David Clunk Email & Phone Number

Akron, Oh, Us

My experience is deep in all aspects of Commercial Real Estate. I take a fully integrated approach to managing real estate including the use of analytics to drive short term and long term strategy, portfolio optimization, and cost control. I am often called upon as a business partner and advisor to both business executives and the Board of Directors. Currently open to new opportunities in corporate real estate, construction development, and as a consultant to the commercial real estate and retail industries. Please contact me via LinkedIn or email me at dpclunk@gmail.com.Consulting projects include:• Six Cents/$.06. Provide pro-bono strategic advice to existing retailers and retail start-ups.• Rastegar Property/Austin, TX, 12 multi-family properties with 702 units; increased occupancy 15% and average rental rate 20% in 4 months. Reduced operating costs 15% and established SOP’s • Alex and Ani Jewelry. Managed Real Estate and Store Planning activities, including the design, development and opening of a new kiosk concept. Restructured 42 leases resulting in a 35% reduction in occupancy costs.* Bedrock Manufacturing. Providing Real Estate, Store Planning, Lease Administration and Facilitiy services for Shinola and Filson retail store chains.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Led Real Estate, Store Planning, Analytics & Facilities through 6 direct reports and team of 100+. Grew Kay to #1 mall jewelry brand and Jared #1 off mall jewelry brand by dollar volume and store count. Member of Signet Leadership Team that contributed to long term strategy, technology investments, and succession planning. Presented to the Board on Real Estate strategy and analytics. Real Estate • Oversaw portfolio of 4200 stores in US, UK, Canada, and Puerto Rico.• Grew portfolio from 770 to 4300+ with sales of $558M to $6.7B over 24 years; opened 1750 new stores, acquired 1800 locations, and managed 600+ renewals.• Led innovation strategy to reposition portfolio, Established Signet in all 50 states.• Conducted portfolio reviews and negotiated rent reductions.• Led 4 integrations to Signet brands; conducted due diligence for 20+ acquisitions. • Re-staffed department in response to business trends. Developed current SVP.Enterprise Analytics• Established 1st centralized Enterprise Data Warehouse, EDW, for data driven analytics and Data Governance Council to oversee data integrity. EDW enabled modeling and forecasting on portfolio and ad hoc requests. • Designed Strategy & Operating Profit dashboards.• Conducted portfolio rationalization by brand.• Improved sales transference reducing impact of store closings.• Provided ROI for new store openings, re-models, coupons, and inventory. Store Planning• Managed Design, Procurement, Construction, Repair & Maintenance, and Power Generation.• Led 11 new design builds and 8 redesigns, up to 400 stores a year.• Managed spend of $2B over 24 years in capital, $83M annually.• Reduced Owner Supplied Materials spend 30%.• Managed $17M budget, reduced expenses 11%, reduced additional 10% through outsourcing.• Achieved 25% utility reduction. Facilities • Constructed 12 projects managing $82M+ capital spend; 3 expansions and 2 new construction.• Managed $2.5M budget for facility and equipment maintenance.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Grew Jared footprint from 4 stores to 250 with sales from $8M to $1.2B.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Responsible for site selection in malls for 9 brands with 100 landlords across the US.

Akron, Ohio, Us

Responsible for site selection in malls for 9 brands with 20 landlords.

Directed site selection for 24 states growing from 400 to 550 stores for this music retailer.

Led site selection and construction for franchise and corporate stores.

Negotiated commercial leases and served as tenant coordinator for all properties.