Danielle Grover Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• As Director of Store Portfolio Planning, I lead a team focused on long-term planning of store portfolio investment strategy & future store experience strategy. Our team drives alignment to and clarity for desired.
• Driving an organized and collaborative approach to scenario planning and prioritization each fiscal year, producing an aligned recommendation for large capital investments for Best Buy’s Real Estate portfolio of assets.
• Assessing and supporting impact to human resources by considering team capacities, practicing change management, and providing clear communication.
• Closely partnering and building strong relationships with teams across the enterprise to drive collaboration, including Finance, Store Experience Design, Data & Analytics, Enterprise and Brand Research and Category.
• Driving strategic alignment leading into development of new store formats and evolution of existing formats, while seeking to balance desired business, customer, and employee outcomes.
• Change management of capital investment plan.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Established a new Portfolio Planning team function and led the team to drive holistic planning, process improvements, reporting and communication in support of the Store Experience Project Management Office.
• Drove capital investment planning for large vendor and merchandising projects in stores, aligning budget planning, timing milestones and risk management across program of individual projects.
• Led merchandising, assortment, and design planning alignment for new store format development.
• Managed a team of four, developing team and people leadership skills, with a focus on ensuring each individual grew, developed new skills, and was supported in career progression.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Led collection, prioritization and planning for large vendor and merchandising projects in stores, managing milestones, risks, and reporting across program of individual projects.
• Established a new process for collecting, evaluating, prioritizing and implementing unique merchandising requests from individual store leaders.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• In support of senior executives, facilitated working sessions, produced communications, and drove action planning in support of lease decisions made for Best Buy’s real estate portfolio of assets.
• Identified gaps in planning across teams and established new processes to build efficiency and connection in prioritization and delivery of capital investments in stores.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Managed high-performance building program for store prototypes.
• Led outside consultants and a highly collaborative internal team to continuously improve the energy efficiency and environmental performance of store prototypes.
• Developed Best Buy’s first Teen Technology Centers and managed construction of the projects.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Led Best Buy’s successful participation in two pilot programs with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) – LEED for Retail Commercial Interiors and Volume Certification.
• Drove collaborative approach to earn Volume Certification of Best Buy’s store prototype with internal teams, external consultants, and USGBC leadership.
• Achieved LEED certification of 20+ individual Best Buy locations.

GreenbuildPresenter for LEED for Retail Specialty Update Panel November 2010 ICSC: Recon Academy Presenter for New LEED Programs for the Retail Community May 2011USGBC Middle TN ChapterPresenter for Chapter Breakfast, Big Box Retail July 2011

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Cppm (Certified Professional Project Manager)

Bs, Environment, Textiles & Design