Managed procurement or design and procurement for new-build, renovation, and conversion hotel projects for Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Starwood (Legacy), and Hyatt brands as well as boutique hotel projects. Sold Creo services for every project I managed.• Sell Creo services to hotel owners around the World.• Managed combined mutiple-category budgets thus far to $8 million+.• Manage staff.• Duties on projects include interior design drawing and specification review, quantification, bidding, budgets, POs, A/R, A/P, invoicing, shop drawing review, accounting, expediting and aforementioned in description header.• Cost control efforts on behalf of owners for direct merchandise includes specification and ID drawing review, preliminary budgets, managing the bidding process, value-engineering, and leveraging a large, diverse vendor network developed during 10+ years of managing projects. V/E efforts have saved ownership groups $10,000.00s and $100,000.00s per project.• Facilitate shipping, warehousing and installation of FF&E, OS&E, and other hotel operations categories.

Part of hotel development team building select-service hotels in high-barrier-to-entry markets across the United States under Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, and Starwood flags. Purchased FF&E, OS&E and beyond these categories including items such as cabling and F & B.• Achieved perfect record meeting every critical hotel opening date while purchasing FF&E and OS&E for 8 – 9 hotels annually via maintaining relationships with hundreds of vendors and OTO Development personnel.• Entrusted with budget of $2 million to $3 million per hotel project, consistently coming in under budget by locating quality- equivalent but less expensive merchandise and managing the indirect costs of warehousing and shipping. • Saved thousands on some projects by identifying mistakes in design drawings and ensuring accurate par levels with minimal waste through careful and thorough review of drawings and specifications.• Aided in development of paperless interdepartmental communication and documentation system via MS SharePoint, increasing accountability and visibility between departments, and saving time and labor costs.

Part of sales team at Extended Stay America, the fastest-growing hotel chain in US history at the time. Sold hotel rooms and direct billing accounts to new customers and retained business in existing customer list of 1200 accounts.• Increased accounts receivable from approximately $3,000,000 to $4,500,000 within 18 months while reducing days outstanding.• Ensured accurate records by auditing accounts receivable when payments discrepancies arose.• Completed overhaul of account base from billing by location to “Direct Bill” central billing, easing Accounts Payable process for customers.

Managed all aspects of the Spartanburg Urban Youth Corps, a life skills program for a diverse group of at-risk youth. Also contributed to City of Spartanburg Community Relations Department programs.• Obtained $10,000 in additional funding for the program through grant-writing, enabling the program to become the first year-round program in the State of South Carolina.• Achieved nation-wide recognition for the program when it was voted best in the State of South Carolina in the year 2001.

- Assisted in mass mailings, research, and organizing campaign events.

- Inventory control.