• Leading the development and construction of Remodels, and any other capital projects maintenance projects and store initiatives, (excluding new stores).• Direct ownership or involvement in site evaluations, budgets, time lines, store design, landlord leases (for extensions), plan development, permitting, project timelines management, contract negotiation and award, bidding, procurement and various vendor interactions.• Ultimate overseer of any capital project (other than new stores) that enables all the stake holders and team members associated move the development project forward to deliver on to the brief, on time and within budget.• Developed the process, principles and brief for the remodels of stores.

• Integrated an established, premium restaurant chain into the Tesco portfolio through identifying and negotiating specific retail sites and locations with in those sites.• Accountable for the delivery of 35 restaurants into the Tesco estate in the financial year 2014/15 with a budget of $50m.• Trained, managed and coached a team of high performing project managers.• Managed stakeholders effectively in both Giraffe Restaurants and Tesco Stores to deliver the program on time and to budget.• Achieved a 30% reduction in development costs for new restaurants. This was achieved though value engineering of design and product, standardization of design, introduction of new suppliers and contractors, improved buying deal and changes to ways of working, whilst maintaining brand integrity.• Reduced build time for each project from an average of 8 weeks to 4 weeks, whilst maintaining safe working environment and ensuring quality handovers on time and within budget.

• Developed the strategy, brief and budget for the 5 year Refurbishment and Competitor Impact work streams.• Recruited and developed a high performing team of project managers responsible for the delivery $80m, 50 store refurbishment program.• Innovated new ways of working through targeting specific areas of stores to maximize sales, resulting in a 3% increase in overall store sales.• Achieved 100% of Key Performance Indicators inclusive of delivering the store on time and within budget, minimal disruption to customers, zero accidents and ensuring stakeholder customer satisfaction.• Supported the Property Director in allocating and managing the funds for the whole of the refurbishment program. The role included ensuring robust and accurate board papers were prepared for the sign off of capital expenditure.• Supported and developed Project Managers, Cost Managers, Main Contractors and Quantity Surveyors through 1 to 1 coaching sessions, performance reviews, onsite audits and presentations.• Worked closely with internal and external design teams and supply chain to develop new initiatives and 3 concept stores. Worked closely with all these stakeholders to agree a scope and a budget and the feasibility of a larger role out into the core Tesco Estate.

• Accountable for the delivery of new store, extension or refurbishment projects of up to $9m per store.• Delivered all schemes to the agreed brief, on time and within budget.• Ensured minimal disruption to customers and colleagues whilst the construction team were on site.• Continually developed ways to deliver schemes faster, simpler and cheaper.• Performance managed and coached contractors and suppliers.• Mentored all graduate trainees that joined the property team.• Developed a closure process to allow our most complex refurbishments and extensions to be closed for 1 week to minimize disruption to our customers.

• Responsible for the delivery of store refurbishment costs from $1.5m to $3m per scheme.• Delivered all scheme to the agreed brief, on time and within budget.• Scheduled and purchased all display equipment required for the merchandising of all components of the store layout.• Produced the store commodity plans.• Managed the resource required by the store to deliver all aspects of the merchandising, in regards to both finance and resource.