Senior Store Planner - GTT, LLC
Marlborough, MA 01752
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Senior Store Planner
Job Summary
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About The Company:
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- Contract Duration 12 Months
- Pay rate up to $46.57/hr
Job Summary
- Senior Store Planner develops Fixture Plans and Architectural Criteria Drawings for new stores, relocations, expansions, remodels, and special projects for all client chains.
- Makes design and layout decisions in order to create plans for each project based on site-specific requirements and budget guidelines, ensuring that standards are met.
- In conjunction with the Store Planning Manager, assigns projects for all new stores, relocations, expansions, remodels, and special projects for designated retail chains to Store Planning associates and outside consultants.
- Provides guidance to Store Planners and outside consultants with regard to conformance to planning guidelines, prototypical requirements, and site-specific criteria.
Major Areas of Responsibility:
- The Senior Store Planner will gather and analyze project data to design site-specific plans.
- Make design and layout decisions for each project, relying on experience and judgment.
- Recommend solutions for efficient overall store layout, including all support areas and department adjacencies.
- Collaborate with Store Planning Management, Design Department, Store Operations, and Merchandise Planning and Analysis.
- Enhance overall customer and associate in-store experience to drive sales.
- Create architectural drawings that meet standards and construction specifications, balancing design and operational needs
- Interface with Architects and the Construction Department to interpret local building codes, and adhere to store opening timelines, budget, and lease requirements.
- Troubleshoot site-specific challenges that arise during planning, drawing, and the construction phase of assigned projects.
- Develop creative solutions to resolve problems.
- Proactively partner with both internal and external teams to communicate changes and resolve project scheduling conflicts.
- Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate distribution and archiving of drawings and project data to meet Construction and Real Estate store opening schedules.
- For design-build stores, review the completed site survey with collected data about existing conditions.
- Interprets and analyzes collected data to facilitate design development decisions with the internal team.
- Conducts design-build meetings with appropriate team members.
- Develop site-specific plans and architectural drawings that adhere to the Construction budget and store opening schedule.
- Assists Store Planning Management in training and providing technical guidance to Store Planners and outside consultants with regard to implementation of planning guidelines and chain-specific prototype requirements for new stores, relocations, expansions, remodels, and special projects for designated retail chains.
- Delegates project to Store Planners and outside consultants, ensuring timely and accurate distribution of drawings to meet Construction and Real Estate store opening schedules.
- Special Projects as assigned.
- Recommends solutions to overall store layout, including all support areas and department adjacencies to enhance both the associate and customer in-store experience to drive sales.
- Collaborate with Store Planning Management, Design, and Construction to develop solutions for non-prototypical stores.
- Senior Store Planner will work closely with outside Architects to ensure chain-specific prototype requirements and construction specifications.
- Assign projects and provide guidance to Store Planners.
Requirements
- Associate's Degree in Architecture, Architectural Engineering Technology, or Interior Design preferred (or equivalent certificate).
- Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- Retail store and fixture layout experience
- Strong understanding of retail store operations, building architecture, construction procedures, and related codes.
- Working knowledge of Revit and AUTOCAD or equivalent software
- Excels at problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task while remaining flexible
- Time management oriented
- 4 years of related planning experience, preferably in retail design, store planning, interior design, or architecture.
- Store Planner with Revit and AUTOCAD or equivalent software knowledge with another retailer or architectural firm.
Benefits:
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About The Company:
- Our client is a Fortune 500 company and the leading off-price apparel and home fashion retailer in the U.S. and worldwide. At the end of 2020, the Company had more than 4,500 stores in nine countries, four e-commerce sites, and approximately 320,000 Associates. With offices, stores, and distribution centers around the world, there is a breadth of opportunities with this company.
- The company strives for an inclusive workplace where they value their diversity of thought, background, and experience; and are engaged with the mission to provide value to our customers. They remain committed to acting as a responsible corporate citizen by investing in their employees and their communities, being mindful of their impact on the environment, and operating their businesses ethically.
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Source : GTT, LLC