Manager - Store Development Program

Meijer; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer, a family‑owned retailer serving six Midwest states, seeks a Real Estate Program Manager – Store Development in Grand Rapids. You will lead new store program development, manage design qualification, and coordinate cross‑functional teams across internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects on time and on budget.

You will direct design and development efforts, monitor risks, and provide executive‑level reporting to ensure alignment with enterprise goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years relevant project management experience in real estate, design and commercial construction projects.
• Strong interpersonal and executive-level communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all facets of the organization's new store program development (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) and supervise Project Development Manager's administration of real estate projects.
• Oversee the end-to-end final design process for all store projects through a Design Manager and Design Project Managers, ensuring AE/MEP/Refrigeration designs and prototype enhancement.
• Administrate the creation, maintenance and dissemination project plans, information and status reports to stakeholders.
• Drive effective partnership, communication and collaboration across internal and external teams with competing priorities.
• Anticipate risks, manage issues, balance business needs with technical constraints, and prioritize accordingly.
• Lead, influence and empower teams to pursue continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or related discipline

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

The Real Estate Program Manager - Store Development role requires a creative, organized, and well communicative leader who displays a general understanding of the real estate acquisition, entitlement, development, AE, MEP and construction processes. This role supervises and holds overall responsibility in the execution, monitoring, and completion of entitlements, permitting, due diligence, design and development of multiple new store projects, facilitating the Enterprise's annual new store development program goals. This role, through supervision of Project Development Managers and Design Project Managers, will complete project-level risk analysis, value analysis and create solutions to relieve any internal and/or external impediments to project execution on schedule and on budget. This role will be responsible for the engagement of internal cross-functional teams, as well as related external consultants in execution of the foregoing responsibilities and will report to the Director of Real Estate - New Store Development.

What You'll be Doing:

• Manage all facets of the organization's new store programdevelopment(budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) and supervise Project Development Manager's administration of individual real estate projects including planning, evaluation, entitlement, development and closeout.
• Oversee the end-to-end final design process for all store projects through a Design Manager and Design Project Managers, ensuring delivery of AE/MEP/Refrigeration designs and continuous prototype enhancement.
• Administrate the creation, maintenance and dissemination project plans, project information, and project status reports to stakeholders.
• Drive effective partnership, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple internal and external teams with competing priorities.
• Anticipate areas of risks, provide critical issue management, anticipate, and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Articulate vision and influence decisions, empowering teams to be owners of continuous improvement.
• Create Executive style reporting updates/documents by managing from detailed information.
• Collaborate to identify, devise, and implement continuous improvements to processes, systems, policies/procedures, training, and guidance documents.
• Interface directly with stakeholders to define project requirements. Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, cash flow, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
• Lead change management with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead, analyze and make recommendation through procurement engagement efforts with local and national service provider partners.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years relevant project management experience in real estate, designand commercial construction projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with executive level external and internal clients.
• Ability to supervise, motivate and manage a team of individuals toward the achievement of Enterprise objectives.
• High levels of customer service. Ability to serve multiple clients at any given time, deliver on milestones and create a positive impression for the team and the organization.
• Work effectively both independently and within a team.
• Organizational skills, strong analytical skills, and the ability to identify and manage priorities.
• Detail oriented.
• Must be able to lead, manage and adjust to workplace industry changes.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of project management technology tools and continually seek opportunities to develop your skillset.

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we're a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.