Vice President Project Management

THOMAS LANCE JONEShn

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA USA

Phone: 918-***-****

Email: ad5rca@r.postjobfree.com

Core Professional Strengths

Team Leading Executive Driving Profits Purchasing Management/Cost Reduction Expert

Divisional Budgeting and Cost Oversight Project Estimating and Performa Creation

Contractor & Vendor Relationship Builder Contract Management and Administration

Process Management & Improvement Project Management & Construction Management

Operations & Facilities Maintenance Internal / External Customer Satisfaction

Professional Employment

LENNAR CORPORATION/REALSTAR HOMES 2021-CURR.

Director of Purchasing / Vice President of Purchasing

Direction of purchasing, estimating, product development, design management and permitting for 2300 units per year division for leading National Builder of Entry Level, Move- Up and Multi-Family residential Developments.

Instrumental in Divisional Growth from 1800 closings in 2021 to a current pace of over 2500 in 2022.

Improvement of Standardized Specifications, Product Standards and Scopes of Work, for accuracy and improvement to eliminate production variances.

Direction of all Architectural, Engineering and MEP Design Process for projects including Value Engineering.

Lead Permitting and all Plans Check processes for 5 different municipalities and building departments.

Increased Trade Partner Base by over 50% in Strategy Planning for Divisional Volume escalation.

Achieved, From Oct. 2022 to Current -Reduced Direct Construction Costs by 10%.

Transformed Team of 14 Purchasing Managers, Agents, Coordinators, Estimators into proactive solution-based thinkers.

RAUSCH COLEMAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA 2019-2021. Vice President of Purchasing/Operations

Leadership of purchasing, estimating, contracting, permitting, and office/field operations for affordable housing solution provider in the Tulsa Division. Builder of over 500 single family homes annually.

Part of Executive Management Team that that created business growth plan to increase division sales and construction volume by over 25% in one year.

Guided the improvement of all Standardized Specifications, Product Standards and Scopes of Work which led to a Variance Cost Reduction of over 64% in just 3 months of implementation.

Oversight of the Architectural, Engineering and MEP Design Process for all homes, including Value Engineering and Quality Optimization while improving accuracy of Estimates and Quantity Take Offs. This added $575,000 to divisional net profits.

Oversight of Land Development process and Kickoff of all new projects thru permitting, budget establishment, sales price benchmarking and profit margin analysis.

Conducted Monthly Profit analysis for reporting to corporate offices.

LONDON BAY HOMES, Naples, Florida, USA 2016-2019

Senior Preconstruction, Estimating, Contracts & Operations Manager

Transformation of purchasing and estimating for Custom Homes and all projects ranging from $2 Million to Over $250 Million, while ensuring the highest level of construction quality and customer satisfaction is maintained, for one of the premier custom home and mixed used development companies in SWFL.

Spearheaded Standardized Specifications, Product Standards and Scopes of Work which led to a Variance Cost Reduction of over 51% in just 6 months of implementation.

Oversight of Architectural, Engineering and MEP Design Process for all custom homes, including Value Engineering and Quality Optimization.

Developed a more detailed and accurate Unit Priced Data Base leading to more accurate project estimates, while reducing estimate lead times by 40%.

Incorporated Procurement Schedule into Project Build Schedules in PROCORE and Build Pro Project Management Programs.

Create Standardized Vendor Pre-Qualification, RFP, RFQ and RFI processes within PROCORE Project Management System.

SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRACT POSITIONS (Riyadh, King Abdullah Economic City & Jeddah) 2008-2016

AL-TAHALUF REAL ESTATE - Senior Director of Design, Procurement, and Contracting (2014-2016)

Oversight of all design, procurement, and contracting of all residential projects for Joint Venture with K Hovnanian Homes (USA) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the building of entry level to luxury homes ranging from 1500 SF to 6000 SF in size.

Guided Product Development for all projects which included, managing architectural design, engineering, and all support design consultants.

Developed Standardized Specification and Product Standards which led to a cost stabilization as well as an immediate decrease of 13% of direct vertical construction costs.

