Strategically grow brand assets through leading-edge design, development, construction and preservation. Find innovative solutions to the challenges that arise in a large design/build company. Have a direct impact on real estate, design, construction, maintenance and support operations of stores.Developed scopes, schedules and budgets, and directs, supervises and controls the construction for assigned projects or programs so as to meet established goals and objectives. Lead/manage projects, lead cross functional team, maintain project documentation, overall project coordination, project research, annual budget responsibility, and ensures Project Status Reports are accurate.•Prepare new project requests for approval, document and communicate decisions•Manage the development of scope, schedules and budgets for assigned all projects or programs including merchant retrofits, test project and unique special projects.•Recommend installation contractors, review and approve bids based on independent estimates, conduct negotiations and close out purchase orders•Maintain accurate files and a general knowledge of the status of all projects including scope, schedule, budget, store list, priority, approval decisions, and actual spending vs. budget•Conduct team meetings to present project status updates and take action to correct problems and/or report conditions that affect the project implementation process•Ensure projects are completed on time, within quality control standards and within the approved budget

Responsible for planning the execution for off-shelf merchandising strategies including MAP, Cross Merch, and Divisional Planner.Evaluate and develop optimized space strategies to develop planograms based on store specific fixtures.Analyze planograms and make recommendations to optimize planograms, improve customer experience and financial performance.Perform data gathering tasks, synthesis - develop solutions, project/strategy planning and data utilization Heavy focus on Merchant interaction, building relationships, driving PRO assortment/sales improvements through analytics, development of consistent store communications and comprehensive understanding of overall strategy.Responsible for analyzing data, key reporting and working with Merchants to identify opportunities across multiple departments.Build skills and knowledge including self-development, team knowledge and customer (internal) knowledge.

Assisted Merchant with influencing the supplier management strategy to support overall department strategy and work to improve all aspect of supplier relationship. Served as a key contributor on various other key projects.Managed merchandising systems to analyze key merchandising metrics and provide recommendations for optimization.Worked on various product tests within my respective categories, including inventory monitoring, in-store execution, visual merchandising, and analyzing results.Partnered with Merchant in developing merchandising strategies to understand key business drivers (e.g. historical performance, industry/ competitive landscape, consumer segmentation) served as a key contributor on various key projects within a business function.Planned the business line review of category/ categories; assisted the Merchant with determining changes to product mix to better optimize assortment and drive innovation.Partnered with cross-functional groups across the business to analyze components of the business where problems/trends exist.

Direct project operations, and field team members from initial concept to final delivery of projects and renovations. Ensure alignment of project goals (budget and schedule). Allocate resources and managed scheduling and changes. Generated and deployed process improvements.

Directed operations, budgeting, and design/ field team members from initial concept to final delivery for multi-million-dollar projects and renovations. Implemented strategies to maximize quality, safety, customer satisfaction, and alignment with project goals (budget and schedule). Allocated resources and managed scheduling and changes. Generated and deployed process improvements.

Accountable for managing the delivery of critical projects and for providing managerial support for all the Corporate Records projects conducted within the company. Also responsible for providing monthly financial and technical updates of any known issues/risk to senior Manager.