WILLIAM J. PEHAIM

2450 Port Malabar Blvd., N.E. Palm Bay, Florida 32905

Telephone: (321) 723-5044 Email: bpehaim@bellsouth.net

https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamjpehaim

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY I am a seasoned professional who is creative, analytical and actionable with extensive experience in the administration of Federal Grant programs; management; advertising/marketing and market/trade area research. I have substantial expertise in analysis/troubleshooting and in developing creative solutions that are effective with additional skills in strategic planning, economic/business development and public speaking. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SKILLS ♦ Federal Community Development Block (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Grants

Responsible for writing 5 Year Consolidated Plans; 1 Year Action Plans; 1 Year Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Reports (CAPER); 5 Year Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing; 5 Year Environmental Studies; 5 Year Section 3 Plans; Section 108 Loan Applications; Administrated approximately $900,000 annually in federal CDBG and HOME grants for the City

♦ Managed all CDBG and HOME federal statutory requirements from eligibility to performance measures ♦ Responsible for Federal Grant program monetary tracking and reimbursements to the City utilizing the

federal Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) ♦ Co-ordinated efforts among multiple departments from bid proposal through activity execution/reporting ♦ Specialized in developing partnerships among federal, state and local governmental agency participants

for the leveraging of federal grant funds ♦ Applied for and received a $5,208,104 Neighborhood Stabilization grant used to revitalize neighborhoods ♦ Applied for and received a $161,081 CDBG-R Stimulus grant that paved roads in Northeast Palm Bay ♦ Applied and approved for $300,000 Economic Development Administration small business incubator grant ♦ Administered small business Micro Enterprise loan program/creating small business start-ups in the City MANAGEMENT SKILLS ♦ Department Manager/Buyer responsible for department purchases, sales planning and sales forecasting ♦ Supervised and completed staffing schedules for eleven member staff ♦ Responsible for department personnel, operations, visual presentation, displays, and merchandising ♦ Produced cable television, newspaper, coupon, and tabloid advertising ♦ Coordinated buying, and promotional schedules with corporate office promotional flights ♦ Collected co-op advertising dollars from vendors while executing multiple advertising promotions ♦ Maintained inventory control management with less than a one percent shrinkage rate ♦ Developed primary and secondary trade areas for direct mail, and alternate postal delivery programs ♦ Responsible for merchandise transfers, promotional, and regular markdowns ♦ Established Top 100 list of preferred customers from dollar volume, and the number of transactions ♦ Responsible for sales training/development and established appointment selling customer base ♦ Designed “New” store layouts, displays and fixturing plans ♦ Participated in department store, marketplace center, and mall grand openings ♦ Coordinated with senior management, and wrote five year corporate strategic plans

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ADVERTISING/MARKETING SKILLS ♦ Developed marketing plans and budgets ♦ Planned and implemented all newspaper, magazine, trade journal, yellow page, television, radio, public

relations, and direct mail target-marketing efforts ♦ Graphically designed in-house all advertising, newsletters, and peripheral pamphlets/flyers ♦ Coordinated major promotional seasonal flights with New York designers and fabricators ♦ Executed corporate seminars, trade show presentations, and over one hundred special events annually ♦ Proficient with Adobe Acrobat, Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS), Microsoft

Office including: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Outlook in a Windows environment as well as, Claritas demographics software, MapPoint mapping software and a variety of graphics, database, survey and data analysis/tabulation software

RESEARCH SKILLS ♦ Proficient with both Qualitative (focus group) and Quantitative (questionnaire) research methodologies ♦ Multi-task project manager responsible for a wide variety of Customer/Dealer/Distributor Satisfaction

studies, Benchmark studies, Dealer/Owner Confidence studies, and Market/Trade Area studies ♦ Conducted primary research from questionnaire design/protocol development, through fielding and

tabulation, to final management reports

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY CITY OF PALM BAY, Palm Bay, FL Housing And Neighborhood Development Services, Neighborhood Development Specialist / Utilities Department, Marketing Representative 1999-2015 BOMBARDIER MOTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Melbourne, FL 1996-1998 Market Research Analyst/Project Manager and Management/Marketing Consultant PRIME SUCCESSION – FRED HUNTER’S, Hollywood, FL 1994-1995 Advertising/Marketing Director STRATEGY RESEARCH CORPORATION, Miami, FL 1991-1992 Advertising/Marketing Director

SUPPLEMENTAL RETAIL & DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE FEDERATED STORES, INC. – BURDINES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, Miami, FL Director of Research THE ROUSE COMPANY – CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, Columbia, MD Regional Research Analyst THE ROUSE COMPANY – WOODBRIDGE CENTER MALL, Woodbridge, NJ Advertising/Marketing Director MERCANTILE STORES COMPANY, INC. – GAYFER’S, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Mary Esther, FL Retail Department Manager/Buyer Mobile, AL

EDUCATION M.B.A. Marketing Major, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Graduated in top 5 percent of class and participated as member of Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society

B.A. Political Science Major, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Graduated Cum Laude and participated as member of Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honor Society