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Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

 Evaluating vendors to consider price, quality, and product supply availability. Supplier interaction & management of PO’s, receiving, inventory team, and invoice approvals. Efficient material and supplies acquisition in excess of $2m since beginning of employment. Analysis of cost savings and efficient IOH practices to run in line with LEAN manufacturing & 5S. Cross-departmental coordination to optimize plant inventory of raw materials & supplies. Manufacturing management over multiple departments, including Door Core & Lamination, Shipping/Receiving, and AF Frames, encompassing four major product lines. Increased daily attainment by 30% in three weeks after taking lead in AF Frames department. Strategic management & involvement of inventory, material handling, production scheduling, engineering R&D initiatives, quality control measures, employee training, and SOP process development to establish and maintain continuous improvement infrastructure. Broad managerial initiative through collaboration for multi-departmental evolution. Sustained 95% or better average monthly schedule attainment in Door Core & Lamination for 2yrs.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

Ludington, Michigan, United States

 Plant production and facilities management for a start-up company who provided engineering and manufacturing of TSA contracted equipment for security checkpoint conveyance and screening systems. Overall management of fabrication, assembly, and quality control departments, maintaining production schedules, inventory management, materials handling, and implementing ISO compliant quality processes, interviewing, hiring, and personnel related responsibility. Management of all direct employees for successful customer OTD expectations. Design for manufacturing development for new products/systems along with current products for internal or customer required cost saving initiatives. Reading and interpreting blueprints to communicate proper fabrication and assembly of products. Coordinating and facilitating relocation of two plant moves to larger locations, due to company expansion, which included decommissioning of the existing plant locations. Accomplished with no customer delivery interruptions.

Plano, Texas, United States

 Property management of 196-unit luxury residential community for a leading REIT. Overall property operations oversight, budget management & forecasting, accrual based financial reporting and closings, marketing, and strategic weekly market-pricing analysis, and legal proceedings to pursue evictions & tenant lease violations. Successfully drove an average of 95% occupancy, 80% + monthly renewal rate, and divisional lead in maintenance completion KPI’s. Leadership over a full crew consisting of multiple segments: leasing, maintenance, grounds, contractor scheduling, and invoice/PO reconciliation as well as accounts payable. Advanced use of integrated property management ERP systems, including Yardi Voyager, Yardi PayScan, BlueMoon, LRO, Lead2Lease, Concur, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, and CAM focused company training support.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

 Residential property management at four different properties ranging from 396-888 units. Completion and Certification of internal training program for qualification of Resident Manager. New construction oversight for two properties that entailed working with the Project Manager on development, reading blueprints and completing construction punch-list inspections. Customer service involving diverse social, economic, and ethnic background residents.  Oversight and training of all leasing, grounds maintenance, maintenance staff, and contractors. Marketing, financial operations oversight and reporting, bookkeeping, maintaining resident retention, delinquency collection, residential contract oversight, and eviction proceeding.  Proficient use of MRI Property Management ERP system and Microsoft Office programs.