Dzenita Bahtic

Results-driven Operations Director and Strategic Leader with nearly a decade of experience optimizing business infrastructure, managing resource allocation, and steering multi-million dollar portfolios. Expert at engineering internal workflows, monitoring business pipelines, and driving digital transformations that maximize organizational agility. A trusted executive partner who excels at bridging the gap between design-driven teams, senior leadership, and high-stakes stakeholders to ensure studio stability and growth.

Director of Operations - Blue Door Homes IA, LLC - Grimes, IA

(2023-06 - 2025-12)

• Built and institutionalized the foundational operations ecosystem from the ground up, designing an office manual, structuring onboarding processes, and executing workplace management strategies.
• Spearheaded the digital transformation of construction management systems by embedding Procore, seamlessly integrating vendor onboarding, contract execution, real-time inventory tracking, and automated invoicing.
• Directed an $850K+ concurrent portfolio, overseeing project schedules, resource allocation, and strict budget tracking to deliver complex new-build projects 2% under budget.
• Enforced rigorous asset protection and risk mitigation across a network of 17+ subcontractors, establishing a flawless OSHA safety culture that resulted in zero recorded incidents throughout tenure.
• Served as the operational leader and right hand to the CEO, driving stakeholder alignment and leading weekly leadership meetings to advise on capital allocation, macro timelines, and pipeline forecasting.

Director of Operations - Kamen Granite & Marble Tops, Inc - Grimes, IA

(2018-07 - 2025-07)

• Orchestrated a $3M+ business operations portfolio, championing enterprise-wide change management, workplace modernization, and aggressive operational efficiency models.
• Designed the digital infrastructure and SOPs for project management, driving organizational agility and capturing a 17% reduction in operational overhead.
• Mitigated corporate liability by engineering a comprehensive crisis management and safety playbook, successfully driving incident rates down to an industry-leading sub-five annually.
• Managed, mentored, and led a high-performing team of 15+ personnel across multiple departments, holding staff accountable for performance, project deliverables, and strict policy compliance.
• Leveraged international and domestic vendor networks to optimize global supply chain strategy, capturing $101K in annualized material cost savings through strategic margin negotiation.

Project Manager - Kamen Granite & Marble Tops, Inc - Pella, IA

(2016-05 - 2018-07)

• Formulated and executed a strategic growth plan that secured 6 key enterprise clients, directly driving $303K in net-new revenue and expanding market footprint.
• Chaired the operational oversight of a 275+ project annual portfolio, collaborating closely with design, fabrication, and finance teams to maintain a global view of project delivery.
• Engineered high-efficiency, end-to-end project budgets that unified lifecycle scheduling, multi-million dollar annual budgeting, and vendor ecosystems to maximize profitability.
• Exercised full fiscal accountability for a $900K+ annual procurement portfolio, implementing robust financial controls, billing workflows, and forecasting models to optimize capital allocation.
• Nurtured a high-performance, client-centric culture that achieved a 97% retention/satisfaction rate, leveraging proactive risk-mitigation and executive stakeholder alignment to secure long-term loyalty.

MS - Kinesiology and Recreation - Illinois State University

BS - Exercise Science - Central College