Store Planning and Development Coordinator

Summary:

The Store Planning & Development Coordinator supports Savers vision by assisting in the planning, scheduling, and execution of Capital Projects.  Development of process and project training materials.  This job supports the Store Planning & Development department and contributes to the overall success of the Construction/Store Planning/Purchasing/Property/Store Set-Up teams. This position reports to the Director Real Estate.

Essential Job Functions:

• Participates in the development, scheduling, and rollout of all Capital Projects.
• Coordinates the tracking of all Capital Projects which include New Stores, New Store-Relocations, Store Expansions, Remodels, Retrofits and Refreshes.  
• Creates purchase orders for all Capital projects and communicates necessary information to the vendors involved.
• Works closely with AP to process all invoices and ensure vendors are being paid in a timely manner.
• Creates contracts for new store openings and works with Legal for approval. 
• Collects information and creates a new store announcement email to communicate to a broad group for each new store opening and relocation.
• Leads all processes and purchasing for each new store opening.
• Assists Construction Manager with the Project Management site
• Creates and updates many training materials utilized for new Store Openings, general Contractors, Vendors, etc.
• Builds strong relationships with all vendors.
• Assists the Director of Store Planning & Development with essential administrative and day to day functions.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
 

• Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365, and Outlook
• Working knowledge of construction and store planning terms.
• Ability to create interactive excel spreadsheets with macros.  - never done??
• Ability to Categorize, File, and build a Departmental Library system.  – don’t know what this means??
• Working knowledge of store and field operations
• Demonstrated organization skills
• Demonstrated customer service skills
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work independently or as a member of the team
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing
• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and multi-task with minimal supervision
• Ability to be detailed-oriented
• Ability to work within Saver’s culture

Minimum Required Education, Training and Experience:

• Associate degree in business preferred, construction management, computer science, or related field, or a combination of education and experience that would yield the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• 2-3 years’ experience with a 100+ store chain
• Experience with Construction Management firm or General Contractor is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Ability to receive detailed information through verbal communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Ability to receive detailed information visually through written communication (both physical and electronic).

FLSA Status

• Exempt

Tools and Equipment Used:

• Laptop or desktop computer, phone, copy machine, etc.

Travel:

• 10% or less travel

Work Address:

• SSC Bellevue, WA or SSC Boise, ID