Debra Mingrone


FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Accomplished Manager with over 12 years experience in Facilities Management with the proven ability to achieve results in cost reduction through Green energy efficient incentives. Not only does this provide decreased energy consumption for each location, it also provides additional tax incentives for each project for being part of the Green Initiative.
Core Competencies

* Visionary Leadership * Proven Cost Reduction Strategies * Project Management
* Part of the Green Initiative * Excellent Communication Skills * High Stake Negotiations


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jones Retail Corporation, White Plains, NY 10604March 1997 March 2009
(Nine West Footwear)
FACILITIES MANAGER

Key Achievements:

Initiated a complete Lighting Retrofit plan for our DC Distribution Center which resulted in a 1.3 year payback with Green energy savings of $179,000 every year thereafter!
In seeking maximum efficiency and high pay off for our stores, responsible for the implementation of two Green energy savings retrofit programs which included a Lighting Retrofit and an HVAC replacement program. The initial stores selected for the Lighting Retrofit program resulted in an estimated $75,000 Green energy savings per year upon completion.
The Lighting Retrofit program was negotiated as a full turn key program providing a 6 year warranty by the installing vendor as long as we agreed to a lamp replacement at the 3 year anniversary (all lamps, ballasts and labor included in warranty)
Bulb Contract Negotiations resulting in $111,000 savings annually.
Ability to develop effective systems such as the implementation of a new portion of our store maintenance system where the stores were able to put work orders in directly through their register systems. This resulted in real time turn around with work orders. The stores were then able to see which vendor was dispatched as well as the expected time of arrival. Once a work order was opened both the store as well as the District Manager were able to view the work order and email with any updates, such as status and/or contractor part arrival, therefore improving communication at both store and corporate levels. System was also able to track and report all store repairs and expenses.
Negotiated a new national contract for annual life safety services for our stores. This contract resulted in $47,000 annual savings.
In 2008 my team decreased avoidable costs to department by $10,000 from the previous year. This was done by walking store managers through a list of questioning to make sure that a service call to location was necessary or not.
Negotiation of a 3% pay back with our lock/door vendor for any spending over $250,000 per year for both Facilities and Purchasing Departments. This resulted in an annual rebate check in the area of $7,000 which was then credited back to the departments.

Daily Responsibilities:

Managed over 1,000 retail store locations in a Fortune 500 Company (Nationwide as well as PR and Guam)
Provided focused leadership and direction for direct reports to continuously improve the standards for maintaining companys nationwide facilities
Strong ability to maintain a multi-brand nationwide store chain base while balancing Capital Expenditure and Expense budgets (in excess of $4m) per company guidelines
Project Management Skills ranging from small retrofit projects to the complete gutting of stores during Hurricane Katrina as well as the rebuild of others through the years due to fire and or water damage
In seeking maximum efficiency and high pay off for our stores, responsible for the implementation of two Green energy savings retrofit programs which included a Lighting Retrofit and an HVAC replacement program
Successfully wrote and oversaw the implementation of a new portion to our store maintenance system where stores ere able to put in work orders (real time) directly from their registers, therefore improving communication at both store and corporate levels
Due to multiple demands of the department, able to implement such things to our system as spreadsheet downloads for vendors which provided measurable results by decreasing coordinator time for input into the system
Actively tracked yearly avoidable costs looking for areas of concern
Wrote and oversaw the departments Facilities Newsletter which was distributed to stores, DMs, RMs as well as Executive Vice Presidents Of Stores at Corporate.
National Vendor Alliances decreasing costs Nationwide
While with Jones, I was involved in the following committees: Profit Improvement Committee, Strategic Corporate Excellence Committee and the Green Team.



EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Pursuing a Bachelors in Science (BS) Business Management Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT (Current), GPA 3.78

Educational Associations
Pi Delta Kappa
Associates in Science (AS) Business Administration Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT (1990), GPA 3.6

Educational Associations
Phi Theta Kappa

Professional Associations:
Building Green (2009 Present)
The LEED Professional Group (2009 Present)
The Renewable Energy Network (2009 Present)
The Green Movement Illuminati (2009 Present)
PRSM Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (2001 Present)
Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management Professionals (2009 Present)
Facilities Management Professionals International (2009 Present)
Retail Management (2009 Present)
Retail Industry Professionals Worldwide (2009 Present)
Retail EXECS (2009 Present)
The 7 Habits (2009 Present)