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Kale Peery

Reno,NV

Summary

Serviced-focused General Manager dedicated to delivering positive customer experiences to promote loyalty and repeat business. Orchestrates optimal resource utilization to handle expected operational needs. Sales leader with sound judgment, good planning abilities and interpersonal communication strengths.


Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

General Manager

Cruz Construction
Reno, NV
01.2010 - Current
  • Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision and long-range planning.
  • Established and administered annual budgets with controls to prevent overages, and support sustainability objectives.
  • Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules and contract negotiations.
  • Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
  • Boosted productivity by consolidating material planning and staging, data collecting, payroll and accounting programs into one main system.
  • Assessed supplier quality and pricing to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
  • Developed value-added solutions and approaches by leveraging trends in customer marketplaces and industries.
  • Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
  • Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures and technology systems.
  • Organized budgets, oversaw P&Ls and achieved margin targets consistently to stay on track with growth plans.
  • Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Assessed reports to evaluate performance, develop targeted improvements and implement changes.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.
  • Developed effective business plans to align strategic decisions with long-term objectives.

Senior Project Manager

Cruz Construction
Reno, NV
01.2010 - Current
  • Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
  • Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
  • Communicated project plans and progress to owners and Reps, and project contributors.
  • Oversaw internal and external projects by reviewing activities, maximizing efficiency and increasing collaboration and communication transparency.
  • Finalized project financial records while collaborating with financial controllers.
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
  • Provided outstanding service to clients through effective communication and prompt issue resolution to facilitate future business opportunities.

Operations Supervisor

Cruz Construction
Reno, NV
01.2010 - Current
  • Monitored supply chain and managed logistics functions for company.
  • Enhanced operational performance and reduced labor expenses by developing and optimizing standard practices.
  • Motivated and trained employees to maximize team productivity.
  • Processed and directed employees, trucks and equipment with high accuracy and efficiency.
  • Streamlined operations by outsourcing services and sub contractor, resulting in savings on labor, supplies and maintenance.
  • Encouraged and promoted ideas aligned to business needs and benefits.
  • Conducted root cause analysis in deficient areas to identify and resolve central issues.
  • Enforced regulatory and company policy compliance to improve workplace and employee safety and readiness.

Senior Estimator

Cruz Construction
Reno, NV
01.2010 - Current
  • Developed estimates and takeoffs while drafting detailed proposals.
  • Analyzed and calculated field measurements, survey plans and plot plans to create proposals and process work orders.
  • Prepared material orders to complete projects on time and within budget.
  • Calculated correct costs for project-specific goods and services by gathering information from team members, sub-contractors and vendors.
  • Utilized cost estimation systems to document project information, create estimates and revise project costs to reflect current data.
  • Delivered comprehensive bid proposals for site construction projects and gained client approval on costs.
  • Constructed budgets and estimates ranging from $1000 to $10-15 million for all site civil projects.
  • Analyzed designs and performed accurate cost analysis.

Skills

  • Recruitment and Hiring
  • Employee Motivation
  • Training Management
  • Cost Reduction
  • Policy Development and Enforcement
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Human Resources Oversight
  • Budget Control
  • Supplier Monitoring
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Sales Tracking
  • Problem Anticipation and Resolution
  • Financial Statement Review
  • Focus and Follow-Through

Accomplishments

I was brought on 12 years ago and was given the task of overseeing a 2-5 million dollar company with 25 employees that primarily was an asphalt paving company. With slow growth in mind and my leadership we successfully developed and built a multifaceted company with now 85+ employees with grading and utility crews along with asphalt and sealing division including a concrete paver and rock wall division and the latest addition the last 4 years being a concrete division and including investing in land for growth and procuring a 130 acre aggregate pit fully permitted and operational.

Certification

  • Storm water Pollution Manager
  • Claims Training Cert
  • Supervising Safety Cert
  • Crystalline Silica Cert
  • MSHA and OSHA Current

Timeline

General Manager

Cruz Construction
01.2010 - Current

Senior Project Manager

Cruz Construction
01.2010 - Current

Operations Supervisor

Cruz Construction
01.2010 - Current

Senior Estimator

Cruz Construction
01.2010 - Current
Kale Peery