Construction Manager, WWGRD, New Store Construction

Join the Worldwide Grocery Real Estate & Store Development (WWGRD)- New Store Construction team as a Construction Project Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for managing complex construction projects from initial design through grand opening, serving as the primary point of accountability for schedule, budget, quality, and delivery outcomes.

Key job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project execution from design phase through grand opening, delivering the right outcomes with a high degree of autonomy.
• Develop and manage project strategies, schedules, and budgets, ensuring all financial milestones and hard bid targets are met.
• Oversee the design and engineering phases of complex projects, including design evaluations, external partner selection, contract negotiations, and project procurement functions.
• Align delivery from external architects, design consultants, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure work is completed on time, on budget, and to quality standards.
• Develop measurable targets and verifiable milestones; monitor metrics, report challenges, and drive corrective actions.
• Own project-level budgets and oversee spend approvals throughout the project lifecycle.
• Partner with internal teams across design, procurement, and operations to coordinate project needs and resolve cross-functional dependencies.
• Meet with customers and stakeholders to define project parameters and maintain accountability for quality, cost, and timely delivery.
• Review project requests against business need and provide approvals or recommend alternate solutions.
• Identify and eliminate risks to project delivery, innovation, or customer satisfaction, and find a path forward in difficult situations.
• Make trade-off decisions and effectively communicate and defend those decisions to internal stakeholders.
• Support key relationships and negotiations with customers, suppliers, and external partners.
• Recommend improvements to the way projects are scoped, built, tested, and deployed.