Greater Chicago Area
Multifaceted visionary leader with an admirable record of success in managing service level agreements, contract administration, process improvement initiatives, and business continuity planning. Key strengths in keeping facility operating costs to a minimum and ensuring that all third party contract activities comply with the company’s legal, health and safety, quality management, and environmental policies. Solid capabilities in overall team management, department leadership in manufacturing, maintenance, and production operations.
Manage facilities management, budgeting, administrative management, client relations, building and janitorial maintenance, project management, quality control management, vendor management, purchasing, inventory management and client relations. • Manage facilities operations for HQ office with a total of 120,000 sq. ft of space. This includes facilities, maintenance, janitorial, security, fire and safety. • Develops and maintains positive working relationships with landlords and/or property management and external service vendors. Maintains knowledge of building management’s policies and procedures manual and maintains building specific files • Project Management; Total remodel of 2 floors spaces (purchase of furniture, graphics, Millwork, new appliances). • OSHA Certified 2018. • Manage coordination and completion of repair and maintenance and capital projects, including develop scope of work, review capital appropriations for accuracy, obtain and analyze bids, select appropriate contractors and vendors within established guidelines and supervision of projects verifying budgets and time schedules are met.
Recruited to provide optimal oversight in coordinating the Western Region for Toyota Financial Services through executing multiple functions including facilities management, budgeting, administrative management, client relations, building and janitorial maintenance, project management, quality control management, vendor management, purchasing, inventory management and client relations. • Piloted the process of streamlining the overall facilities operations such as includes facilities, maintenance, janitorial, security, fire and safety across 17 offices with a total of 500,000 sq. Ft. of space. • Forged and maintained solid working relationships with landlords as well as property management and external service vendors while handling building-specific records and enhancing functional knowledge of building management’s policies and procedures manual. • Orchestrated the process of executing multiple projects including the remodeling of current spaces and total tear down involving removal of furniture, graphics, IT room, donate appliances to nonprofits. • Obtained OSHA certification in 2018 and addressed all clients’ security issues and concerns in compliance with standard policies and procedures. • Acknowledged for stellar success in providing handicap accessible doors to the building lobby doors, space, and restrooms at Toyota. • Leveraged expertise working with Landlord property managers getting bids, analysis cost and worked with Landlord to split the cost of the project. • Pioneered initiatives for overseeing and completing repair and maintenance functions for successful completion of capital projects through establishing the scope of work, evaluating capital appropriations for accuracy, obtaining and analyzing bids as well as identifying appropriate contractors and vendors within established guidelines. • Managing vendor service contracts and RFP processes, purchase orders, move coordination and new hire space accommodations.
Designated to oversee facilities and fleet within the North Texas Region. Assigned to handle and streamline functions involving facilities management, budgeting, administrative management, building and janitorial maintenance, quality control management, vendor management, purchasing, inventory management and employee relations. • Mounted strategies for efficient management of facilities operations involving facilities, maintenance, janitorial, security, fire, and safety across 25 offices and 300,000 sq. ft. of space. • Championed the process of facilitating routine repair and maintenance functions and executed projects within time and budgets by establishing the scope of work, analyzing capital appropriations for accuracy, selected appropriate contractors and vendors while performing assignments within standard procedures. • Handed new and existing contract negotiations and agreements for building leases, building maintenance, landscaping, janitorial and waste and recycle. • Propelled innovation in coordinating a fleet of 86 vehicles across various regions including tracking inventory in Element, new fleet vehicles purchase, maintenance, insurance, state inspections and registrations. • Promoted growth in managing Fire Safety, Disaster Safety and Active Shooter Training program for the Emergency Preparedness Team. • Laid groundwork to address and resolve all security issues and concerns in adherence to standard policies and procedures within the North Texas Region. • Provided optimal oversight in coordinating training, evaluations, team meetings, weekly timesheets approval and yearly reviews for the entire employees