Residential homebuilding professional with over 12 years purchasing & estimating experience.

Purchasing Manager @ From March 2015 to Present (8 months) Charlotte, North Carolina AreaArea Manager @ From August 2014 to March 2015 (8 months) Atlanta, GAAssistant Purchasing Manager @ Managed up to seven administrators and assisted the purchasing manager in managing up to six estimators – prioritized tasks and helped solve problems pertaining to those tasks and daily responsibilities Coordinate product development revisions and release dates with architecture, sales and accounting Managed material POs for all division starts since 2008, exclusively responsible for all base house and standard & custom option takeoffs for each individual start package Communicate with sales associates on customer special option requests and coordinate material, calculate costs and administer sales prices for such requests Negotiate competitive pricing contracts with current and new subcontractors/vendors in all phases of construction Train and manage new purchasing administrators and estimators From March 2006 to August 2014 (8 years 6 months) Estimator @ Prepare bids and detailed takeoffs for new floorplans Maintain bids and budgets for existing floorplans, over 60 with multiple elevations Extensively research and reconcile invoicing issues for all phases of construction Collaborate daily with builders to assess additional material needs and excess materials Setup new, and uphold lasting relationships with existing, subcontractors/vendors Prepare field audits to determine the accuracy of the current lumber and interior trim material takeoffs From August 2002 to March 2006 (3 years 8 months)

BS, BSBA in Management Information Systems @ Auburn University From 1998 to 2002 Alvin Leonard is skilled in: Purchasing, Contract Negotiation, Contract Management, Residential Homes, Process Scheduler, Negotiation, Value Engineering, Procurement, Budgets, Forecasting, Logistics, Team Building, JD Edwards, DQ Estimating Software, Outlook, Project Management, Contractors