Peter Kovac Email & Phone Number

United States

Chesapeake, VA, US

As a key member of the Leadership Team, reporting directly to the President & CEO. Responsible for ensuring and improving the service performance, productivity, efficiency, and profitability of the operations team at Chesapeake Controls. Developing talent and innovative business solutions in the building automation technology, HVAC construction and service.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Directing all aspects of construction to meet deadlines, profitability objectives, and quality standards. Coordinating the work of multiple sub-contractors and crews by implementing and enforcing site policies.
• Construction management, cost estimating, project scheduling of assigned projects.
• Evaluated and approved change orders, negotiated supplies and materials procurement, and managed delivery and project logistics.
• Increased profits and achieved on average 12% Margin Growth on all assigned projects.
• Monthly reporting of Planning, Scheduling and Project financial status.
• Decreased resource levels and labor costs over 10% through smart labor scheduling.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Program Manager effective in leading and directing fire protection product development from project inception to launch. Progressive management experience and repeated success in developing project initiatives.
• Prepared project timelines for complex product development.
• Defined project deliverables, monitored status of tasks and enforced deadlines.
• Proactively managed cross functional teams to assure timely meeting waypoint goals to achieve market driven commercial product launch dates.
• Proactively managed cross-functional teams to assure efficient technical transfer of new products/processes to commercial operations.
• Delivered status reports to stakeholders for budgeting and planning purposes.

Cork, Ireland, IE

REVENUE RESPONSIBILITY: Responsible for implementing plans, programs, and processes designed to meet or exceed corporate goals and objectives as well as maximizing market potential in all business segments to include new bookings (sales), revenue, and profitability.FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY: Responsible for managing the District Office to an approved financial.

Richardson, Texas, US

• Managing full P&L, sales, product management, safety, field teams, customer retention, talent recruiting, training, conducting disciplinary actions as necessary.
• P&L Management with KPI that included customer retention score.
• Increased Branch Revenues 39% from 2009 to 2012 by increasing sales 53%, while overall company Revenues decreased 24%.
• Boosted Branch Profits 32% from 2009 to 2012 by minimizing overtime and call backs, cost reduction and inventory control while company lost $34MM in 2011-2012.
• Identified training gaps and launched key standardized training across 11 Branches to increase productivity and minimize downtime and call backs (reduced call backs from 3% to 1%).
• Improved customer retention from 64% to 83% by providing superior service and promptly responding to customer concerns.

• Led operations and strategic direction with full P&L responsibility for bottom line factors, including long-range planning, cross-functional management and general oversight of employees. Directed all operations for.
• P&L Management with KPI that included customer retention score.
• Increased profits by 13.3% and revenues by 16.6% year over year, achieved profit margin of 30.6% by boosting sales, retaining customers and cutting cost.
• Substantially reduced operational costs by 14% through streamlining technician routes and reducing waste by mandating proper pesticide usage.
• Winner of 4th quarter 2007 for achieving largest profit growth (27.9%) in Northern Ohio region (1st place out of 9 branches for best revenue and profit growth and customer retention in Midwest Division – 55 branches).
• Earned Top-Performance Achievement Awards as result of outstanding contributions in profit margins over 26% and increase revenues over 24%.

Cork, Ireland, IE

US

• Identified, targeted, captured and established relationships with a multitude of clients and key accounts from contractors to engineering and architectural firms. Equipped clients with sound advice regarding design of.
• Increased sales 25% year over year and accounted for 10% of total sales of the Boston Trane office with margins in access of 20% (average margin for the Boston office was 16%).
• Helped increase margin share from 27% to over 35%.
• Sold HVAC equipment in excess of 2.5 million per year.
• Awarded a trip to Bermuda for exceeding my sales quota in equipment and controls by 22%.
• Responsible for budgeting and pricing equipment from $1,000 to over 5,000,000

Industrial Engineering, Engineering

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Industrial Engineering

Trane Graduate Training, Thermodynamics