software, Gemini software, and the FAST (Fixed Activity Schedule Technique) system
Persuasive communicator: Strong written and oral communication skills, and an experienced negotiator who can develop and maintain good customer relations with clients and vendors
Detail oriented: A logical thinker who pays strict attention to details to ensure compliance with designs, specifications, and corporate policy
Experienced in managing multiple complex projects under tight deadline conditions
A team player with a strong work ethic and superior critical thinking and problem solving skills who always places organization goals first

Experience
Purchasing / Estimating Manager (March 2008 October 2009)
Parrish Builders, Inc. (Tallahassee, FL)
Responsible for preliminary and final budget creation and management, price control, vendor negotiation, preparation of design and specifications, preparation and management of contract documents, financial cost control and analysis, value engineering, on-site evaluations to ensure compliance with corporate policy and specifications, and conceptual and final estimating functions for five commercial projects in 2009 totaling more than 100,000 square feet and revenues exceeding $10,000,000.

Purchasing Manager (September 2003 February 2008)
The St. Joe Company (Tallahassee, FL)
Responsible for recruiting vendors, price negotiation, contract management, design option system management operating in JD Edwards environment, value engineering, systems and policy development, base and options price maintenance, budget development and management, rebates, variance analysis, cost control and analysis, and estimating functions in a residential construction environment with 2008 revenues exceeding $30,000,000.

Regional & Division Controller / Operations Manager / Division Administrative Services Manager (February 1993 August 2003)
Beazer Homes, Inc; Crossmann Communities, Inc; Heartland Homes, Inc. (Memphis, TN)
Established policies and procedures to manage effectively the finance & accounting, purchasing, and operational systems for a division of Beazer Homes, Inc.; managed construction, purchasing and estimating, warranty service, subcontract administration, cost control, value engineering, and new product definition for a division of Crossmann Communities, Inc. (acquired by Beazer Homes, Inc.); Reviewed the budgets, accounting systems, and financial analysis for five divisions (cities) in the Southern Region of Crossmann Communities, Inc.; Managed scheduling, purchasing, estimating, financial analysis and administration, product definition, cost control, construction draw management, and contract administration for Heartland Homes, Inc. (acquired by Crossmann Communities, Inc.); was intricately involved in conducting due diligence during two corporate acquisitions.