Yvonne Edwards

Working as Business Development Manager my role has mainly been based around expanding the resin & screed division of Veatu Flooring, this included estimating and wining resin/screed projects and overseeing them as a project manager.

Also within the role I have carried out traditional business development tasks such as;

• Devised comprehensive business plans.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to align business goals and objectives.
• Identified market trends, resulting in enhanced product offerings such as resin.
• Implemented marketing initiatives for greater brand visibility.
• Contacted and converted potential customers via telephone, email and in-person enquiries.
• Designed strategy to win new business and maximize selling opportunities among existing clients, achieving lucrative results.

Key Account Management, Project Management and Estimating. April - Sept 2024 as an onsite Project Manager on a £700,000 new prison house block in Rugby, Warwickshire, duties included:

• Managing up to 25 site operatives installing quartz screed on shower walls and floors in 418 cells, serveries and various other rooms across site.
• Working closely with main contractor, design team, architect and manufacturer helping to improve specifications, ensuring the tight schedule is being met, providing solutions.
• Procurement of materials including logistics of secure site deliveries, arranging materials distribution.
• Preparing monthly Applications including negotiating variations and extras as required.
• Maintain project safety compliance and establish health and safety procedures. Produce RAMS and COSHH information.

My role at Hillingdon was inclusive of both Business Development and also Project Management with the intent to create solid relationships.

Managing flooring projects up to the value of £1 million based in and around London to include:

• Managing as many as 4-6 medium to large sized projects at any given time. Involvement from pre-contract meetings to completion.
• Material resourcing including suitability of preparation products for individual areas of projects.
• Staff scheduling.
• Carry out initial site surveys including slab conditions, access for materials plus individual site requirements.
• Deliver high level of service to clients to both maintain and extend working relationship for future business opportunities.
• Negotiate variations to contracts.
• Maintain project safety compliance and establish health and safety procedures. Produce RAMS and COSHH information.
• Monthly applications and valuations using application schedules and approvals/paper work for site variations.

My Estimator role at Gravity Flooring included the following and was a hybrid role working mainly from home during COVID19:

• Analyze drawings and specifications to prepare accurate and effective estimates for commercial flooring projects including large hotels, new home builders, large commercial projects both in the UK and Europe.
• Submitting tenders, chasing and winning work, pre-let meetings and contract review.
• Resourcing of materials, site deliveries, producing job sheet/cut plans and hand overs for operatives.
• Monthly applications and invoicing including approval/paper work for site variations.
• Project budget control and commercial analysis of projects with values from £2000 - £1.4 million.