Director of Purchasing

Dawn E. Partin, LEED AP BD&C

**** **** *** ? Oceanside, CA 92057 ?

(760) 917 - 0522 Cell

Email: **********@*****.***

Objective: To obtain a challenging full time or consulting position in the

building industry.

Profile:

. More than 17 years of experience in homebuilding plus 10+ years in

concession and retail/wholesale buying.

. Planned, organized and directed the functions and operations of many

Purchasing Departments, managing up to 11 concurrent active projects

including Homeowner Options.

. Budgeted, bid and contracted, "offsites" and "onsites", setting

specifications, setting budgets and purchasing within that budget for

some of the largest home builders in the nation.

. Negotiated and awarded contracts to subcontractors, preparing

contracts and contractor files, producing all change orders,

purchase orders, monitoring distribution of plans, monitoring

insurance coverage and lien releases.

. Set specifications for each project and distributed Plans,

Scopes of Work, and Time Schedules to all trade subcontractors.

. Assured compliance with up-to-date building and safety codes,

established procedures, distributed weekly safety materials to field

personnel to ensure companies compliance with OSHA and other

City/County regulations.

. Pulled all building permits at County/City Offices, Fire

Departments, School Districts, and Water Districts.

. Submitted "White Reports" to Department of Real Estate for all

projects and phases; Veterans Administration

"Master Certificate of Reasonable Value" certifications and

filed "Notice of Completion" with County.

. Handled all accounts payable and fund control processing for

several projects, including checking lien releases, budgets and

invoices for accuracy.

. Mediated between sales, purchasing, upper management, escrow,

subcontractors and field.

. Trained and supervised Assistant Purchasing Agents, Options

Coordinators, Contract Administrators, Sales, Escrow and Customer

Service personnel.

. Organized and documented all framing, electrical and home owner walk-

thrus.

Employment:

6/08 - Present - Owner - Partin Consulting, Oceanside, CA

. Building Industry Consultant providing Purchasing, Estimating, and

Cost Analysis Services for the Residential Single Family, Multi-Family

and Custom Home Building Industry.

. Provide Green Building Consulting Services for the LEED Certification

process to the Commercial and Home Building Industry.

. LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited

Professional) National Certification.

10/05 - 6/08 - Director of Purchasing - Herington Development, Temecula, CA

. One person office supporting Vice President of Construction, Field,

Accounting & Corporate Office

. Planned, organized and directed new Purchasing Department including 11

concurrent projects

. Created elaborate Custom Options programs for high end communities

03/05 - 10/05 - Purchasing Agent - D.R. Horton, Carlsbad, CA

. Assigned Special Projects within Purchasing Department to standardize

processes throughout 10 person department.

. Managed two Assistant Purchasing Agents

. Interim Options Manager for 12+ communities, supervising two Options

Coordinators

01/04 - 03/05 - Director of Purchasing - Distinguished Homes, Anaheim, CA

. Brought severely behind Purchasing Department up-to-date from being

350 contracts behind to being nominated the "best department" by

subcontractors within months of starting

. Researched, purchased and implemented Homeowner's Options Program

. Managed Purchasing Assistant and Contract Administrator

4/00 - 1/04 - Director of Purchasing/Customer Service Manager - Ashbrook

Communities, Carlsbad, CA

. Significantly reduced the budgets for two projects by $1.93 and $2.63

per foot by bidding deep and tapping on my subcontractor knowledge of

San Diego resulting in a documented $353,000 savings to the company

. Implemented new procedures and revised old procedures for purchasing

department.

. Implemented Options Programs for Purchasing Department to produce

"Builder Upgrade" Change Orders and Home Buyer Options for multiple

projects.

. Supervised Contract Administrator and Customer Service personnel for

all San Diego projects

11/98 - 2/00 - Purchasing Agent - Hallmark Communities, Del Mar, CA

. Planned, organized and directed creation of Purchasing

Department, establishing all policies and procedures

. Planned, created and directed complete options programs from

scratch for each project, meeting with various sub-contractors

to discuss builder requirements, liaison between flooring

companies and builder, implemented cut-off procedures and cut-

off dates for timing of options, developed all option sheets for

sales and homebuyers

. Implemented Escrow Summary Report that summarized and calculated

Options and Financing information to assist the Escrow

Coordinator, Superintendents, and Homebuyers in the sales

process

. Trained and supervised Options/Escrow Coordinator

8/95 - 11/98 - Purchasing Agent - Options/Escrow Coordinator -

Heritage HomeBuilders, Vista, CA

. Created and directed a complete options program from scratch,

meeting with various sub-contractors to discuss builder

requirements, liaison between flooring company and builder,

implemented cut-off procedures and cut-off dates for

construction, produced all option sheets for sales and

homebuyers

. Produced documents for Sales, Escrow Company and Homebuyer.

Maintained all lot files to ensure escrow and lenders received

all necessary documents on a timely manner

. Initially handled all accounts payable and fund control

processing for three projects including checking lien releases

and invoices for accuracy

. Implemented extensive tracking system with Excel spreadsheets

Additional Skills:

. LEED AP - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Accredited Professional

. Computer/software skills include MS Excel, Word, Outlook;

QuickBooks, NetMeeting, Builder's Solutions, Prolog, Timberline,

and JD Edwards accounting/budget software, and more.

. Able to read and estimate both off-site and on-site building

plans.

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