Vice President of Construction

Mark Johns

Greater Chicago Area, IL, Cell: 720-***-****, adiufw@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Summary

Highly motivated Construction Executive with twenty years of commercial experience. Possesses strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple projects and a diverse team of professionals simultaneously. Resourceful and analytical person with proven ability to bring quick resolution to challenging situations.

Competencies

: Drive for Results, Teamwork and Collaboration, Technical / Professional Expertise, Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues, Practices Self Development, Strategic Thinking, Leadership, Time Management, Adaptive Person

Professional Background

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, Downers Grove, IL 6/ 2016 - Present

Vice President of Construction

Responsible for all aspects of Construction, Design, Purchasing and Maintenance

• Led the Department through a period of rapid expansion. Opening 44 new stores between June 2016 and June 2019.

Implemented processes and procedures for contractor pay applications and lien waiver management to mitigate company risk.

Updated General Conditions Contract, moving from AIA documents to a contract that focused on improved protection of Fresh Thyme Farmers Market.

Manage annual budget of up to 75 Million Dollars.

• Was able to quickly understand intricacies of complex refrigeration systems associated with grocery stores

Develop and implement effective processes and procedures

Cross functional collaboration and team building

Vendor management

• Created new budget management process to accurately track and forecast spend on projects.

Completed each year's slate of project on budget, after the first year spent putting controls and processes in place.

Completed first major remodel for the company in 2020 on time and on budget

Sports Authority, Englewood, CO 2/ 2013 - 5/ 2016

Vice President of Construction

Oversee all aspects of Store Design, Store Planning, Construction, Purchasing and Facilities.

• Effectively expanded the Department to cover a workload that doubled in a single year. Completed by far the largest single year workload in company history.

Key participant in the strategic development of the New Store and Remodel Programs. Implemented a new strategy where we completed Market Makeovers rather than targeting select high performance stores across the country.

Manage budgets up to $90+ Million

• Team leadership and development

Budget creation

Interdepartmental collaboration

Financial reporting

Vendor negotiations / RFPs

Lease Negotiations in collaboration with Real Estate and Legal departments

Fosters problem resolution across functional boundaries

• Provided nearly 100% on time delivery to Operations

Sports Authority, Englewood, CO 11/ 2007 - 1/ 2013

Director of New Store Construction

Oversaw all aspects of new store construction

• Developed a training program for new hires that was previously nonexistent

Proven history of developing team members; during my time as Director four Managers that reported to me were promoted into Director roles.

Key stakeholder in identifying and implementing a store lifecycle software program that is used today.

• In-depth knowledge of construction means and methods

Understand national permit requirements

Value engineering

Quality control

Resource management

Budget management

Managed landlord obligations

Evaluate project feasibility

Project estimating

Sports Authority, Englewood, CO 11/ 2002 - 10/ 2007

Construction Project Manager

Managed all aspects of multiple projects simultaneously.

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Trained all new Construction Project Managers and Project Administrators

• Thorough understanding of varying national construction requirements

Permit due diligence

Project bidding and award

Managed General Contractors

Project drawings review and quality control

Managed schedules and budgets

Managed contractor pay applications

Managed landlord pay applications

Hayden Construction, Woodland Park, CO 6/ 1995 - 8/ 2002

Project Manager

Hired as a Finish Carpenter and grew with the company holding titles of Head Carpenter, Superintendent and Project Manager.

, Nebraska & Colorado 9/ 1992 - 5/ 1995

Various Construction Jobs

Education

,, Minor:, GPA: 4.0, Major GPA: 1993

Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE

Training

• Extraordinary Leadership Program, Zenger Folkman., .

• Leadership University, Sports Authority., .

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