Area Manager (Lease Up)

Job Responsibilities

• Aid the Regional Manager in managing Property Managers within the assigned area.
• Execute team goals in the assigned area.
• Identify deficiencies and implement improvements within the assigned area.
• Meet with Property Managers in the assigned area on a weekly basis.
• Attend weekly team meetings within assigned markets.
• Maintain performance and goals on a weekly basis to ensure meeting or exceeding expectations.
• Train Property Managers to develop necessary skills to meet or exceed performance goals and manage their markets.
• Provide training, project assignments, and management for new Property Managers in assigned markets without an assigned Property Manager.
• Assist Property Managers with training in existing markets.
• Implement action plans, new procedures, and policies.
• Resolve field-related conflict resolution issues with vendors, HOA, etc.
• Provide management with field-related activity updates and reports.
• Develop and maintain a local vendor pool to meet the needs of the construction pipeline in each market.
• Interview and qualify new vendors to meet company pricing and quality standards.
• Negotiate and establish best pricing and rates with regional and local vendors.
• Research and analyze industry trends and evaluate information as it applies to vendor recruiting strategy.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports on vendor conditions in each market.
• Improve and maintain product specifications, including trends in products and materials to help control costs and speed to construction.
• Provide insight to varying or seasonal material and labor conditions.
• Assist field teams with resolving conflict resolution with vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Residential Construction Management experience.
• Vendor/Subcontractor Recruitment experience.
• Conflict management and negotiation experience.
• Results-oriented, problem-solving individual with the ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• Executive presence with strong interpersonal skills.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Must be proactive and able to provide timely follow-up.
• Able to multi-task with strong organizational skills and attention to detail and quality.
• Knowledge of construction practices and labor costs in construction, plus a good knowledge of the uses and costs of materials.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft office applications.
• Solid understanding of local, state, and federal building code and safety standards requirements.