Bobby Bower Email & Phone Number

Columbia, South Carolina Area

CR

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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

Mba, General Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Agricultural Economics