Sr. Manager, Store and Veterinary Hospital Development Projects

The Sr. Manager, Store and Veterinary Hospital Development Projects will ensure proper business involvement and organization on all new, remodel, and vet hospital store openings, from start to finish.   
Ensure business requirements are clear and meet minimum standards for clarity and validation. Establish and document key metrics to ensure on-time delivery, conformance to requirements and scope, attainment of quality metrics, and meeting opening processes. Adhere to key work processes requirements to achieve maximum efficiency in the store opening schedules and maintain appropriate project governance. Identify and document project risks and raise awareness with leadership through executive briefings. 

Essential Job Functions The incumbent must be able to perform all of the following duties and responsibilities with or without a reasonable accommodation.  

• Oversees and coordinates process improvement for all operational/functional aspects of new, remodel and vet hospital store opening projects through every business function.  

• Serve as a liaison between Real Estate, Construction Management, Store Design, Setup, IM, IT, Operations, Marketing, Merchandising, Space Management/Planning, Procurement, Visual and the Field. 

• The ability to prioritize initiatives and projects, set the associated objectives, sequence, timeline, interdependencies, and contingencies, and execute against those objectives to achieve business goals across multiple departments. 

• Provides technical and analytical guidance to project teams by recommending and taking action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems and opportunities. 

• Accurately create financial reports for store opening activities and make recommendations for expense controls to department management and Sr. Leaders. 
  Analyze financial reports to verify accuracy of items charged to general ledger accounts.   
  Work with the Finance department to correct any errors identified.   

• Responsible for improving all aspects of the new, remodel and vet hospital store development and implementation process. Monitors progress and quality by regularly providing functional expertise and counsel to appropriate parties. 

• Provides a single coordination point for the new, remodel and vet hospital development process. Responsible for recommending opportunities for improvement of store opening processes and implementing approved opportunities. 

• Reviews status of projects, assist with schedules and prepare status reports quarterly for Sr. Management. 

• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, goals and objectives. 

• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with other development teams. Required to influence change and assist in developing timelines, critical paths and effective workflow processes for all store opening projects. 

• Leads team to find the most optimal solution to assigned project while balancing the development of the team members 

• Interact professionally and effectively through verbal and written communication with all Partner contacts with emphasis on company interests. Partner with 3rd party vendors, contractors, and or contracted service merchandisers. 

Supervisory Responsibility:  

• No supervisory or lead responsibilities. 

Work Environment: 

• Typically the incumbent will be in an office setting seated, in artificial light and working for prolonged periods of time on the computer. 

Education/Experience: 

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience and two or more years of professional experience in this function preferred. 

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office® Suite and Oracle/PeopleSoft software.  Extensive knowledge of retail capital expenditures is required.  

• Advanced quantitative and qualitative budget analysis skills. 

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