Project Manager Sales
Resume:
GINGER L. SKACK
Naples, Florida 34113
239-***-**** - ******@***.***
PROJECT MANAGER OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE PURCHASING MANAGER
Professional experience in commercial, retail, condo, and residential building industries. Extensive responsibilities encompassing start up projects requiring overall system development through implementation process.
• Project Management • Pricing Assessment • Budget Management
• Negotiation • Organization Skills • Leadership Development
• Tenant Coordination • Collaboration • Problem Resolution
• Vendor Relationships • Communication Skills • Planning/Forecasting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lowe’s, Naples, FL
Installed Sales Coordinator 2010 - present
• Coordinate installed sales projects and effectively communicate with customers, vendors, and installers.
• Assist with the training of Store Associates in the Installed Sales program and ensuring timely resolution of Installed Sales customer issues on active installed projects.
• Ensure compliance with all local codes, ordinances, licensing and permit requirements. Assembling permit submittal packages, logging of all permits and monitoring status. Maintain timely installation of all permitted projects.
Saks Fifth Avenue, Fort Myers, FL
Cosmetics Sales - Retail 2009 - 2010
• Sales Rep for luxury skin care line, ReVive.
• Consistently recognized for exceeding sales and performance standards by effectively servicing clients and nurturing relationships.
• Dynamic sales representative whose achievements reflect outstanding marketing instincts, an innovative spirit, strong leadership skills, and a profound commitment to customer satisfaction.
Kaufman Lynn Inc. General Contractors, Boca Raton, FL
Project Manager 2008 temp project
• Managed the final stages of project close out, on $22 million 45,000 s.f. City of Miramar Cultural Arts Center.
• Process included acquisition of the TCO, CO, completing all finishes, compilation of punch lists, and projection of final costs.
• Managed and tracked substantial completion of punch list items.
• Coordinated and worked closely with City of Miramar Officials.
General Growth Properties, SW & SE FL
Owner’s Field Representative 2006 - 2008
• Coordinated and implemented the construction activities associated with all assigned Redevelopment projects.
• Daily On-site Management including bidding of outside contractors and consultants, established project building plans, and fostered collaboration between all internal and external members of project.
• Projects included Coastland Center Naples, FL; Village at Merrick Park, Coral Gables; Mizner Park, Boca Raton, FL.
• Assisted in forecasting, monitoring, and controlling project costs related to the approved budget.
• Monitored progress of Construction activities in accordance with approved project schedule.
• Coordinated On-site Construction activity with Owners, Agencies, Contractors, Mall Operations, and Merchants/Tenants.
• Worked closely with city officials and team members in obtaining required Construction Permits and CO’s/CC’s.
Miromar Development Corporation, Estero, FL.
Project Manager 2003- 2005
Owner’s Representative
Tenant Coordinator
• Managed all Landlord White Box Build outs and responsible for all Tenant Build outs and remodels. Build Outs for Landlord and Tenants included; Ann Taylor, Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, Starbucks, GAP, Calvin Klien, Sharper Image, Disney, Tommy Hilfiger Kids, Farberware, Waterford Wedgwood and others (50+ Tenant’s).
• Communicated regularly with architects, engineers and vendors regarding all facets of construction planning and build outs for Landlord White Box work and Tenant Build outs. Coordinated and produced Landlord White Box
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Plans for permit submittal including, architectural, MEP, and finishes, along with signage, blue print auditing to ensure all specifications and design criteria were met.
• Managed Re-Roofing project that encompassed 2,100 squares of TPO roofing affecting approximately 50 occupied tenant spaces. Accountable for all job facets including scheduling, monitoring two shifts of work crews, security, engineers and daily reporting of work progress. Conducted final walks with engineer of record, manufacturer’s representatives, and all trades.
• Worked closely with Lee County officials through submitting appropriate building documentation, handling rejection notices, and developed valued relationships to assist with expediting the review and permitting process.
• Solicited bids and negotiated with vendors to improve pricing, resulting in numerous project cost savings averaging 15%.
• Fire Life Safety Projects that involved updating or adding devices to Fire Alarm System involving over 100 occupied tenant spaces. Managed 13,500 Sprinkler Head Replacement Project. Both required monitoring of vendor scheduling progress, accuracy of information, analyzing invoices for validity, and conducted progress meetings.
• Increased procedure efficiency by creating the first Tenant Procedures Documentation in Excel that detailed information and outlined vital statistics such as contacts, square footage, progress notes, then linked informational spreadsheet to populate related letters and documents.
Galyan’s, Indianapolis, IN
Financial Coordinator 2000-2002
• Reviewed and analyzed project documentation. Processed and tracked all legal, architectural, general contractor, and demographic invoices totaling over $9 million monthly financial transactions.
• Maintained and tracked monetary changes to master budgets, which included 22 stores with an approximate budget of $330 million.
• Created and distributed on a monthly basis comprehensive status reports on payment distributions, change orders, projected costs, monthly accruals, revised work orders, requests for quotes, and contacts.
• Designed numerous custom tracking forms that provided easier access to information and improved communications as well as reduced financial and construction errors.
• Built Projected Capital Expenditure cost models based on expected work completion and reported project variances to management.
• Created multiple reports in Excel involving complex data collection as well as maintaining high accuracy rates.
• Researched differences between existing architectural contracts and provided recommendations for developing consistent standards for all architectural contracts.
Portrait Homes, Indianapolis, IN
Purchasing Manager/Project Manager 1998-2000
Managed all facets of purchasing materials and vendor relations for multi-family and single family homes. Initiated multiple systems to streamline and improve cycle time, budget controls, and production costs.
• Increased profitability by restructuring vendor base and selecting high performance vendors. This improved cost effectiveness and reduced average cycle time by 25%.
• Established Prospective Vendor Assessment procedures, which provided a pre-qualification process that identified potential contractors and expedited selection of new vendors.
• Edited vendor billing sheets increasing detailed specification data, which outlined specific vendor requirements resulting in accurate vendor bidding and field quality control.
• Proposed a formalized scheduling system that encompassed short and long-term vendor activity projections enabling timely project completion.
• Created and implemented Vendor Start Package System, which encompassed project details assisting the vendor in more efficiently managing projects and minimizing errors.
• Co-developed a Customer Warranty Manual defining warrantable items and criteria for reporting issues.
• Negotiated minimal price increases less than 3% annually
• Developed a Revision Request process that tracked all budgetary changes resulting in cost substantiation.
• Collaborated with architect to redesign blueprints and met with vendors to assess and attain feedback prior to production enabling accurate data compilation preceding market introduction.
EDUCATION
Edison State College – Business Administration and Management – Expected Completion
2012, 4.0 GPA
Vincennes University – Computer and Business Courses
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and TRAINING
• Excel/Word/Access/PowerPoint • Peoplesoft • Outlook
• Various Construction Classes • Power Negotiating • Time Management
• Purchasing Fundamentals • Constructware • Team Problem Solving
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