Created and implemented a Sales Option program which created /bid / price all structural and architectural options for all projects, while conducting option training for front line Sales Team. Program in first year created a capture of $24,000 USD average of additional sales revenue per villa in first year.

Incorporated procurement with delivery schedules into combined project schedules and structured them into PM Software Primavera and Build Pro Programs.

Implemented a Direct Procurement Program with major material suppliers which decreased material costs by up to 25% by curtailing buying under main and general contractors.

EMAAR, THE ECONOMIC CITY, (KAEC)/ Senior Director of Corporate Procurement, Contracting, & Value Buying (2012-2014)

Spearheaded all OPEX & CAPEX architectural, structural design & procurement for a “Green Field” city including – seaport, industrial valley, educational zone, central business district, with commercial, mixed-use, retail outlets, “financial island”, resorts and residential areas in a master planned city of 65 square miles (41,500 acres).

NATIONAL WATER COMPANY/Senior Procurement Managing Consultant (2010-2012)

Integrated all Tendering & Contracting processes for the largest water utility, which provides water and wastewater treatment plants and infrastructure for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Led a staff of 25 in bidding, contracting, and strategic sourcing, for all CAPEX & OPEX projects and programs for the PPP, with an annual budget of $800 million.

DAR AL ARKAN/Head of Procurement & Operations (2008-2010)

Start Up and leadership of ISO 9001 certified operations & procurement section for largest real estate developer in Saudi Arabia that specializes in master planned/mixed use developments consisting of residential and commercial projects. Managed all design consultants, program management consultants, and commercial management teams. Instrumental in development of all project program strategies. Responsible for establishing new purchasing processes for all projects.

ECHELON RESORTS/BOYD GAMING CORPORATION, Las Vegas, Nevada 2008

Senior Project Manager/ Global Procurement

Created Global Sourcing Team of 32 project managers, buyers, sourcing agents, and contract administrators for international procurement and supply management for $5 Billion (5 towers/ 50+stories) (Resort/Casino/Convention Center/Retail Mall) encompassing an 88-acre site. Conceived and implemented processes and guidelines for global bidding of FF&E categories for all project zones and areas. Managed procurement budget of $1.8 Billion.

Developed all procurement schedules for global procurement and reduced bid timelines from 12 weeks to 4 weeks, a reduction of 67%.

Created Supplier/Manufacturer Factory Audit Program to ensure compliance of al international manufacturers to company, state and national quality & safety standards.

Installed a Risk Mitigation Plan to properly assess all Low-cost country sourcing (LCCS) prior to award of Contracts

Established globally accessible FTP Site for streamlining of document control for all specifications, plans, shop drawings, cut sheets, and bid packages. This reduced shipping and reprographic budgets by $750,000.

TECHNICAL OLYMPIC USA, INC. (TOUSA) / ENGLE HOMES, Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 - 2008

Vice President of Purchasing/ Supply Management

Direction of Purchasing/Supply Management team for the Las Vegas Division of a 10,000 unit per year national builder. Directed all architectural plan development, estimating, budgeting, bidding, and contract management and restructured all internal processes to streamline and align with corporate, regional, and divisional guidelines and goals.

Spearheaded the reduction of direct construction costs by $17Million in the first three months in position which led to changing profit margins on all projects from a negative to a positive status.

Slashed contingency budgets and variation costs by over 50% in the first six months.

KB HOME, Las Vegas, Nevada 2005 – 2007

Vice President of Purchasing & VP of Operations for High Density/Commercial/Luxury Projects

Leadership of 25 person purchasing team in Estimating, Bidding and Contract Management for the largest home building division in the nation of any residential builder, with a direct construction budget in excess of $500 Million that developed approximately 4250 single family and attached homes, with mid-rise, mixed use, commercial, and luxury segments. Led Regional Execution Team for Purchasing within Southwest Region (Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tucson) to align processes and streamline direct costs on a Regional Basis.

