Job Description

Whole Foods Market continues with its expansion efforts that include building new stores/concepts and retrofitting/remodeling our current footprint across 530+ stores globally.

As our Senior Team Leader (Sr Manager) of Construction Projects for the Store Development Team, you will provide leadership and oversight to the Construction Project Management family. You oversee and coordinate projects for remodels and new store builds. You act as liaison and help implement Store Development plant programs including facility repairs and maintenance that impact all 530+ stores and work directly with store Team Leaders, coordinators, and Teams Members on all facets of the end to end construction process. Your long term thinking approach allows for improvements to process, systems and tools.

You must be willing to travel 70% of the time (includes same day and overnight travel anywhere in the US). We truly value face to face collaboration and follow a hybrid work environment. (3 days in office/on jobsite and 2 days from home). The operational areas you can be based out of include: Jersey City NJ, Rockville MD, Austin TX, Chicago IL, Seattle WA, Emmervville CA (NorCal), or Glendale CA (SoCAL)

Responsibilities:

• Provides direction to Construction Project Management Team Leaders, Team Members, teams, and allied vendors and service providers.

• Coordinates new store development and remodels with construction and operations teams and with third-party service providers.

• Assists in developing detailed construction budgets and ensures adherence to budgets and schedules.

• Oversees engagement with construction teams, regional vice presidents, store leadership teams, and other stakeholders on store plan designs.

• Ensures effective communication with and engagement of store leadership throughout the construction process.

• Facilitates store-to-customer communication when and where necessary.

Skills:

• Ensures alignment between Construction Project Management and the organization’s overall vision, values, mission, and business strategies.

• Ensures team services adapt and change as the business evolves.

• Supports individual development and replacement planning efforts within the function.

• Consults with business leaders on functional and operational processes, challenges, and related issues and trends on project plans designed to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Serves as a trusted advisor from a Construction Project Management perspective.

• Translates strategic objectives into clear, actionable steps at the local and regional level.

• Identifies risks / threats in current or emerging operational strategies and outcomes.

• Understands how risks / threats may impact operational effectiveness, resources, and costs.

• Collaborates cross-functionally to ensure the implications inherent in Construction Project Management analyses are understood and form the basis for sound decision-making.

• Leads detailed task / project planning, including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.

• Ensures planning incorporates data and information from customer, supplier, partner, and company perspectives.

• Collaborates with task / project stakeholders to identify, evaluate, and resolve emerging and anticipated issues.

• Leverages data-driven insights to recommend and implement task / project management and delivery methodology continuous improvement.

• Demonstrates clear understanding of WFM’s core business and customer / market / partner interfaces.

• Assesses how products, processes, and operating models impact the company’s business and financial performance.

• Understands how changes in customer expectations, the competition, new businesses, new markets, and evolving strategies impact the company’s competitive position and long-term prospects.

Education & Experience:

• BA/BS degree and 6+ years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• 3+ years experience leading mid to large construction teams (Owner Operator preferred) in the Grocery, Supermarket, Retail industries etc that include large commercial refrigeration equipment (racking systems, gondola's, open and closed coolers, freezers etc)

• 3+ years experience with construction and project management tools like Procor (Yardi/MRI/BlueBeam etc) Excel/Smartsheets/MS project.

At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.

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