Jonathan Kee Email & Phone Number

Charlotte Metro

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

My role as southeastern regional director was to lead all functions of estimating/preconstruction, sales, business development, project management, and field installation operations of a $7M/yr full-service millwork regional office with a focus in class a corporate interiors office upfits.During my tenure we grew sales from $1.5M/yr to $7M/yr and grew profit margin from 6-7% to 14%.Our office performance increased substantially, teamwork thrived, and turnover was very low.New ownership took over the organization in early 2023 and decided to dissolve the position of regional directors and lead all regional offices' team operations from one office.

Campobello, South Carolina

• Lead the completion of over 75 residential and commercial projects in 6 states with 90% customer satisfaction.•Management of all subcontractor contracts and work completion/quality.•Planned and managed up to 20 projects at one time in various stages of completion with direct customer contact.•Successfully managed up to $4M worth of collective projects at one time

Greenville, South Carolina

•Performed complete remodel/renovations of commercial long-term care/rehabilitation facilities.•Managed/performed the execution of commercial renovations projects of $4.5M.•Lead initiatives that changed the way a $250M company viewed facility renovations/construction.•Reduced the company’s renovation/construction costs by 60% by performing the work in house.

•Performed successful facility renovations of a privately owned mid-sized behavioral health hospital and school with a census of around 100 patients.•Managed work flow execution and materials purchasing of $10M facility.•Successfully completed 100 projects with in-house renovations team

•Managed operations for a cutting edge technology lumber treatment plant.•Performed diagnostics and repair of process problems/breakdowns in product development and production.•Managed production processes changes resulting in 50% more production output/man hr and defective finished goods waste reduction of 70%

Ware Shoals, South Carolina

•Managed lumber processing production of privately owned midsize lumber processing/ millwork manufacturing company.•Managed numerous training/mentoring initiatives resulting in higher workplace morale and collaboration.•Managed production line/tooling/process modifications resulting in real fiscal year savings of 25% in excess hardwood materials and 30% in labor cost reductions/year.•Following our process changes and operations management we were told by one of the principal owners Sam Ackerson that the plant operations at this company "had never ran this smoothly in their 25 plus years in business".

306 Rock Quarry Rd, Travelers Rest, Sc 29690

• Managed the operations of millwork production of $40,000/wk.• Managed all human resources - training, mentoring, and coaching of employees.• Successfully lead a $4M facilities expansion construction project including forming and pouring complicated concrete foundations and pits, erecting multiple buildings, silos, a new dust system, one 25,000 board feet capacity vacuum dry kiln construction including waste fired boiler.• Maintained a roughly 25% annual growth factor for 10 years

Travelers Rest, Sc

• Managed lumber products/high-end mill work manufacturing and installation start-up company at ground level through the completion of $10M facility.• Performed lean manufacturing/continuous improvement initiatives yielding in 60% waste reduction.• Developed process changes leading to a 75% increase in production.• Developed grit and business development acumen as a result of starting-up/operating a manufacturing business from nothing with continued growth/success for 10+ years.