General Manager/ Director
Southwest Area
General Manager of Special Operations for the Southwest Area including 3 Arizona divisions, New Mexico and Las Vegas divisions. Oversaw Special Operations’ day-to-day activities and ensured enhancement of the customer experience by reducing exposure to litigation, forecasting trends, monitoring satisfaction levels, managing expenses and addressing personnel needs. Reported to South West Area Vice President of Finance, and Director of Process Improvement.• Assured continuous improvement of product quality by leading the SW Area Process Improvement Team• Aligned product standardization as an active member of the National Pulte Construction Standards Team, by developing new details, evaluating and revising existing or proposed details, and facilitating the Area-wide adoption and enforcement of finalized, corporate approved details. • Implemented numerous improvements which directly reduced warranty expenditures and man-hours as well as increased the durability, quality, and efficiency of homes.• Managed Operations and reduced exposure to litigation through forecasting service trends, monitoring satisfaction levels and expenses, addressing personnel needs, and providing periodic account analysis and budget reports. • Spearheaded the Area-wide development, inauguration, and roll-out of the Pulte Special Operations (long-term warranty) department by authoring the department play-book, drafting job description sheets for all positions, and developing budgets.• Effectively managed all Area Market Special Operations teams (30 to 40 individuals – 4 divisions) including recruitment, selection, compensation setting, training, evaluation and review, resulting in a well seasoned team able to address advanced construction-defect issues.• Improved production practices geared towards producing defect free homes by bringing together the department managers and storyboarding issues and resolutions.