Manage Vecima’s portfolio of facilities including: a 92,000 sq. ft. owned manufacturing/production/office facility in Saskatoon, Sk., a 10,000 sq. ft. owned office building in Victoria, B.C., 12,000 sq. ft. of leased office space in Burnaby, B.C. 27,000 sq. ft. of leased office space in Saskatoon, Sk. Seek out and put in place leases for new office/lab spaces in Raleigh, N,C., San Jose, CA., Qingdao, China, and Shanghai, China. Plan and develop new lab/research-development space in the manufacturing facility for the R&D team and relocate this group from downtown Saskatoon to the new space. Seek out new, smaller downtown Saskatoon office space for the remaining downtown team. Ensure that facilities are operated and maintain all environmental and legislated requirements. This includes PM contracts for all building mechanical equipment, building automation systems, building life-safety systems, elevators, boilers, electrical and generator systems.Assess the state of Vecima’s facilities, identify vulnerabilities and areas of concern to ensure the facilities are at acceptable levels meeting all building code and legislative requirements. Create a positive work environment for the Facilities staff and improve communication and morale in the facility. Tender, negotiate and put in place typical service agreements for janitorial services, landscaping and snow removal, recycling and waste removal, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, roof and roof anchor inspections and utilities agreements. Ensure Vecima continues to have appropriate office space by monitoring leases, negotiating lease extensions or leasing additional space as required. Submit, manage and report on facility operating and capital budgets. Communicate facility initiatives internally to all levels of the organization. Provide a high level of customer service with superior communication skills and possess outstanding organizational skills with a focus on attention to detail.

Energetic and dedicated with direct management experience; strong organizational and analytic skills; proven experience in recruiting, training and monitoring performance. During career developed and demonstrated the following competencies:• Motivating people to work effectively as a team• Producing practical, accurate and detailed work• Preparing and adhering to operating and capital budgets• Organizing people, projects and schedules• Proficient with a variety of computer applicationsResponsible for all property management responsibilities and define and implement the infrastructure to operate the SMART Technologies HQ facility. Ensure that the facility is operated and maintains all environmental and legislated requirements including documentation to support the companies ISO 14001 and 9001 certifications. This includes: preventative maintenance contracts for all building mechanical equipment, building automation systems, building life-safety systems, elevators, boilers, electrical and generator systems. Tender, negotiate and put in place typical service agreements for janitorial services, landscaping and snow removal, recycling and waste removal, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, roof and roof anchor inspections and utilities agreements. Ensure SMART continues to have appropriate office space by monitoring leases, negotiating lease extensions or leasing additional space as required. Responsible to submit, manage and report on facility operating and capital budgets. Communicate facility initiatives internally to all levels of the organization. Provide a high level of customer service with superior communication skills and possess outstanding organizational skills with a focus on attention to detail.

Provided Administrative services for the Prairie and Territories Region which included running of the day to day facilities operations for the Calgary Business Centre (staff count of approximately 145), and offices in the following cities: Edmonton (staff count of approximately 25), Iqaluit (staff count 1), Regina (staff count 4), Saskatoon (staff count 13), Whitehorse (staff count 3), Winnipeg (staff count 18) and Yellowknife (staff count 2).Responsible for the leasing process (both in terms of acquisition and disposal of premises). This included the design, layout and construction/renovation of acquired/existing office space.Supervised and directed the activities of staff in the areas of IT, Reception/Courier, Mail, and Stationary/Canteen Services. Directly handled the regions’ purchasing of furniture and equipment and coordinated all internal office moves and office renovation projects. Liaised with Property Manager on all building lease and operational matters.