Senior Project Manager

Overview

Foot Locker is seeking a passionate and talented individual to join the Real Estate Construction Team as Senior Project Manager. You will manage the construction of new stores, remodels, special projects, and initiatives in stores as directed by the Director of Construction. This position is responsible for managing multiple external vendors simultaneously, including architectural, engineering, expeditor, project manager (if required) and general contractor service providers. This position has cost, schedule, and quality responsibilities including project delivery, document management and site control, change management, forecasting/risk analysis, and project reporting.

Responsibilities

• Must have a thorough understanding of architectural and construction processes
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Responsible for managing customer expectations through partnering and ongoing process improvement.
• Interface with key stakeholders within the store design, real estate leasing, divisional field teams, as well as senior management.
• Accountable for all preliminary and final budgets, change orders and applications for payment.
• Travel to projects is required to ensure the company's standards are being met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a college or university OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10 years' experience in Retail Development with mall and street locations

Customer Service/Communication

• Must be able to work independently
• Ability to establish a strong rapport with internal customers, vendors, and business partners, genuinely conveying a sense of understanding, urgency, and concern
• Viewed as professional, friendly, calm, confident, and knowledgeable
• Excellent influencing skills and ability to develop and maintain good working relationships
• Ability to understand (or quickly grasp) customer priorities and terminology
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written, as well as proactively communicate critical issues appropriately
• Ability to interface with Lease Administration to review lease documents
• Must be flexible to meet changing needs of the Divisions and changes to schedules
• Ability to negotiate, persuade, and/or influences others to gain cooperation in order to meet or exceed customer service standards both internally and externally
• Ability to appropriately communicate and otherwise handle sensitive business information
• Coordinate project activities with business partners and outside vendors

Problem Solving/Technical Competencies

• Ability to independently develop action plans in response to emergency, immediate, and/or complex problems
• Responsible for developing and implementing process improvements to maximize efficiencies and improve customer service
• Responsible for utilizing process management skills to address a variety of issues and develop process resolution in the absence of established processes and/or processes
• Able to drive complex issues to closure
• Excellent problem-solving ability, leveraging resources for technical resolution
• Independently able to develop creative and practical recommendations to drive problem resolution
• Escalates issues appropriately and comfortably to all levels of management
• Accountable for project planning/scheduling, project cost management and project close out
• Ability to manage multiple projects of varying scopes concurrently, while meeting all timelines and quality expectations
• Responsible for developing, reviewing, and auditing monthly, quarterly, biannual expense and capital budgets/forecasts based upon trends
• Recommends team structure and tasks, which may include internal benchmarking and utilization of cross-functional staffs
• Understands team's role and contribution to department, division, and company
• Ability to interpret construction drawings and find value engineering opportunities
• Ability to read and negotiate contracts
• Ability to develop and review budgets
• Knowledge of union and non-union practices
• Knowledge of Building Codes
• Knowledge of means and methods of construction in North America

Benefits

The annual base salary range is $115,000 - 125,000. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible to receive short term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below.

Foot Locker Benefits :

• Employee Discount
• Paid Time Off
• Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
• 401(k) | Roth 401(k)
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
• Strong Company Culture
• Employee Resource Groups