Leads strategy and execution for multi-city new store rollouts, managing schedules, budgets, vendors, governance, risks, and launch readiness. Partners with cross-functional teams, builds scalable project frameworks, optimizes capital expenditure, tracks performance through leadership dashboards, and develops a high-performing Projects team. The role requires ownership of nationwide expansion delivery, stakeholder alignment, vendor accountability, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities1. Expansion & Rollout Strategy
- Own the overall project execution strategy for new store rollouts across all cities.
- Develop scalable frameworks, SOPs, and governance mechanisms for project execution.
- Partner with leadership on expansion planning, launch schedules, and capacity planning.
- Ensure project readiness aligns with business growth objectives.
- Lead the end-to-end execution of all new store projects from handover to launch.
- Ensure stores are delivered on schedule, within approved budgets, and to brand standards.
- Drive project reviews, milestone tracking, and risk mitigation plans.
- Establish project governance and escalation mechanisms.
- Build and manage a strong network of civil, electrical, HVAC, signage, furniture, and equipment partners.
- Negotiate commercial terms, service levels, and execution timelines.
- Establish vendor performance scorecards and accountability mechanisms.
- Ensure consistent quality and cost efficiency across all projects.
- Own project budgets and capital expenditure planning.
- Drive cost optimization without compromising quality or customer experience.
- Review BOQs, vendor quotations, and project estimates.
- Monitor project profitability, budget adherence, and variance reporting.
- Partner closely with Operations, SCM, Design, Finance, Procurement, and City Teams.
- Ensure seamless coordination from project initiation through launch readiness.
- Align stakeholders on timelines, dependencies, and project priorities.
- Act as the central point of accountability for project delivery.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing Projects team.
- Define team KPIs, performance metrics, and accountability structures.
- Create execution playbooks and training frameworks.
- Foster a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement.
- Create leadership dashboards covering:
- Store rollout status
- Budget utilization
- Project timelines
- Vendor performance
- Expansion pipeline
- Present periodic updates to founders and leadership teams.
- Drive post-project reviews and implementation of learnings.
- 9–15+ years of experience in Projects, Retail Expansion, Store Development, Construction, or Infrastructure Execution.
- Proven experience managing large-scale multi-location rollouts.
- Strong leadership and people management experience.
- Expertise in vendor management, project governance, and stakeholder management.
- Should be handling a PAN India Role
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