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National Builder Hiring Project/Operations Manager for DFW Division

Posted on December 15, 2017 by peter

A respected national builder is hiring a manager to lead residential construction and operations in its DFW region. This company has been named one of the country’s best places to work nine times by Fortune magazine, and it offers exceptional advancement potential and benefits. It’s looking for someone with a talent for leading a team. This includes hiring, employee development and oversight of sales, construction, warranty and administrative staff. The project manager’s responsibilities also will encompass operations planning, budgeting, customer satisfaction and the resulting P&L. This organization needs a seasoned manager with advanced skills in negotiation and leadership of single-family developments. If you’d like to learn more, contact Chris Hingle at (713) 961-5582, email him at chris@chrisfred.com or visit www.chrisfred.com.

Manage developments for the dominant builder in North-Central Texas

Posted on November 1, 2017 by peter

I’m helping one of the country’s leading home builders hire a land development project manager. This position offers stability, growth and the chance work in an expanding market. Led by a long-standing management team, this operation faces little competition and builds communities in several North-Central Texas cities, with plans for future expansion into College Station and Brenham. The new development manager will oversee all aspects of residential home site preparation. This includes due diligence, budgeting, scheduling, construction coordination and close work with engineers, consultants and other departments. The company is looking for someone with a bachelor’s degree or five to seven years of related experience.

Christopher Frederick Search Consultants, a trusted national recruitment firm, has been retained to help find the best professional to manage development projects in this market. If this position matches your background and career goals, contact firm principal Chris Hingle at (713) 961-5582, email him at chris@chrisfred.com or visit www.chrisfred.com.

Build Charlotte Custom Homes Prized for Their Design, Quality

Posted on September 19, 2017 by peter

Want to work for a custom builder that’s earned national recognition for its craftsmanship and architecture? If so, a long-successful Charlotte company is hiring a builder for high-end townhouses and detached homes.

The builder will direct day-to-day construction activities for assigned projects. He or she will be responsible for delivering finished homes that meet the company’s high quality standards, building schedules and budgets.

The new builder must be able to lead a team within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, hands-on environment. The role also requires an excellent communicator at ease during homeowner meetings, vendor negotiations and planning sessions with a wide range of colleagues.

If your knowledge and management skills would make a good fit, contact firm principal Chris Hingle at (713) 961-5582, email him at chris@chrisfred.com or visit www.chrisfred.com.

Hot Housing – Make the Most of Career Opportunities in the Recovering Residential Market

Posted on August 30, 2013July 12, 2017 by peter

Last year brought indisputable evidence of a recovery in housing, with the National Association of Homebuilders reporting a 28 percent year-over-year increase in housing starts in 2012. Even amid the volatility caused by rising interest rates this summer, the pace of construction remains robust, and expanding homebuilders are on the lookout for talent. Now is the time for professionals in the industry to assess their prospects and make the most of a rebounding market.

From my own work as a recruiter offering a unique digital approach to executive hiring, the high-demand positions I see at the moment are in purchasing and in land acquisition/development. If your career resides in these areas, think strategically and study the market carefully to find a position offering the most headroom and potential for expanded responsibility in your area of expertise. If your skills fall in a different area, fear not. The recovery is providing motivated professionals with a degree of flexibility as companies begin rebuilding their diminished ranks.

The housing downturn left many managers and their employees hesitant to leave their present positions, rightfully fearing that a move to advance their careers might leave them with no job at all if prospects worsened at a new company. Some of that caution persists, but today’s business environment should inspire confidence that careers can once again rise with the prospects of homebuilders. Career-focused individuals should also keep in mind that their years helping firms muddle through the downturn also have value in their own right in the eyes of employers looking for hard-working, innovative people.

