ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION

Sally Beauty Holdings; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company match

In-house salon facilities

Job summary

Sally Beauty Holdings is seeking an Assistant Construction Project Manager for a hybrid role (2 days/wk in Denton, TX Support Center). You will oversee schedules, budgets, and staffing for Sally Beauty, CosmoProf, and Happy Beauty store projects, coordinating with Architecture & Engineering and field teams.

The role requires strong communication, budgeting abilities, and CAD familiarity, with experience in multi-site projects and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• High School diploma required; some college preferred.
• Strong communication skills across management levels.
• Prior multi-site coordination experience desirable, preferably in real estate or construction.
• Strong organizational skills and basic understanding of commercial building services and provider networks.
• Experience with CAD software is a plus.
• Excellent PC and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to analyze basic accounting and budget reconsolidation.
• Self-starter able to work in defined and unstructured situations and identify improvements.

Responsibilities

• Assemble construction project packages and assign field project managers to new stores and relocations; manage pre-construction schedules and budgets.
• Analyze and recommend bid contractor selections, supervise bid process, present to in-house PM.
• Manage process adherence and progress reporting; review schedule updates, monitor spend vs budget, coordinate permits and inspections, log data.
• Review, approve, and process invoices; negotiate change orders and approve cost increases.
• Coordinate utility accounts for new stores with local utilities to transfer ownership.
• Identify and align TIA landlord funding with lease renewal Real Estate projects; develop scope and timeline.

Skills

Strong communication

Budget management

Multitasking

Project scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High School diploma

Some college

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Construction Project Manager (Hybrid working 2 days a week in the Denton Texas Support Center)

Essential Functions

The Assistant Construction Project Manager is responsible for developing the working schedule, budget, and resources required to build and open new and relocated Sally Beauty, CosmoProf, and Happy Beauty store projects. The role provides project packages to the Construction Project Manager, offering project processing details and construction timelines based on physical plant site surveys and consultations with Architecture & Engineering resources. The position also works with field project management to provide preliminary approvals for project schedules, contractor selection, and funding, presenting these recommendations to the in‑house project manager for final approval. Additionally, the assistant project manager identifies and manages TIA funding from landlords and delegates to contractors’ scope of work details for property upgrades and improvements approved through Real Estate lease renewal approvals.

Primary Duties

• Assemble construction project packages and assign field project managers to new store and relocation projects. Manage the pre‑construction process, ensuring that field project managers complete preliminary schedules and budgets, and provide preliminary approval to initiate construction.
• Analyze and Recommend bid contractor selection to field project managers based on general knowledge, regionality, and cost; supervise the contractor bid process and present recommendations to the in‑house project manager.
• Manage Process Adherence and progress reporting: review weekly schedule updates, balance spend vs. budget, assure municipal permitting and inspections are scheduled and completed, and log project information into a centralized data portal for weekly review.
• Invoice Review: Review, approve, and process invoices relative to construction contractors, suppliers, and engineering services; negotiate change orders and approve potential cost increases.
• Utility Account Management for new store projects, coordinating communication with local utility suppliers to transfer ownership to SBH.
• TIA Landlord Funding: Identify and align TIA landlord funding with lease renewal Real Estate projects, develop scope of work improvements, establish total spend and timelines.

Qualifications and Competencies

• High School graduate; some college preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Prior multi‑site commercial coordination experience highly desirable, preferably in real estate or construction.
• Strong organizational skills and basic understanding of commercial building services and provider networks.
• Experience working within third‑party technology call center and data metric platforms.
• Experience in financial budget management.
• Multitasking ability to manage both large and small‑scale projects within designated timelines and budgets.
• Experience utilizing CAD software a plus.
• Excellent PC and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to analyze basic accounting and budget reconsolidation.
• Self‑starter capable of working well within both well‑defined and unstructured situations and proactively identifying business improvement areas.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with all levels of management.
• Ability to interact with third‑party field resources and contractors at all organizational levels.
• Collaborative approach to achieve desired results and provide best‑in‑class customer service to stores.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts requiring normal safety precautions typical of offices, meeting rooms, retail stores, and commercial vehicles. Duties include use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, and standard sanitary practices. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The job is sedentary; however, occasional walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, and operating a keyboard or automobile may be required. No special physical demands are required to perform this work.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and an outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and 401(k) with company match.
• In‑house salon with complementary services available to associates.
• Access to an onsite Sally Beauty and CosmoProf Professional store on the corporate campus with merchandise discounts for associates.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or disability.