Professional Summary: Experienced executive with extensive know-how building business relationships with customers, vendors, and suppliers on an international scale. Results oriented, team-builder, and team player. Able to provide leadership and vison to grow and guide an organization for maximum positive results. Summary: Administrative management of daily business activities for entire organization * Negotiate contracts with customers, vendors and suppliers for scope of work, cost containment and timing. * Collaborate with engineering teams on prototype parts and component manufacturing or purchasing, including review of Bill of Materials (BOM), Requests for Quotes (RFQ's), Vendor evaluation, Order Review and Purchase Orders. * Monitor and audit Purchasing and Payroll for accurate payments. * Corporate liaison with independent legal and accounting firms. * Supervise domestic and international travel budgets, itinerary and visa requirements for staff and international visitors. * Prepare and document H1B visa program for new employees. * Evaluate and align talent management processes, promote continuous employee improvement programs and growth coach and mentor staff, promote ongoing training programs and evaluations, * Evaluate and control employee benefits packages and costs. Detroit Heavy Truck Engineering LLC (became The DHTE Group in 2015) Office Manager, August 2010 - March 2011 Summary: Establish all corporate policies and procedures for a startup company, including initiate Payroll, HR & Benefits, Accounting and Purchasing departments * Create corporate vision and mission statements, create first corporate Human Resources Employee Manual. * Performed Accounts Payable activities for 280+ vendors and established 100+ credit accounts in under 6 months. * Payroll for 45 employees and 40+ Independent Contractors, including W-2's and 1099"s * Reconciled expense reports and travel reimbursement, coordinated all domestic and international travel * Negotiate all building and facilities utilities, services and maintenance contracts * Detroit Heavy Truck Engineering LLC became The DHTE Group LLC in 2015 Melonio & Associates LLC Project Manager (Owner) April 1994 to August 2010 Industry: Custom Home Design, Build and Remodel Summary: liaison between client and architects, engineers, designers, trades and suppliers, government officials and financial institutions to design, build and/or remodel custom homes with budgets up to $3+M and 15,000 square feet. * Complete all projects on time and within budget estimated at 2-4 custom homes built per year 18-30 custom architectural plans developed annually, and 8-12 additions or lower levels. * Vendor evaluation, contract negotiation and administration. * Perform daily site supervision, and authorize all purchasing, estimating, proposal writing. * Establish project specification, budgets and timelines. * Prepared and presented client projects to local municipalities, participate in City Board Review meetings as necessary for permitting and/or variances as required for successful completion of projects. * Administrative Manager and co-owner of the family architectural firm perform or supervise all payroll, accounting, tax prep, vendor evaluation, bill collection etc. for 7 person office. Prior work history available upon request.

Highlights:

• Training
• Accounting
• Payroll
• DTE
• Security
• Management
• Architectural
• Travel
• assistant manager
• Negotiation
• Contract Administration
• Executive
• Director
• Manager
• Engineering Administration
• Off Highway Truck Design
• Results Oriented
• Budgets
• Problem Resolution
• sales