Sam "Wesley" Matson Jr. Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Led vacant tenant space barricade program. Provided coordination and execution for Walmart Services initiatives during store remodels, and tenant construction projects ensuring on time grand openings for remodels, new stores, relocations and special projects. o Reduced barricade install cost by 20% by working with multiple vendors to develop a reusable system designed for the retail industry. This saved the company an average of $440,000 annually on initial install cost.o Onboarded new barricade company to ensure competitive pricing and improve project completion timelines.o Exceeded strategic goals of 97% for remodels and 95% of tenants opening within 60 days of grand opening.o Managed budgets from $300,000 to $3,470,00 and proactively providing weekly variance reports to upper management.o Worked with cross functional teams and third-party vendors to coordinate kiosk fixture placement plans, power and fixtures installs for automated propane rollout, lottery rollout, and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service kiosk, totaling over $1.5 billion in disbursements.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Provided coordination and execution for Walmart Services initiatives during store remodels and tenant construction projects ensuring on time and complete grand openings, for remodels, new stores and existing projects.o Exceeded strategic goals of 99% grand opening readiness for new stores, 97% for remodels and 95% of tenants opening within 60 days of grand opening.o Developed and implemented project milestones that helped management team ensure timely implementation of projects.o Engaged with key stake holders to resolve any discrepancy on Architectural plans and to resolve any field issues.o Ensured completion of kiosk installation, Walmart Services signing, and Walmart Money Services Centers were built per plans and all compliance items were implemented during remodels and new store projects.o Reviewed and approved tenant’s plans for lease line compliance, interior and exterior signing packages ensuring they met Walmart guidelines. o Coordinated with tenants on construction schedules, permits, Walmart approved vendors, telecom access agreements and Certificate of Occupancy.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Oversaw small formats proto-maintenance and conceptual design used in design of new stores and remodel projects.Created and maintained small format proto checklist.Process Improvement:• Streamlined process by having automated emails with PDF’s of initial designs sent to the assigned project manager. • Developed and maintained a Store Business Unit (SBU) database with multiple proto designs for Tobacco bullpens, Liquor layouts, checkout configurations and beverage bar options that drove constancy in designs.• Collaborated and work with cross functional teams for enhancements to color blocks.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Designed and implemented fixture layouts to fit merchant strategies for new stores, remodels, special projects, and relocation projects. • Collaborated with project managers, store planners, and store business units for design adjustments based on geographic and demographic data to provide customers with best shopping experience possible.

West Monroe, Louisiana, United States

Engaged in estimating, sales, project management, and shop drawings for large scale residential and commercial projects. o Maintained relationship with vendors, architects and general contractors.o Submitted bids to general contractors providing detailed scope of work.

Completed truss design and placement plans based off architectural and structural blueprints that were used to fabricate and erect the pre-engineered truss system. • Worked with DodgeScan to locate jobs and estimate materials required to complete the projects. The estimates were used to submit competitive bids to general contractors.• Worked with contractors at job sites to verify dimensions and review shop drawing to ensure the trusses were fabricated to the correct dimensions and any questions were answered promptly.

Magnolia, Arkansas, United States

Completed CAD drawings packages and worked with in house engineers for sizing of beams and connections that were used to fabricate engineered building systems.• Created shop drawings from architect’s plans and engineering specifications requiring laminated beams that were used by the general contractor to assemble the building package.• Consulted for architects’ firms to aid in solving field problems that limited costly down time and ensured the projects were completed on schedule.