-Responsible for go-to-market strategies, while maintaining focus on financial management and overall profitability.-Fostering relationships and conducting product education to Customers and end users. -Collaborating with Regional Leaders across the industry to create solutions.-Heavy industry association involvement across the country (NIA, SWICA, SEICA, ESICA, MICA, WICA, CSIA, AMPP).-Continuous product knowledge and professional development.-Pricing, logistics, and operational collaboration/implementation. -Regional project tracking. -Working as liaison between all company business units to ensure efficient coordination of sales opportunities.-Maintaining regional pricing, tracking/following up on projects. -Creating reports, spreadsheets, and presentations.

-Led and motivated Industrial Estimating Team.-Liaison between Sales personnel, Branch operations and Estimating Team.-Responsible for all Industrial bidding efforts across the country, company-wide.-Quality checks for RFQs to ensure accuracy of completed bids.-Heavy involvement with logistic and operational planning for projects.-Continuous process improvement.-Implemented standardized estimating practices.-Market research and development.-Maintained vendor relationships.-Promoted continuing education with scheduling monthly vendor lunch and learns.-Negotiated special pricing from various vendors for large projects. -Prepared and executed project, budget and large scale capital quotes.-Assembled Customer specific price books.-Provided quoting support for Export group.

-Created an automated bid tracking analysis for our Industrial group through GoogleDocs which provided great market insight and easy reporting analytics. -Prioritized and efficiently prepared and executed quotes for Sales team and returned them back to Customers. -Involvement with building and maintaining vendor relations.

Received the company’s highest level of award for designing and successfully executing, first of its kind in the company, State of the Art Hiring and Training Facility. This included budgeting, planning and coordinating from all aspects of construction, vendor relations, marketing and facility startup. Grand Opening with onsite promotion by Houston’s 100.3 The Bull held July 9th 2015.Successfully budgeted, planned, coordinated and executed our branch events for over 400 people in attendance.-Continuous development and maintenance of applicant and new hire process for high-volume staffing requirements.-Led, managed, trained and motivated hiring and training staff.-Monitored all pre-employment paperwork and testing, including employment applications, background checks and drug screens including new hire orientation/ on-boarding and project logistics. -Conducted audits to ensure all hiring locations in the Gulf are compliant with the company, federal and state regulations including I-9 and E-Verify.-Implemented and maintained the company ATS and HRIS database.-Managed DISA for backgrounds and drug testing.-Coordinated with the Construction and Project Managers to ensure positions are filled timely and based on the needs.-Responsible for screening and assessing qualified applicants for open positions.-Facilitated and conducted interviews for craft, office and management positions.-Responsible for recruiting efforts by advertising, direct contact, employee referrals, research organizations, employment agencies and job fairs.-Traveled to multiple company satellite hiring locations to assist with high-volume hiring and to audit processes.-Attended job fairs, workforce development conferences and is a part of local Industrial Scaffold Committee.

-Established and maintained the organization of the estimating department. Ensured that take-offs and estimating methods were standardized and proper training was administered.-Was responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of company standards for estimating systems.-Facilitated effective communication and efficient resource deployment within the estimating group as well as with Sales and the Branch Manager.-Ensured all company and/or project goals were properly communicated to and acted upon by all estimating personnel.-Evaluated customer request for Tender/Bid/Quotation documents.-Performed as liaison for Project Management when tender was awarded and became a job.-Reviewed, provided feedback and evaluated performance of estimators.-Participated in job walks for bidding purposes.-Coordinated with Safety Managers to ensure all safety related aspects were captured in our estimates.

-Executive Assistant to the VP of SIP which included reconciling expense reports, preparing Power Point presentations, travel arrangements & calendar management. -Captured meeting minutes for the Gulf Coast Regional Safety & Operations Meetings.-Created and implemented processes to track productivity/forecast project costs for scaffolding, insulation and paint.-Maintained Company-wide EH&S Prequalification’s.-Tracked and assembled bids for the Houston Branch.

-Coordinated with the field personnel and procured specific PPE to the site needs in order to ensure compliance with EH&S.-Tracked QA/QC paint usage logs.-Generated and expedited purchase orders for direct parts, equipment, rentals, repairs and other commodities and services for 7 site locations.-Negotiated commercial terms of purchase orders with suppliers.-Developed recovery plans for delivery slippages.-Monitored vendors to ensure on-time delivery and good service. Ensured appropriate vendor qualifications and insurance documentation was documented.-Assisted vendors and accounting groups on resolving purchase order, delivery and invoice discrepancies.-Expedited to ensure fabrication of equipment complies with purchasing and technical requirements.-Interfaced and supported Project Procurement Management.-Maintained well documented and organized purchasing files for audit purposes.-Utilized JDE and SAP for issuance of purchase order numbers.-Reconciled P-Cards and expense reports on a daily basis.-Prepared monthly forecasts/ tracked site(s) billing.