Leonard Sharum Email & Phone Number

United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

POM Director for 16 story building with 233 units. Responsible for directing all building operations for housekeeping and maintenance.• Responsible for directing housekeeping and cleaning schedules • Responsible for direction all maintenance to include routine, preventative and room turns• Hired, trained, coached all employees on policies, procedures, and processes • Capital expense experience for RFP, and project management for capital improvement

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Senior maintenance mechanic for a zone of buildings consisting of 17 buildings. The buildings range from facility use to academic use. Responsible for all first line repairs, cleaning inspections. • Responsible for project management of building repairs consisting of roof replacement and remodel of 10000 square feet • Responsible of maintaining a production kitchen that serves approximately 13000 meals daily

FOM is an extension of the home office and a liaison for the field technician. The FOM in in place to manage the field with technical expertise and customer oversite. Focusing to ensure the region is performing efficiently and effectively from: service, financial, team performance and developmental standpoint. The FOM drives profitability and uphold the standards and quality of the work in the field.

Greater Atlanta Area

Brought on board as Zone Manager for the entire Cherokee County School district of 16 schools. Supervised over 50 direct reports, managed warehouse for 42 schools and enhanced facility services, safety and quality, while preventing cost overruns. - Promoted to Support Manager, Facilities within one year overseeing facilities management for various customers and providing direction to 60 employees consisting of housekeepers and custodians. - Lead team training on Aramark processes and standards and ensure proper cleanliness and maintenance of buildings and HVAC systems.- As EVS Manager, supervise facility and housekeeping activities for UF Shands. Responsible for keeping medical facility clean and well maintained.- Educate the staff on OSHA compliance and safe usage of custodial equipment and cleaning chemicals. Inspect and document the level of cleanliness for buildings.- Mentor employees and empower them to be more productive by instilling a strong work ethic.Selected accomplishments- Successfully handled facility management operations and custodial services for customers, including Cherokee County School district, Morehouse College and Broward Health Systems.- Provided direct supervision to the housekeeping and custodial team for ensuring pressure washing the stadium and all aspects of cleaning the dorms, business buildings and academic wings at Morehouse College.- Implemented measures for controlling toilet paper usage resulting in savings of $12,000 per year at Cherokee County School.- Deployed a robust tracking system to monitor cleaning schedules and achieved an excellent cleaning success rate for the school.- As EVS Manager for Broward Health Systems, achieved excellent customer services scores (HCAP) for training housekeepers on custodial standards and relating their services to the patients.- Played an important role in implementing new cleaning standards for all facilities that resulted in optimizing costs and maximizing employee efficiency.

Roswell Ga

- Led volunteer groups at the not-for-profit organization to provide transitional housing for homeless families. - Oversaw and directed routine facility operations for 39 units consisting of 5 townhouses, 8unit apartment complex and 13 duplexes.- Implemented Asset ID program to track assets and their depreciation value, resulting in compiling accurate value of the assets.- Partnered with local vendors, suppliers and contractors and reduced unit costs on an average by $15,000 in a year.- Fostered strong relations with local colleges and universities and increased volunteerism hours by 50%.

Marietta Ga

- Scheduled, coordinated and directed routine and summer custodial maintenance of assigned facility. - Managed two custodians during night shift, assigned and evaluated their work, and ensured all cleaning supplies, chemicals, and equipment were available as needed.- Procured and replenished the stock and managed custodial budget.- Improved efficiencies and cost effectiveness by reducing paper wastage by 30%, saving the school $500 per month. Replaced liquid soap with foam soap, resulting in savings of $250 per month.

Naperville, Il

- Recruited as Maintenance Technician to provide maintenance services for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and control logic systems, and monitor air quality for 35 schools. Progressed to Lead Maintenance Technician within one year to supervise a team of four maintenance technicians.- Assumed critical custodial management responsibilities as Assistant Custodial Manager, supervising 41 employees to provide facility maintenance services for 12 schools.- Collaborated with head custodians to execute project cleaning through effective workload management for night shift custodians. Trained employees in all aspects of cleaning process and developed them to become lead/head custodians.- As Assistant Manager of Operating Standards, developed and implemented operating standards for 31 schools in Indian Prairie School District 204 that improved delivery of custodial and grounds services and reduced work place injuries by 23%.- As Facilities Manager, managed a cross-functional team of over 33 members consisting of custodians, maintenance technicians, grounds technicians and custodial manager to plan, direct and coordinate custodial, maintenance and ground services for the 454,000 sq. ft. high school, Neuqua Valley High School, IL.- Successfully reduced energy costs by 23%, achieving a savings of $63,000 per year. Reduced contractor services by 60%.- Led end-to-end project management, design, bid management, construction and installation of a $380,000 HVAC system for Natatorium.