Jervie Harrigan
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
I am a hard working enterprising individual. i come from a long family line of builders and craftsmen.
As a young man in high school Building Technology and Technical drawing were my favorite classes.
Attending the best institutes of learning in Antigua gave me that opportunity to constantly have to apply myself;f and be the best that i needed to be to excel.
I would be a great asset and addition to any company.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Foreman/Supervisor
Capital Interiors Construction
New York, NY
08.2016 - Current
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
- Developed training, task and process guidelines and communicated clear and concise directions to employees.
- Consistently met quarterly sales goals and increased customer retention rate year-over-year.
- Identified individual employee's unique work styles and adapted management methods.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Monitored workshop work flow for over 50 employees.
- Oversaw and optimized work of craftsmen performing high-quality, precision work.
- 6 yrs of work in the hardware management aspect of the company.
- Skills in framing and reading architectural drawings.
- ability to layout floors and follow architectural drawings.
Owner/Ceo
JHG Construction
New York, NY
06.2010 - 08.2014
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
- Discovered areas of improvement by generating quarterly operational and sales reports.
- Developed sales presentations and promotion initiatives to key accounts to drive product sales and increase brand awareness.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
- Founded and managed home improvement business, growing revenue to $300k in first year.
- Reconciled daily sales, returns and financial reports in QuickBooks.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Reduced personnel turnover and promoted employee development by recruiting team-oriented candidates and implementing new training practices.
- Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
Education
Associate of Arts - Business Administration And Management
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI 1997 - 2001
Skills
- Priority management
- Negotiation
- Operations management
- Inventory oversight
- Team Building
- Strategic planning
- Project Management
- Staff Management
- Budgeting
- MS Office
Accomplishments
2013 finally realized my dream of owning my own construction business. worked on many small projects until i set my feet in the restaurant building and renovating business.
Timeline
Foreman/Supervisor
Capital Interiors Construction
08.2016 - Current
Owner/Ceo
JHG Construction
06.2010 - 08.2014
Associate of Arts - Business Administration And Management
Andrews University
1997 - 2001