Business development manager

DAVID WHITE

Currently living in Doha, Qatar

Contact Details:

Mobile +974-****-****

Email: *****.**********@*****.*** Linked In Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/david-white/2a/384/b90

Key Skills

Hard working and enthusiastic Contracts Manager with over 22 years' experience in the construction industry specialising in Refurbishments previous experience in the residential, office, commercial, FF&E and reactive maintenance works. My key skills and value lie in Contract/ Project Management, procurement customer relations, problem solving, Financial responsibility, fully computer literate and work well with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project. I have the following qualifications: Black CSCS Card, SMSTS- 5 Day, Scaffold Inspection Certificate, IOSH managing safely and Safety Planning and Inspection training

Experienced Contracts Manager Specialising in Refurbishment

Over 21 years' experience working on small to major refurbishments in the fitout sector,

Dealing with scoping visits, pre-start meeting, programming, labour, and take offs all the way to snagging to handover and over seeing costs. In addition, I have previous experience in reactive maintenance works and social housing

Experienced Site Manager specialising in Refurbishments

Over 4 years' experience working on small to Major refurbishment projects, controlling Sub-contractors, all trades, liaison with the client, architects and surveyors, dealing with all the associated paperwork.

Fully time served and experienced Joiner.

Experienced in all aspects of the trade and fully familiar with site Health and Safety. Winner of Apprentice of the Year, twice. Winner of a national competition and entitled me to Freedom of the city of Glasgow and membership to the incorporation of Wrights of Glasgow

Good Customer Care Skills.

I can build a good working relationship with clients, ability to resolve difficulties and work to tight deadlines.

Able to liaise with sub-contractors.

Ability to oversee Sub-Contractors, ensuring that there works is completed to the required standard and time Scales.

Positive Attitude

Pro-active, enthusiastic, hard working with a proven ability to get the job done. Work well under pressure especially, time constraints as due to the nature of my work the client wants to minimize profit loss, more often than not we are given tight schedules, involving many nightshifts and often simultaneous works, which require strong management and organisation with regards to getting everyone who needs to be on each job there on time. My ability to work under this pressure and consistently meet time constraints and the expectations of clients has allowed me to develop a strong rap ore with them and have worked on many other jobs with many of my clients.

Employment

March 2019 – Present

Garnet Technologies

Operations/Business Development Manager

My role at Garnet is business development/ operations manager for Low voltage services, FAS/ FFS/ CCTV/ EMS/ BMS etc. I am looking after our existing clients and bring new clients to the table; this include the like of Manateq/ Elegencia/ Encor/ Como, MOQ/ DFC/ Alshaya etc. offering new installation and offering AMC’s for all our services. I also deal with the day to day operations including H&S, project planning, risk and method statements, monitoring of labour, checking progress on site. Attend meetings to find out the client’s requirements, Peruse clients for outstanding payment. Value of projects vary from 0 – 10,000,000.00 QAR.

July 2016 – March 2019

Alpine Trading Group

Operation/Business Development Manager

My role involves approaching new clients to find out their requirements in terms of fit outs or maintenance. I also attend to the needs of our existing clients. will meet them, find out what their needs are, they, I will visit site then build the BOQ if required, get costs from sub-contractors, compare the costs then price the BOQ, I am involved throughout the negotiations then when we have won the project. Complete the H&S documents programme of works etc. Then I over see the project making sure it's running on programme attending client/ progress meeting, to make sure there is a successful handover to the client. I am also over seeing our maintenance teams making sure all calls are logged, completed on time and to the required standards, deal with all complaints and make sure payment has been received.

March 2012– July 2016

Havelock Europa

Project Manager

I am currently working on the education side of Havelock, dealing with the FF&E to various main Contractors across the UK. I have just finished projects across the UK £120k and £2m

I am working on the 2 biggest projects that Havelock have had in the last 6 years, Levenmouth and Inverness both valued at over £2m each, I have to work within the clients programme have design meetings with the client and end user to discuss colours materials for all loose and fixed furniture, co-ordinate our sub-contractors to make sure they compete there works, push the factory for our materials and make sure the quality is acceptable, arrange the deliveries, controlling our costs and complete the O&M file

2008 - March 2012 Morris & Spottiswood

Contracts Manager (key account manager)

Looking after the Co-op Refurbishments from £5k - £1.2 million. This involved attending scoping meetings, assisting the estimator, doing detailed programmes along with phase drawings, dealing with risk and method statements and safety plans, organising labour, ordering materials, dealing with site issues and overseeing works due in the contract including site meetings.

Client hand-over, completing all snagging, extras and O&M file within 2 weeks of completion. All of the above were fast track.

During peak periods I was dealing with seven live refits all over Scotland and controlled seven different working foremen, direct labour, agency and both sub and direct contractors. The nature of this work and the pressing time constraints meant that all my projects involved nightshift to allow the shop to trade through the day.

Looked after shop front regeneration projects in Gourock, Greenock and Port Glasgow. The value of these came to £250K This involved working very closely with the local shop owners, detailed programming, to renew shop fronts, signage and decoration works

I looked after River Clyde Homes refurbishments and Maintenance. This involved burnt out shells, voids work and planned works i.e. Kitchen/bathrooms and reactive maintenance. Also it involved liaising with client and organising a scope of works assisting the QS in estimating job costs from £2k - £45k

The Reactive clients I also dealt with were McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway and Burger King which also involved minor planned works and maintenance. Essential to this was meeting with clients and arranging costs and labour appropriate to the job

Training History

19/7/2015 Asbestos Management, expiry 19/7/2016

7/9/2011 Safety Plans & Inspections.

22/4/2010 Safety Management System.

26/5/2010 Version 8 Risk Assessment.

2/9/2010 Valuing life

13/1/2009 Scaffold Appreciation

6/4/2015 CITB SMSTS, expiry 10/4/2020

18/11/2014 CSCS Black expiry 18/11/2019

Education

1985 - 1991 College of Building and Printing

David Dale College

Barmulloch College

City and Guilds Certificates for Advanced Joinery

CITB Scotvec Certificates

1981 - 1985 Bishopbriggs High School

"O" Grade; Craft and Design, Technical Drawing and Maths

Additional Information

1990 - 1991 Winner of the National Competition for Joinery, and becoming a member of the Incorporation of Wrights of Glasgow

D.O.B. - 16/07/1971

Full Driving Licence

Good General Health

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