Hiring managers, too, face a different landscape when recruiting executives. The decline in housing wasn’t gradual and neither is the recovery. The people who left the industry have not necessarily been replaced with younger talent in recent years, so many employers have become more flexible in the way they hire and develop their leaders. Companies must think deeper than job titles and years of experience. What leadership responsibilities and decision-making skills are revealed by a candidate’s work experience? How did he or she add value during the recession? Smart people are easy to train. Can you find the devotion and talent you’re looking for in someone from a different career track, or even from another industry? The talent is out there and hungry for a piece of the long-awaited growth in housing. Likewise, housing professionals should draw confidence from the work they’ve done in recent years – a confidence that inspires them to excel as things are finally looking up. The housing recovery will be yours to prosper from as well.

For more than 25 years, Christopher Frederick has helped match ambitious professionals with leadership positions at some of the most successful firms in real estate. To learn more about how we can enhance your next executive search using our extensive digital network, contact Chris Hingle at chingle@chrisfred.com. Or visit our website at www.chrisfred.com where you can find exclusive job listings for real estate executives.

Don’t Take Our Word For It: These Entrepreneurs Have all Experienced the Growth That Come With an Arthur Rutenberg Homes Franchise

Posted on March 20, 2013January 26, 2015 by peter

These entrepreneurs have all witnessed the growth and resources that come with an Arthur Rutenberg Homes franchise for custom homebuilders:

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“At the close of 2012, it was clear I needed to produce higher gross profit on each sale, but my expertise wasn’t in higher-end custom homes. The Arthur Rutenberg Homes’ franchise provided this higher-end expertise and an enormous amount of other value-added benefits, like a multi-platformed software package superior to anything I dealt with at all of my previous companies. The Arthur Rutenberg team can help you produce a model that is superior to your competitors’ architecture, design and interior decor. The execution of it is seamless. Over the four months our model has been open, we have contracted $1.6 million in sales. We anticipate $7 million in sales in 2015 from this one model home.”

Andrew J. Temmel, Founder, Oakmont Custom Homes in
Cincinnati, Ohio

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“I’m still amazed at how well the franchise system works. It has allowed me to successfully grow my business in a down housing market. Our customers get the benefits of a local custom home-building company, while we operate with systems and resources that are better than the larger national builders’. I know this because I was an executive for one of those companies.”

Mitch Genda, Franchise Owner and President of Paragon Homes in
Charlotte, N.C.

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“Having spent nearly 24 years in the Arthur Rutenberg Homes system in various capacities, most recently as a franchise owner, speaks volumes of our mutual commitment. First-class organization, superb support with software and designs second-to-none in the industry. I am proud to say I own an Arthur Rutenberg Homes franchise.”

Derek Nelson, Franchise Owner and President of Nelson Homes in
Sarasota, Fla.

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“After 26 years in business as an independent builder we weren’t sure what a franchise could offer; initially the computer software offered by ARH was the motivation. Now after five years in the franchise, it’s one of the best business decisions we ever made; the training and support is second-to-none and of course the custom design department is directly attributable to our sales success.”

Jim Sanders, Franchise Owner and President of SandStar Homes in
Punta Gorda, Fla.

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“I have been a housing analyst for many of the nation’s largest national and regional home builders and Arthur Rutenberg Homes has, since its inception, been in the very top tier of the firms that I have worked directly with or conducted research on.”

– Lewis Goodkin, CRE, FRICS, MIRM, Founder of Goodkin Consulting

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ARH has hand-picked markets across the country that are ripe for growth in custom building. If you are an entrepreneur seeking the next level for your business – or if you are an experienced executive looking to strike out on your own – contact Chris Hingle at (713) 961-5582 or chingle@chrisfred.com to learn more about this opportunity. With more than two decades of recruiting experience in the homebuilding industry, Hingle and Christopher Frederick Search Consultants have been retained to find the best candidates for this valuable program. Call today to learn more about the business support, architecture and sterling reputation that have made Arthur Rutenberg Homes’ franchise the best of its type for more than 20 years.

This information does not represent an offer to sell a franchise. The offer of a franchise can only be made through the delivery of a franchise disclosure document. Certain states require that we register the franchise disclosure document in those states. We will not offer or sell franchises in those states unless we have registered the franchise (or obtained an applicable exemption from registration) and delivered the franchise disclosure document to the prospective franchisee that complies with applicable law.