Josh Taylor
Chelsea,MI
Summary
Experienced business leader with a track record of managing multimillion-dollar operations across diverse industries. Demonstrates strong analytical and organizational skills to meet project deadlines and budgets. Proven ability to implement process improvements that enhance productivity and reduce costs. Skilled in building and leading high-performing teams.
Overview
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Work History
Senior Project Estimator
CEI MATERIALS, LLC
- Accurately quantify materials and labor costs while mentoring, assisting and training staff in performing detailed and timely quotes.
- Delivering 50% more than peers resulting in over 16.5MM square feet totaling $434MM in exterior architectural panel proposals.
- Negotiate and close sales margin targets, averaging 35.78% with 15.24% awarded.
- Resulting in over 23MM of revenue and an est Profit of 8.8MM.
- Spearhead GSS ERP/CRM estimating transition.
- Overhauled company-wide estimating best practices to increase accuracy and overall Profit.
- Review and effectively interpret construction documents, specifications, project schedules, and ensure estimators follow bidder project documents.
- Created in-house online Bid Organizer system to provide continuous bid status and provide P&L, Hit Ratios, and real-time estimator productivity insights for Management Leadership Team.
Owner
TAYLOR INSPECTION, LLC
- Provide residential field inspections and deliver timely reports for national / global insurance companies.
- Perform Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and OSHA-related inspections on commercial properties.
- Inspect retail and food service companies to improve customer service and ensure corporate policy compliance.
Home Inspector
BUYER PROTECTION GROUP
- Perform non-invasive physical examinations to identify material defects in systems, structures, and components of residential buildings in accordance with American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) standards of practice.
- Provide detailed written reports with color photos identifying system defects, including structural, exterior, roof, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.
Regional Field Manager, OH/KY
AH4R
- Oversaw 2,800+ properties, including marketing, maintenance, renovations, and occupancy; ensured all operations and repairs were completed on time and within budget.
- Hired, trained, and coached 12+ direct reports across the region; delegated workload and completed performance evaluations.
- Streamlined tenant turn process, reducing renovation costs by 75%.
- Reduced renovation periods by 80% to meet 14-day requirement while cutting the budget from $1.30 to $0.97 per square foot, saving an average of $3K per property in holding costs.
- Accelerated marketing of vacancies from 7 days to less than 48 hours.
- "Safety Champion" to create corporate safety policies and procedures.
Finance Consultant
Baker Tilly
- Developed shipping and receiving processing, enabling a clean $4B corporate spin-off.
- Streamlined billings; reduced average number of days from submission to payment from 75 to fewer than 30.
- Managed invoices for 10 hotel properties with $2M in annual billings.
HR / Safety Coordinator
National Amusements
- Regulated EHS & HR compliance for 17 Theater complexes across five states.
- Trained staff in Alcohol Intervention Procedures (TIPS) for Cinema DeLux brand extension incorporating full service bars, which enabled a new revenue source for the company.
- Audited records for State and Federal Labor Law compliance to help avoid regulatory fines.
- Completed monthly "wall-to-wall" inspections of theater buildings and employee records.
Managing Director
- Established management goals, conducted staff training and scheduling, and directed day-to-day operations.
- Instructed staff in cash handling and efficiency principles that decreased stock shortages by 73% and slashed payroll by 43% while obtaining a 70% reduction in cash losses.
- Created strategic partnerships to grow attendance and boost revenue.
- Performed profit & loss forecasting and budgetary analysis; identified over $10K in unnecessary annual expenditures and reallocated funds to overdue capital improvements.
- Cut janitorial and security costs by 50% while improving level of service.
General Manager
- Reduced box office losses by 32% by implementing key staffing changes, such as developing a supervisor position, creating core skills training, developing a variance-tracking system, and offering employee incentives.
- Managed a theater complex generating more than $11M in annual revenue; scope of work included the disbursement of $1.3M in payroll, oversight of promotional operations, scheduling, and regulatory compliance.
Education
BS - Construction Management
ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
AAS - Architectural Engineering Technology
OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Skills
- Negotiation strategies
- Human resources management
- Kronos workforce payroll
- Accounts payable
- Process scheduler
- Construction management
- Budget development and control
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Inventory organization
- Safety compliance auditing
- Customer service
- Property management
- Training and development
- Team leadership and collaboration
- Facilities management
Certification
- ChatGPT, OpenAI DALL-E, Jasper AI, MidsJourney
- Construction Change Orders
- Estimating
- Construction Safety
- Green Construction ICBT
- HAZCOM / GHS
- OSHA 10 HR 29 CFR 1926
- OSHA 30 HR 29 CFR 1910
- Personal Lift Safety - Trainer
- First Aid and CPR
Timeline
Senior Project Estimator
CEI MATERIALS, LLC
Owner
TAYLOR INSPECTION, LLC
Home Inspector
BUYER PROTECTION GROUP
Regional Field Manager, OH/KY
AH4R
Finance Consultant
Baker Tilly
HR / Safety Coordinator
National Amusements
Managing Director
General Manager
BS - Construction Management
ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
AAS - Architectural Engineering Technology
OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE