James (Jim) Lippold Email & Phone Number

Greater Milwaukee Area

Greater Milwaukee Area

Oak Creek, WI

Greater Milwaukee Area

Oak Creek, WI

• INSTALLATION MANAGER
• Manage and oversee a 25 member team consisting of project managers, estimators, CAD operators and technicians responsible for the profitable execution of the plan & spec, design build and negotiated retrofit projects.
• Directly responsible for asset management, the achievement of customer satisfaction goals, development and execution of annual business plan, achievement of growth and profitability goals and overall portfolio.
• Currently managing and directing a $11M project portfolio.
• Consistently drove 2.4% positive variance in all project work as well as met or exceeded month-on-month forecasting for executed gross margin over 24 months.
• Improved accounts receivables by lowering the Install DSO to 58 days.

• PROJECT MANAGER
• Managed and oversaw the entire life-cycle of numerous design-build, new construction and retrofit projects from concept through completion.
• Supervised the daily activities of project staff to include Foremen and all subcontractors.
• Conducted kick-off meetings, responded to RFPs, secured estimates from suppliers, managed supplier’s costs via “buy-downs”, managed project P&L, scheduled job parameters, procured materials, scheduled manpower.
• Managed and directed multiple projects simultaneously ranging from $50K to over $1M.
• Secured $650K project with target customer that hadn’t done business with Bassett in seven years.

• PROJECT MANAGER
• Led the installation of a multi-million dollar mechanical system for the addition at Children’s Hospital-Madison which included from initial turnover through project completion; ensured that budget guidelines were.
• Maintained ownership of P&L for all projects within portfolio.
• Created and presented regular, accurate revenue forecasts

• SERVICE PROJECT TEAM MANAGER (2003-2005)
• Managed and oversaw a team of 11staff providing mechanical retrofit services to clients, ensuring successful project execution, profitably and customer satisfaction.
• Assisted sales with estimating and proposal support, sub-contract management, line-of business profit and loss management, budget planning and project forecasting.
• Supervised additional retrofit installation teams with an average portfolio size of $3.5M.
• Managed and monitored all project costs through the scheduling of resources, supervision of subcontracts and the appropriate allocation of resources.TECHNICAL SALES EXECUTIVE (2001-2003)
• Aggressively targeted and developed new technical and consultative service sales opportunities through the facilitation of strategic project estimation, proposal development, contract negotiation/development and sales.

Master, Business Administration

Bachelor, Business Administration ~ Marketing

Hs Grad, General