Los Angeles Cost Control

ELLIOT JENNINGS

747-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Work Experience

United Cerebral Palsy Los Angeles / Momentum Agencies Los Angeles, CA

Senior Manager/ Resident Manager 11/17 to 10/23

Supervise six apartment properties for assisted living tenants.

Responsible for maintenance and securing vendors for large projects on each property and inspections.

Timecard oversite for onsite managers under supervision.

Creation of purchase orders for necessary materials for each property.

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Los Angeles, CA.

Full-time Instructor 6/13 to 3/17

Taught core classes specializing in Cost Control, Supervision and Entrepreneurialism, Food Safety and Sanitation, Nutrition and, Food History.

Requested to lead pilot program transitioning online high school completion students into College.

Consistently one of top instructors in student retention and student approval rating.

Revamped and improved course instruction and curriculum.

Angeles College Los Angeles, CA

ESL Instructor / Finance Instructor 7/16 to 3/17

Created curriculum and instructed English as Second Language students. Prepared and administered tests.

Instructor of Finance. Created curriculum and testing for introduction to Finance.

Team View Player LLC San Jose, CA Third Party Player 5/13 to 8/13

Verified currency, calculated winning odds and paid winning bets. Bonded by State of California.

Viability Advisor Los Angeles County

Freelance Cost Control 1/12 – present

Examined income statements for cost control and efficiency improvements.

Assisted with advertising, signage and visibility. Worked with customers on revamps and renovations.

Affiliated Property Craftspersons Los Angeles, CA

Secretary-Treasurer (COO-CFO) 10/04 to 10/08

Ran office crew of over twenty personnel servicing 4,000 dues paying members.

Took control of $4M per annum company, losing $500K annual deficit and within first year created $200K annual profit. Maintained $500K per annum the following three years.

Renegotiated $750K annual life insurance policy for $238K with two-thirds previous coverage.

Analyzed and created budgets, forecasts, performance expectations and reported to Executive Board.

Renegotiated all supplier contracts with thousands of dollars in annual savings.

Multiple Residential Properties Canyon Country and Northridge, California

Property Manager and Maintenance 1991 to 2005

● Accounting, repair and maintenance of multiple properties

Stand in the Gap Productions Simi Valley, California

Owner 1994 – 1996

● Budgeting of film expenses for multiple projects.

● Payroll and expense accounting for office workers and contractors.

Affiliated Property Craftspersons Various Locations

Propmaker (Gang Boss; Foreman) 1987 – 2004

● Construction of various sets for motion picture, television, and documentaries; using aspects of woodworking, metalworking, plastics, fiberglass, and other various materials.

● Supervised crews of dozens to hundreds of individuals in creating motion picture sets.

● Broke down blueprints to compartmentalize work for individual crews.

● Consistently hired to run finish carpentry involving furniture, show pieces, or specialty items.

Education

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts – Scottsdale, AZ

Bachelor’s Degree – Culinary Management

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts – Pasadena, CA

Associate degree – Hospitality & Restaurant Management

University of California at Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, CA

No degree – Economics

College of the Canyons – Valencia, CA

Associate degree – Science

References:

Cameron Jennings 936-***-**** son

Jeffrey Coker 626-***-**** supervisor

Greg Hughson 818-***-**** plumbing contractor for company

Arin Nazarians 818-***-**** electrical contractor for company

Kayhan Sharifzada 510-***-**** manager under my supervision

Francis-Gene Acosta 818-***-**** manager under my supervision

Daniel Graham 818-***-**** co-worker / former employee

Elliot Jennings

Mr. Jennings has a decades-long career spanning several disciplines: construction, media, hospitality and management.

After twenty years in construction, he was elected to take over the helm of a six-thousand-member construction organization as its Chief Financial Officer. At the time of his election, the four-million-dollar organization, was losing $500,000 a year. After an exhausted investigation of the company, and through extensive reforms, within a year, the company was making a $200,000 profit, and in following years was making an annual profit of $500,000.

Mr. Jennings’ additional responsibilities were to review financial statements, and work with annual auditors and tax organizations to ensure that all records were accurate. He was the chief organizer of an annual four-company event that had upwards of 10,000 attendees. In this capacity, he was responsible for oversight of multiple food vendors, entertainment ranging from carnival games to musicians at several locations around the property.

He was the primary media leader, creating website construction and upgrades, a monthly magazine for the membership, and announcements as they became necessary.

After leaving the position, Mr. Jennings decided to take his expertise into the hospitality field. As part of his move, he returned to college and graduated with two degrees in Hospitality and Restaurant Management and Culinary Management. After graduating he started consulting with restaurants which were either start-ups, or were struggling to be profitable.

While still involved in this profession, Mr. Jennings was offered a job as an instructor at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Los Angeles. He consistently scored among the top instructors in areas of retention of students, and student satisfaction.

When Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts closed, Mr. Jennings took his hospitality experience into the field of apartment management. He was hired by United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles. He was hired as a Senior Resident Manager which required him to cover five properties and assist with the onsite managers, inspections and repairs.

He is skilled in problem solving, communication (whether written or verbal), and financial situations. Additionally, he types at 60+ wpm and works well with data entry.

Qualifications and Experience

25+ years experience in construction ● 10+ years in residential rentals

Instructor in Supervision and Cost Control ● 4 years higher education in Hospitality

Cost Control expert (privately contracted) ● 16+ years of management experience

Knowledge of contractor negotiations 7+ years ● Moderate Working Spanish

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