Bathroom and Kitchen Design Consultant
(2024-06)
Using ArtiCAD /Virtual World Design Package of Bespoke Kitchens and Bathrooms. (Bedroom, Living Room and Home Office bespoke furniture).
- Surveying, Customer facing direct sales, purchase order production, product design project management ownership.
- Performing site survey and technical detailing.
- ARTICAD Design 2D and 3D drawing production and detailing of Kitchens and bespoke furniture.
- Quotation production with parts take-off for manufacturing.
- Direct Customer negotiating and direct sales with customer.
- Site Surveying
- Technical Drawing production
- AutoCAD Design
Bathroom Design Sales Consultant
(2024-03 - 2024-06)
Using ArtiCAD /Virtual World Design Package of Bespoke Bathroom Design.
- Surveying; Product Design; Customer facing direct sales; Project Management & Ownership.
- Performing site survey
- Bathroom Design and technical detailing drawing production.
- ARTICAD Design 2D and 3D drawing production and detailing of bespoke bathrooms.
- Quotation production with parts take-off for installation.
- Direct Customer negotiating and direct sales with customer.
- Virtual World Design Package Production.
Freelance Designer CAD/ARTICAD Design Consultant
(2024-01 - 2024-03)
Bespoke Kitchen, Bedroom, Living Room, Bathroom Cabinetry and Home Office Furniture design.
- Surveying, Customer facing direct sales, purchase order production, product design ownership.
- Performing site survey and technical detailing.
- ARTICAD Design 2D and 3D drawing production and detailing of bespoke furniture.
- Quotation production with parts take-off for manufacturing.
- FCA approved financing facility provider.
- Negotiating and Direct sales with customers
- Site Surveying
- Technical Drawing production
- AutoCAD Design
Showroom Manager
(2023-02 - 2023-12)
Showroom Manager for bespoke furniture manufacturer.
- Quotations
- Purchasing
- Team leading
Company Director / Vice MD / Procurement F, F&E, Director - Advent Development Corporation Ltd - Central London, UK and Europe
(1989-01 - 2023-02)
Working as a Construction Director within a medium sized Main Contractor and Project Management company that specialises in New-Build, Residential, Commercial, and Retail contracts predominantly within Central London but operating nationally and within Europe.
- Company Management providing day to day leadership. Responsible for overseeing all operations of the company and employees both office and site based.
- Construction Procurement: Expertise in procurement policies. Rigorous management of sub-contract and supplier performance to ensure on-cost, on-time, and on-quality for contract requirements with typical £1.5m expenditure.
- Conducting critical pre-installation compliance with suppliers and subcontractors, continually monitoring cost, program, delivery, and installation. Initiated and implementing the expansion of business professional services offering design and build service, turn-key contracts and collaborating with renown architects and interior designers to provide FF&E procurement and fit-out.
- Contract Administration: Preparing specifications and proposals. Negotiating. Evaluating, electing, and issuing contractual agreements.
- Construction Buyer: Proven history of successful negotiating, purchasing and cost control from purchase through to completion including final account checking and sign-off of supplier and subcontractors.
- Project Management: Leading simultaneous construction projects including programme preparation, procurement, communicating and reviewing with the design team. Committed to on-time project completion, cost-effective budgeting, and superb work quality.
- Successfully led the project management, F, F&E Procurement and completion of numerous €2m-€8m new build, renovation, and refurbishment contacts in France for British clients. Coordinating UK contractors with majority of sustainably sourced local French contractors. Identifying, implementing, and undertaking company EU requirement. Leading coordination of EU procurement contracts, coordination, planning including EU import/export. Opening European banking facility and managing taxation and TVA m
- Tender Management: Take-off, preparing supply chain tender packages and proposals for quoting and negotiation. Ensuring compliance, cost, and quality control.
- CDM/Risk Assessment, HSE Safety requirements and Building codes and regulations knowledge.
- Office and Facilities Management of a busy office environment. Supervision duties linking all departments including IT to ensure the smooth running of company operations.
- Utilities Installation, Solutions and Management of multi-utility projects: Providing extensive cost saving by specifying utilities requirement, processing applications to utilities services providers, evaluate and place orders. Coordination and planning with utilities service providers and local authorities where applicable.
- Coinciding with embarking upon career redirection toward the creative interior design element of construction, I successfully set-up and managed an inhouse design studio including sourcing trade supplier accounts, F, F&E samples, and collaboration with specialist trades and suppliers.
- Design Studio Management Offering Space-Planning / Mood Board/ Concept Board/ Sample boards.
- Company and construction contract Budget Control and Cash-flow control. Project management including developing budget related contract documents for sub-contractors, suppliers and FF&E. Continually evaluating strategies for improvement and reporting recommendations to the board of directors.
- Site Surveying
- Technical Drawing design, understanding and alterations.
