Project Manager Management

Martin Slovin PMP **** W. Ocotillo Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013?

************@*****.***? 602-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly motivated and performance-driven professional with many years

experience in running the operations of a highly regarded company.

Extensive experience in managing intricately detailed projects, personnel

and budgets with multiple decision making entities. Financial management

leader with extensive experience working with internal and external

customers at all levels. Consistent leadership in planning initiatives that

control the risks associated with the business. Strategic and analytical

thinker and catalyst for change with a history of innovation, performance

improvement and value creation. Creative employee manager with the ability

to seek, train and retain the best employees.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management Team Leader Employee Relations

Strategic Planning/Execution Risk Management Employee Development

Contract Negotiations Employee Evaluation

Financial Planning

Contract Legal Oversight Operations Manager

Financial Oversight &

Reporting Relationship Manager Systems & Procedures

Financial Verification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kitchell Custom Homes, Inc, Phoenix, AZ

1998-2009

Operations Manager/Program Manager/Project Director/Senior Project Manager

Accountable for the successful completion of all projects in Phoenix and

Santa Barbara. Performed a leadership role in the planning, oversight and

execution of the company's strategic plans.

. Monitored relationships between owners, owners' representatives,

design team, subcontractors and suppliers, internal customers, and

financing entity.

. Championed the company training function to provide continuing

education, coaching and mentoring for all employees

. Reduced personnel turnover and improved performance by implementing

new strategies: On-boarding program for new hires; Career development

programs tailored to each individual; Goal development with quarterly

monitoring; and informal Performance Evaluations three times a year in

addition to the year-end formal procedure.

. Developed, managed and evaluated an Excellence Program that monitored

all aspects of employees' performance. Employees were evaluated by

internal and external parties and reports were published monthly and

data entered into individual Performance Evaluations

. Evaluated potential projects from a financial, client, client finance,

and personnel standpoint, and managed the pricing process.

. Financial Risk Management: Reviewed and adjusted project financial

reports, budgets and cash flow; confirmed the correct sequencing of

the Change Management process to mitigate losses and improve profit;

verified back-up and approvals; reconciled Work in Progress schedules

with company financial forecast. Prepared monthly and annual company

financial reports for submission to the corporate officers and their

financial team.

. Increased profitability by managing the risk: Increased bonding, joint

checks, use of escrow accounts, and reduced subcontractor specialty

item deposits.

. Risk Management: Edited contract language for both owner and

subcontractor contracts; ensured appropriate insurance safeguards;

checked that complete contemporaneous notes kept for all contentious

issues; reviewed safety practices; confirmed Quality Program

guidelines adhered to; checked conformance to regulatory authority

requirements.

. Cut the division Overhead budget by 15% by negotiating reductions from

vendors and reducing unnecessary discretionary spending by employees.

. Converted the Warranty department that was operating at a loss into a

very profitable Service department that is a driver for repeat

business. Both revenue and profit increased six-fold in a two year

period.

Led project teams in the successful execution of prime residential

construction projects in the Phoenix area

. Created a record profit for a single fast track project by returning

$425,000 to the bottom line in 12 months with two staff members. Saved

the client time and gained repeat business for the company.

. Saved two clients over $100,000 each through schedule and buy-out

management. Both clients continue to provide repeat business to the

company and are Service department clients.

. Successfully managed a demanding client and made a substantial profit

on a project phase where the previous and subsequent Project Managers

were unsuccessful.

Barr Construction Company, Goodyear, AZ

1993-1998

Project Manager

. Project Manager for commercial projects including restaurants, medical

tenant improvements, multiple retail store renovation projects, and a

custom home remodel.

. Superintendent for tenant improvement project, retail store

renovations and a custom home.

. Managed estimating process for negotiated and hard bid commercial and

residential projects.

. Managed a 100.000 S.F. warehouse/office property: leasing, rent

collection, maintenance/repair.

Harries Homes, Cape Town, South Africa

1982-1993

Housing Division Manager

. Managed all aspects of land acquisition, design, marketing,

infrastructure development, finance and construction for mid-level and

low income housing developments.

EDUCATION

University of Cape Town, School of Construction Management, Cape Town,

South Africa

B.Sc. Construction Management

University of Cape Town, School of Architecture, Cape Town, South Africa

University of South Africa, Department of Accounting, South Africa

OTHER TRAINING

Myers Briggs training Stephen Covey: The Seven Habits course

Highlands Predictive Index training Conquest Training (Sandler Sales System)

Arizona Builders Alliance: L.D.F. Graduate Persogenics: Connecting with people

2001

PMI (ID #1725498): PMP 2010 (#1330649)

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