David J. Downing 38827 91st Place Burlington, Wisconsin 53105 Mobile: (608) 393-3474
Career Objective Seeking a Project Manager position in a commercial environment with a quality organization that will utilize the strong organizational skills, supervisory skills and quality jobs delivered for the overall growth of the organization.
Employment The Home Depot, Arlington Heights, IL Project Manager- Store Set-up December 2002-January 2009 Managed thirty-five new store fixture installations, several major store remodel projects, Tool Rental Center additions and Garden Center expansions. Managed over $90 million dollars of The Home Depot construction budget since 1999. Teamed with the architect assigned to create construction documents that satisfy corporate standards. Monitored the developments of all assigned construction projects. Hired and supervised contractors, related project consultants, vendors and suppliers. Managed and developed budgets for new store and remodel projects. Managed construction side of project due diligence. Interfaced with Corporate Management and Store Management teams throughout the project. Created scope of work, awarded and administered contracts on all installations of interior finishes and fixtures. Accounted for all existing fixed assets and the ordering of new assets during store remodels and resets. Evaluate the need and process all supplemental fixed asset orders for the new store process. Responsible for quality control and compliance to plans and specifications. Maintain established planning process schedules critical paths and benchmark deadlines to keep projects on schedule. Named Set-up Supervisor of the year in 2003.
The Home Depot, Arlington Heights, IL, USA Store Planner May 1999 - December 2002 Teamed with operations and merchandising departments to create store fixture plans that reflect The Home Depot standards. Create new and remodel store plans on AutoCAD. Built relationships across numerous functional areas, both internal and external to The Home Depot, resulting in on time and under budget completion of new store projects and store remodels. Monitor fixture contractor throughout the fixture installation process to insure conformance to contractual obligations. Provide direction and problem resolution throughout the project. Developed and maintained the Rack Installation Manual. Awarded the Store Planning MVP award for 2001.
True Value (Truserv), Chicago, IL Store PlannerJanuary 1998 - May 1999 Designed and merchandised member plans in a timely and efficient manner to improve their market position, consumer appeal, and facility efficiencies. Implemented design formats and graphic systems. Revised drawings per Store Development Specialist, Project Manager, Retail Operations Specialist, Retail Consultant or Business Development Managers input. Developed a complete set of working drawings as required per job (concept, decor, merchandise, exterior, site and nursery plan). Developed a bill of materials estimates as required for plans. Development of prototype plans for the use of our members and business development. Development of proficiency on AutoCAD.
United Hardware Distributing Company, Plymouth, MN Store Planning Coordinator January 1995 - January 1998 Designed and maintained a complete set of merchandise plan-o-grams for the member-dealers. Furnished opening inventory reports for new and existing stores. Coordinated with the buyers to select product assortments and merchandising aids to be used in plan-o-gram production. Coordinated incoming and outgoing merchandise from warehouse to be used in plan-o-gram process. Assisted the store engineers on store resets and bi-annual buying markets. Skilled with the use of Space Management Software
Hanley Company, Sun Prairie, WI Hardware Manager January 1992 - January 1995 Responsible for both the daily operation and strategic planning for the companies hardware division. Hire all hardware employees, motivate, coordinate training, schedule and evaluate performance of employees. Plan and budget for in store merchandising, special promotions and advertising. Attend distributor vendor shows and various smaller regional product expositions. Conduct all purchasing activities, while building and maintaining vendor relations, and controlling and monitoring hardware and related product inventories. Perform widely varied group cooperation and communications related activities such as participating in distributor network and committee conferences, serving on the local chamber of commerce board, leading hardware department sales meetings and working on a company-wide Total Quality Management (TQM) to strengthen the company. Raised sales by 33% and customer count went up continuously.
Business Development and Training Proficient with AutoCAD, Microsoft XP, Word 2000, Excel 2000, PowerPoint and MS Project. Adept with Web based project management software Expesite. Skilled with SAP financial software. Georgia Tech Project Management seminar. Keller Graduate School of Management classes. Dale Carnegie seminar. Skillpath seminar on Communication. SWPPP Cerified.
Education University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Bachelor of Science in History, 1995
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