Created Divisional “Pathfinder” Program to reduce costs by 4% in 2006. In first six months, $30,000,000 in savings achieved. Our program was used as companywide model for savings.

Collaborated with Land Development, Operations, Sales, and Design Directors to develop a plan to reduce cycle time through internal process improvement. Program reduced cycle time (Contract to Closing) over 20% from 33 weeks to 27 weeks, saving the division $92,000,000 in pre- tax revenue, while increasing closings by over 200 units.

CHRISTOPHER HOMES - Vice President of Purchasing - Las Vegas, NV/Park City, UT 2004-2005

Direct all estimating and purchasing operations with a staff of five for a Luxury Mixed Use & Custom Home developer in the Las Vegas and Salt Lake City regions with a volume of 125 closings per year. Managed custom home, multi-family and residential project Estimating, Bidding, and Contracting processes. Initiated and managed budgets for all projects and homes including sales and design center option pricing. Instrumental in company reaching record year profits with net revenues exceeding $120,000,000.

• Improved national supplier account and rebates by 90% to over $5000.00 per home.

•Developed On-line plan estimating and bidding system which reduced reprographic expenses by $400,000 and reduces bid process time by 90%.

•Through improvement of accuracy in scopes of work, reduced variance costs by 65%.

•Contracted all works for 7 million USD/ NAHB Custom Home of the Year 2004.

SUNRISE COLONY CO. - Regional Vice President of Purchasing - Las Vegas, NV/Palm Desert, CA/Houston, TX 2001-2004

•Promoted to position after one year with firm

•Lead all SW Region Procurement & Contracting for all Infrastructure, Vertical Construction & Facilities Maintenance for National Master Plan Community Developer over 4 Master Planned Country Clubs with home values $500,00 - $1.5 Million Regional Director of Construction - Las Vegas, NV/Palm Desert, CA/Houston, TX 2001-2002

•Managed Construction & Facilities Maintenance for 2000 Residential Unit Master Planned Community including all Community Common Areas and Building in a Private Country Club Golf setting.

Prior Employment

Jordan Luxury Homes Vice President Operations / Partner Scottsdale, AZ 1999-2002

Del Webb Corporation Director of Construction - Anthem Las Vegas, NV 1994-1999

Daly Homes of Nevada Senior Project Manager Las Vegas, NV 1992-1994

Torino Construction Corporation Project Manager Las Vegas, NV 1992-1993

Monte Vista Development Corp. Project Manager Las Vegas, NV 1989-1991

Education

Harvard - Graduate School of Design Cambridge, MA Diploma - Urban Design & Real Estate Development

Urban Land Institute Washington, DC Diploma of Construction & Real Estate Development

University of Portland Portland, OR Bach. Of Arts (Studies) – Communications

Community Leadership

American International School Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Member, Board of Trustees 2016

American International School Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Chairman, Board of Trustees 2013 - 2016

Empowered with strategic oversight of AISJ School operations and curriculum compliance while directing Board of Trustees and School Administration with a $100 Million Operations Budget with a staff of 150.

Appointed by US Ambassador to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Directed School Development Program for Land Procurement and Program Direction for the Construction of 45,000 SQM K-12 School, and 65 Unit Mid Rise Condominium Complex, valued at 150 million USD, with the support of US State Department, US Embassy and Consulate of Saudi Arabia.

Industry Recognition

Best Home – Over 4000 S.F. Grand Aurora Award 2018 Southeast Building Conference

Custom Home Design of the Year- ($5.0 Value) Sand Dollar Award 2018 Collier Building Industry Assoc. Company Team of the Year (2014) Gems Academy K- 12 School EMAAR, the Economic City

Program Manager of the Year (2012) Emtyaz Program National Water Company of KSA

National Housing Quality Award (2006) NAHQ Silver Award KB HOME – Las Vegas

NAHB Custom Home of the Year (2005) BALA Award 2005 National Home Build. Association

Construction Staff Member of the Year (1999 & 2000) “Bull Dog Award” Del Webb Corporation

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