Supply Chain Manager

Alexander Carroll III

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Auburn, Alabama 36832 ***************@*****.***

Director of Purchasing and Estimating

Experienced local and regional procurement and estimating professional.

• Leader

• Strong Strategic Planner

• Great Communicator

• Works well with others

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Geordan Communities (7/11 to Present)

Geordan Communities

Geordan Communities focuses on creating quality neighborhoods featuring spacious homes and unparalled craftmanship at affordable prices.

Director of Purchasing and Estimating

• Manage purchasing and estimating department.

• Develop and implement purchasing policies, procedures, and guidelines

• Manage Vendor relations/conflict

• Budget Analysis

• Create, maintain, and supplement Timberline Estimating database

• Source Products and services

• Bid Negotiation

• VPO Monitoring

• Estimating/Purchasing and sales Computer Systems administrator

• Implement LEAN Building Methods

The Knight Group (8/07 to 7/11)

The Knight Group is Atlanta’s most affordable homebuilder. They are rank one of the top 100 builders in the nation.

Purchasing and Estimating Manager

• Purchased, estimated, and created complete budgets for Residential and Light commercial projects up to 5 million dollars

• Create and Manage all Timberline Assemblies

• Developed estimation process that allows for high production with lot specific accuracy

• Proficiently use Timberline, Builder MT, Buildtopia, and developed excel spreadsheets

• Decreased Variances through continual monitoring and field audits

• Value Engineer processes and takeoffs

• Negotiate a supply chain responsibility of up to $80 million dollars

Homeland Communities (11/06 to 7/07)

Homeland is one of the oldest builders in Atlanta.

Chief Estimator

• Worked alongside purchasing

• Estimated all plans new and old alike

• Worked to develop seamless estimating systems in Fast

• Performed field audits

• Maintained gross profit reports per starts

• Reviewed margins

CCD HOMES (6/06 to 10/06)

CCD is an affiliate of Winmark Homes, reporting more than $20 million dollars in Revenue in 2006.

Purchasing/Estimating Manager

• Maintain primary leadership role for purchasing and estimating team in bidding and contracting for a large regional Southeastern US builder and report directly to company President/Owner, with a supply chain responsibility of up to $20 million yearly.

• Worked alongside design to develop standards

• Set , Reviewed, and Revised all budgets

John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods (6/05 to 6/06)

John Wieland is one of the most design driven homebuilders in the homebuilding industry with close to 1 billion Dollars in revenue per year.

Estimator

• Above average performer that has been able to quickly learn new systems and surpass the normal productivity levels

• Helped Introduce new projected final cost worksheets.

• Corporate Office Council member

• Assisted maintenance of new and existing plans

• Helped estimating team maintain 98% accuracy

MCcar Homes (3/04 to 6/05)

MCcar is one of the largest private owned homebuilders in the US with revenue of $348 million dollars.

Senior Corporate Estimator

• Responsible for all markets prototype and production plan estimates and revisions.

• Decrease estimating time for new product by 25%.

• Increased estimating accuracy by 65% for all new products.

• Assisted Negotiations with sub contractors to decrease takeoff errors.

• Introduced new ideas to help the company’s use of Timberline software.

DR Horton, Dunwoody, Georgia (12/03 to 03/04)

DR Horton is one of the industry leaders in revenue and has grown to over $3 billion in stockholders' equity.

Estimator

• Reported to VP of Operations and was responsible for product estimation/maintenance

• Increased job start efficiency in our Atlanta office 100%.

• Introduced and maintained new work progress tracking spreadsheets for department.

• Evaluated excess purchase orders to determine payment, or estimating change needs.

Plumb Squared Construction, Norcross, Georgia (03/03 to 12/03)

Self owned small construction company started with a classmate to get experience in the industry. In the year of operation the company generated about $40,000 in revenue

GC/Owner

• Negotiated all contracts and material cost.

• Specified and installed all framing material used in projects

• Initiated new business strategies

• Delivered projects on time and to code standards often times under budget.

EDUCATION

• BA – Interdisciplinary studies - Ellis College (NYIT)

• RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT – Gwinnett Technical College

ADITIONAL SKILLS

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Marks system, Fast, Homelink, FloorRight, Vertex, Builder MT, AS 400, MS Project, Supplier Web Portals, Timberline, Laserfische

• Type over 45 words a minute

ASSOCIATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

• Timberline Training Certified

• Builder MT Training

• Sales Simplicity Administrative Training Certified

• Signature Estimator Certified (JWU)

• Signature Builder field module (JWU)

• Estimating, Purchasing, and Job Costing Certified (Lee Evans Group, INC)

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