Store Planner

Metro Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Inc. is seeking a Project Manager for its Engineering and Construction department. This role involves overseeing the planning and development of various design and construction projects. Responsibilities include managing budgets, analyzing project objectives, and ensuring compliance with company standards. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and significant experience in project management, especially within the retail sector, and a strong understanding of design principles is essential.

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Telecommuting in hybrid mode

Group insurance from day one

Competitive pension plan

Generous holiday policy

Employee Assistance Program

Free parking

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in project planning, design or management, preferably in retail.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Valid license and car available at all times.

Responsibilities

• Manage capital budget and project schedules for assigned program.
• Visit project locations to identify objectives and improvements.
• Review budgets and ensure they meet project scope.

Skills

Project planning

Effective interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Priority management

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor of Architecture

College degree in Environmental Design

Technological Design or related subjects

Tools

Autocad

SAP

MS Project

Windows PC environment

Job description

Department : Engineering and Construction

WorkLocation : METRO ON - 25 VICKERS ROAD BUILDING A (#A-VICA)

Position Type : Permanent

Joining our team has its advantages!

• Flexible schedule to promote work / life balance
• Telecommuting in hybrid mode
• Group insurance from the first day
• Very competitive pension plan
• Generous holiday policy
• Personal days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free parking
• Opportunity for professional development

SUMMARY

This position is responsible for reviewing and implementing the planning and development requirements of various design and construction projects within the Company’s capital plan and colleagues from other relevant departments or within the department

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the capital budget and project schedules for the capital plan of assigned program.
• Visit all project locations to determine project objectives from clients, opportunities for improvement and growth, and analyze site conditions and limitations.
• Work with Store Design to prepare proposals, options and solutions to meet oraddress client requirements, Company objectives and new initiatives.
• Review construction and equipment budgets and estimates to ensure they respectproject scope of work, and capital plan budgets.
• Establish and update details and standards for banners (concepts, décor, exterior facades andequipment) in collaboration with the clients’ requirements and various divisions within the Engineering department.
• Obtain various technical studies, budgets and design solutions from divisionswithin the Engineering department in order to present a global analysis of each project to clients.
• Make sure to obtain the various technical and budgetary studies from the other internal departments to draw up an overall analysis of the projects and communicate the options selected to the various internal stakeholders.
• Provide support to realisation colleagues during the construction of projects in order to allow consistency between the planned project and the execution, and this, while respecting the economic parameters of the program established in planning.
• Maintain the information file (in MS ONLINE and SAP) for each project in its project group.
• Participate in strategic planning meetings.
• Prepare and obtain approvals of financial requirements (capital mandate and credit acceptance) for projects.
• Assure the follow-up of budgets and schedules for each project as well as the entire capital plan program.
• Update information for a banner an assigned projects in SAP-PS an MS Online
• Ensure overall monitoring of budgets and schedules for all the projects in order to accumulate statistics for future projects to be planned
• Follow the execution of assigned projects, manage any changes involving planning and design and keep various departments informed of the evolution of each project.
• Analyze Company strategic initiatives, demographics and product offering in conjunction with store layouts, equipment selection and décor package.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Architecture, College degree in Environmental Design, Technological Design or other related subjects
• 5-7 years of experience in project planning, project Design or project Management, preferable in the retail sector.
• Knowledge of Autocad, the Windows PC environment (Outlook, Word, Excel) SAP an MS Project.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills are required
• Ability to manage multiple projects and achieve deadlines.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of a professional environment
• Travelling on site. Sometimes for more than one day
• Have a valid license an a car available at all times
• Priority management and autonomy

The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.

METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.

We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.

Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.

We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.