Steve Collins Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Stockholm, Se

Stockholm, Se

Set the pace, convene the critical conversations: Drive results through a weekly cadence of action-oriented meetings (with tightly defined agendas); convene the core TO team, executives, cross-functional SMEs and initiative owners to get decisions made, roadblocks lifted and resources allocated in service of impactDrive transparency, accountability, and integration: Establish ‘one source of truth’ on accountability, transformation progress, and impact; define terminology that will become the language of the transformation (e.g., name the stage-gates to progress initiatives from idea to impact); ensure integrated solutions (i.e., break down silos)Validate business cases and action plans: Set valuation principles (i.e., what value counts toward the Transformation target), coach workstream teams on initiative business case and action plan development, and ensure all initiatives are validated by function/BU executives and FinanceShift mindsets and culture of the organization: Define the focus areas for culture change (e.g., role clarity, operational discipline, rewards and recognition) and reinforce the supporting behaviors at all times; promote capability building to ensure sustained change

Billerica, Ma, Us

Mobile Robotics for Industrial Agriculture ProductivityScalable and flexible systems for material handling and data management in a range of industrial environments. Developing Smart, Practical, and Sustainable Solutions.Harvest has developed a new approach to automating a variety of traditionally manual labor tasks based on mobile robot technology. Teams of small, highly intelligent machines work safely with laborers to perform the most physically demanding parts of these tasks, and at a significantly reduced cost.

Billerica, Ma, Us

Your backyard BFF, from the inventor of RoombaTertill is a compact and effective robot that weeds your vegetable garden for you. It's solar-powered, weatherproof, and lives in the garden all season long.

Menlo Park, California , Us

Robin Autopilot’s mission is to help lawn care professionals and service provider alike transition from traditional to robotic mowing. Robin enables professionals to improve the health and appearance of commercial and residential lawns using reliable, environmentally-friendly, cost-efficient autonomous mowers. The Robin platform offers its subscribers everything they need to effectively run a RaaS (robotics-as-a-service) business, including proprietary software, training (Robin Academy), mower financing, marketing (Robin Rewards) and hardware accessories including Robin's robotic door. Robin’s subscriber base continues to experience exponential growth.

Brooklyn, Us

A day off for the always-on. Getaway builds tiny houses in the woods just outside the city where you can go to recharge in nature, reconnect with people you love, and rekindle an interest in life unplanned. A Getaway is equal parts wonder-filled and wise. An experience designed to bring us back to our elements, immerse us in the magic of the woods, and challenge us to rediscover the pleasure of boredom, solitude and unstructured time.

Seattle, Wa, Us

To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.I was fortunate enough to work with amazing people as we worked to build on Starbucks mission by bringing cafe, drivethru and unique concepts to communities, providing a third place for them to thrive.My role involved strategic planning, site selection and qualification, negotiations, site planning and actively working through the development process.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Tide Dry Cleaners, Mr Clean Car Wash, and MDVIPAs Vice President of Development and Information Technology for Agile Pursuits, a Procter and Gamble company, I was responsible for all aspects of real estate, construction and design for our new and existing locations as well as Information Technology installations, support and Business Intelligence. The strategy and analysis of new and existing markets, review and approval of leases and purchase agreements, equipment and construction related activities, innovation of store design and customer experience, and most importantly coordinating across internal and external partners to open profitable locations for the company and its franchisees.

Sandy Springs, Georgia, Us

Central and Western Region Development • Responsible for central and western United States development including ongoing real estate expansion and support of both corporate and franchised locations• Regularly responsible for 100+ active deals in site selection through lease negotiations• Prepare site approval packages and present to the real estate committee for final site approval• Work daily with franchisees of both single and multi store operations to execute over 500 leases, providing significant impact to bringing a chain of nearly 400 to over 1000 locations• Map existing and new markets to strategically locate new stores and relocations with a focus to optimize sales while effectively limiting over saturation and cannibalization • Negotiate letters of intent and lease documents with an awareness of both franchisee and corporate interests • Develop, and systematically revise to improve, current systems and procedures including standard lease document, franchisor lease addendum, and processes to improve efficiency amongst franchisees and interdepartmental interaction• Work collaboratively with franchise sales and construction departments starting prior to execution of the franchise documents through final walkthrough and the store opening for business• Work closely with the franchise sales team to identify existing and qualify new leads in order to meet sales goals• Work closely with the operations team on high risk stores to increase sales growth by renegotiating leases • Involved in the Chicago marketing cooperative to provide external local and national retail perspective to marketing plans

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Developed and implemented strategic plans for store expansion in Midwest region; including market analysis, site selection & lease negotiations• Investigated and developed non-traditional venues in universities, hotels, convention centers and big box “store-in-store” locations• Developed store opening process and managed the activities of project management group tasked with opening 100+ store locations per year, from site selection through store opening• Managed construction department tasked with the pre-construction, design and on-site construction management of new stores in the Midwest• Collaborated on site selection criteria, approval process and implemented deal making activities in major metropolitan markets across the country

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Franchise Business Leader• Managed daily operations of franchisees in the Chicago division• Worked closely with franchisees to increase profitability through financial management, staffing analysis and increased marketing• Collaborated with Industrial Engineering to develop Balanced Scorecard elements and process for tracking Midwest corporate staff• Coordinated re-branding and training of 300+ franchised locations, part of the largest franchise re-branding to date of the worlds largest non-food franchise• Corporate representative to the regional marketing cooperative, offered advice and recommendations to advertising initiatives posed to increase profitability and brand recognition• Developed and completed a project focused on cost savings initiatives• Collaborated to devise a method of tracking costs associated with workforce of approximately 8 thousand employees• Learned inter-departmental financial forecasting and strategic planningOperations Supervisor• Worked to develop methods aimed at decreasing service failures to customers • Supervised scheduling, loading and expediting trailers to both over-the-road and rail yard distribution points to meet final destinations on time • Oversaw operations of outbound dock staffed by two supervisors and approximately ten union employeesHuman Resources• Developed and maintained relationships with key contacts to recruit a strong temporary workforce with management potential• Formulated innovative concepts to increase student hires and grow partnerships with local colleges and universities• Responsible for recruiting, interviewing and hiring students for part time employment and management internships• Developed brand awareness for UPS as the employer of choice in Chicagoland

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Real Estate Law Certiciate, Icsc University Of Shopping Centers

Minor, Applied Cultural Anthropology