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Co-owner and General Manager of profitable residential construction company specializing in building, remodeling, extending and renovating homes; and building custom furnishings and cabinetry.Responsible for obtaining new business by developing and presenting innovative proposals for existing and prospective customers.Responsible for scheduling and maintaining relationships with customers, suppliers, architects and sub-contractors.Responsible for estimating project costs and timelines; negotiate project payment terms and arrangements.Complete between five and ten projects per year; many projects exceed $500,000 in billings.Help clients file for work permits and Certificates of Occupancy with several municipalities.Maintain customer satisfaction by delivering high quality work combined with a high level of professionalism.

Responsible for sales of color standards and color management programs to Fortune 1000 organizations across several industries including Johnson & Johnson, Gillette, M&M Mars, Hershey, Nabisco, Colgate Palmolive, Bose, Reebok, Helene Curtis, Revlon and Unilever.Increased territory annual revenues during tenure from $60,000 to $1.75 million.Managed the design and implementation of color standards and management programs with all client vendors.Salvaged relationships with dissatisfied clients, which ultimately became customer references.Prepared sales proposals and delivered sales presentations.

Created, implemented and directed new production procedures improving delivery time of finished goods by 50% or more, in some cases.Provided daily direction to color matchers, finishing supervisor and art department.

Provided daily supervision to all color matchers, technicians and machine operators.