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Jean-Claude Garcia

Jean-Claude Garcia

Tenafly, NJ, US

 

About 

Employment 

Jean-Claude Creations & Design, Tenafly, NJ, US, Owner

Creations & Design is a service provider for the construction industry-servicing clients in need of remodels and renovations. This company also provides consulting services in the areas of project management and appraisals.

Construction Services Include:
• Tenant Improvements
• New Construction
• Project Planning
• Estimating

Feb 2013 - current
 

Creative Corp., Englewood, NJ, US, President/Partner

Serviced major accounts such as: Neiman Marcus, Saks, Burberry, Valentino USA, and LVMH. Working in partnership with our clients and architects, we strive to maximize efficiency to ensure all goals where achieved. We offered a full range of needs through General Contracting and Construction Management Services. Project types included renovation, and existing refurbishments.

Orchestrated project lifecycles through proposals, permitting, design, blueprints, logistics, scheduling, engineering, contractors and vendors. The strategic focus was brand awareness and relationship marketing to counter the very visible competition in the industry. Employed business savvy personnel with in-depth knowledge of the customer and industry to drive profitability and growth.

• Business Market: East Coast, Midwest and Puerto Rico
• Participated in extensive bid process and budget forecasting
• Generated marketing plans and strategies
• Recruited and trained management and administrative staff.
• Identified and solidified strategic alliances with other niche-service providers in order to diversify service offerings to generate further revenue

May 1997 - Jan 2013
 

R.H. Macy’s, New York, NY, US, Senior Project Manager

Project leader in construction enterprises. Designed and implemented comprehensive plans for exceptional team performance, profits and savings. Lead projects from the entitlement phase through the permit, and ground-break phase.

• Presented to Executive Board on a weekly basis to review all phases of construction and status on all
assigned projects.
• Managed over $20 million dollars in renovation cost a year in very difficult environment.
• Leveraged broad competencies in operations to develop business and customer retention effort.
• Delivered extensive construction and renovation projects on time and below budget in challenging
circumstances.

Mar 1985 - Oct 1997
 

Education 

Baruch College - The City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, US, Bachelors, Marketing

Sep 1980 - May 1984
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills