Bobby Bower Email & Phone Number

Columbia, South Carolina Area

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Experience in Contract Project Management and acting as Owners Representative.• Renovated gutted building to create a new church, including structural modifications to raise ceiling in the sanctuary. Costs were well below projected figure for the finishes achieved.Lead Project Manager for $6 million re-branding and refurbishment of 25 TD branches started in September 2015 and completed in early 2016.• Program Manager responsible for $2.8 million ATM modification project at 139 TD branches. Created protocol for overnight ATM replacement and directed entire program through six project managers utilising some 15 sub-contractors. This was a very intense and fast-paced project with a rigorous demand for on-schedule delivery and information updates.• Project Manager for a series of business park entry monoliths sitting on reinforced concrete and helical pier foundations in poor load bearing soil conditions.• Project Manager responsible for preconstruction planning meetings, field monitoring, quality control, data integrity and approvals on a $7.2 million rebranding project for Carolina Healthcare System in North Carolina.• Member of core Project Management group and SME responsible for troubleshooting and oversight of 15 Project Managers during $16 million renovation and re-branding of 162 banks acquired by TD. The project was completed in 5 months and under budget.• As an incoming VP of Construction, replaced 2 VPs thus saving the company 67% on executive salaries. Responsibilities included the execution of civil works, site preparation and construction of both single and multi-family units. Created Excel pricing model for house plans offered by the company, reducing the estimating time by 60%.• Engaged in designing and building gas stations and convenience stores in the Columbia area with total project cost of approximately $1.5 million.

Columbia, Sc, Us

During my stay at Cohn, completed five Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings in Columbia; three being gyms and two warehouses with a total contract value of $6.4 million and 61,000 square feet of space. Also responsible for a $2.5 million, 45,000 sft conversion of a retail space to a gym in Macon, GA.

• Project Manager for an $11.0 million tilt-up wall manufacturing facility in Statesville, NC. • Negotiated and conducted all local procurement, including specifications for a $750,000.00 powder coating line, lift trucks, air lines, heavy machinery placement and polymer floor coatings.• Managed Quality and Monitoring and Control functions over all phases of construction and reviewed and corrected specifications, schedules and costs as necessary.• Project was completed in 10 months from ground breaking to installation of production equipment.• Interviewed and hired all initial salaried staff and hourly-paid employees to set up an on-going concern prior to contract completion.

• Undertook a strategic analysis of the company’s target market and implemented a diversification of the customer base. Increased annual sales from $12 million to $25 million• Initiated all major new business development and won the most demanding and prestigious OEM truck manufacturer in North America as a customer. Sales from this customer grew to $4 million annually in 2 years.• Promoted to Executive VP with additional responsibilities for the day to day operations of the firm.• Coordinated customer requirements and assumed board level responsibility for ISO 9000 certification.• Piloted a technical improvement team involving sub-contractors, OEM quality personnel and chemical suppliers to revamp the quality system at a tier-two supplier. This resulted in a decrease in the rejection rate from 7% to 0.2% in 12 months and a $500,000 increase in gross margin. Quality guidelines created during this exercise were adopted by one of the company's Fortune 100 clients as a standard for their manufacturing process.• Created quick response regression pricing template used to develop pricing strategies in market segments company served. Implemented resulting profitable pricing strategies across product lines for minimum 20% GM• Prepared DCF analyses, cash valuations and presented industry analysis, business plans and projections for candidates interested in the acquisition of the company.• Left in May 1999 to establish a new facility in Statesville, NC for a competitor.

Mba, General Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Agricultural Economics