lululemon

About the role:

Reporting to the Sr Manager, NA Construction, the Project Manager will be responsible for all aspects of store development within lululemon. You play a crucial role in ensuring your assigned projects are delivered on time and on budget.This role will develop and manage the deliverables of the real estate portfolio from site selection to construction project close-out. This is a key leadership role that works collaboratively with the real estate, design, operations  and other key internal and external partners. The Project Manager will also be responsible for estimating various types of projects (new stores, optimizations, renovations and relocactions) prior to Real Estate approval and managing all milestones throughout the project timeline. 

A day in the life:

• Manage 15-20 projects annually from site identification through the design and construction process while delivering to key milestones and metrics while staying within the approved financial plan.
• Work with internal partners for plan approvals, including value engineering efforts when projects are trending over the approved budget in various phases of design prior to starting construction.  
• Review project scope, schedule and financial reporting to mitigate overall negative impact to the company.
• Responsible for estimating all new stores, optimizations, renovations and relocations throughout the US, Canada and Mexico to ensure successful coordination of efforts and completion of objectives to support company initiatives prior to monthly Real Estate meetings as well as various budget check-ins throughout the project timeline.
• Travel to job sites, as necessary, to ensure projects are on time, on budget and as per design.  Meet with City inspectors, landlord management, internal teams and outside vendors to ensure a successful store opening.  Travel required up to 40% of the time.
• Maintain impeccable records on shared drive of budget, vendor orders, contracts, schedules, etc.
• Maintaining strong relationships with cross-functional partners to consistently develop and evolve associated processes.
• Oversee transactional vendor relations (scope development, bidding, PO’s, vendor deliverables, invoicing).
• Oversee small scale construction projects such as Temporary Spaces, and Small Renovations.
• Manage communications with Senior Leadership including program level status reporting. 
• Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution of issues and risks.
• Producing and maintaining various project reports.
• Create and manage a culture of personal development and continuous improvement.
• Delivering additional projects, duties, and assignment as required and/or by request by the Director of Construction.

Qualifications: 

• Minimum 4-year college level degree 5 years project management experience within a retail construction environment, or a combination of equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in creating/managing a portfolio of projects from identification through to project close-out.
• Experience managing construction budgets, value engineering conversations and negotiating change orders.
• Must be versatile and able to manage multiple projects in various stages at any one time in the life cycle of a project.
• Practiced in store development processes, vendor management and client relations.
• Proficient in MS Office, Excel, Project and Sharepoint.
• Highly motivated, creative, detail oriented, and dependable.
• Open to learn and accessible to all levels of the organization.
• Possess organizational, time management, and troubleshooting competence.
• Excellent team player, and capability to work independently.
• Superb communication skills – verbal and written.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize program needs with constantly changing priorities
• Travel will be required to markets and store sites pre-, during and post construction (up to 40% of your time).
• Proactive and solution oriented.