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SUMMARY

Support Store Development processes by implementing, maintaining, analyzing, and recommending process improvements to support all goals and objectives in accordance with the strategic plan. This includes supporting the Legal, Real Estate, Pre-Construction and Construction teams by creating, executing, notarizing, and distributing legal documents related to purchases, leases, construction, change orders, purchase orders, terminations, and the amendments of all such documents. Additional responsibilities including coordinating deliverables with all levels of management and acting as a liaison across functional areas, as well as with outside vendors, including extracting and disseminating information, conflict resolution, and account reconciliation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Development projects within the individual Regions. This includes creation of applicable forms, partnering appropriately in the approval process, recognizing and responding to problems, managing timelines and contract terms, and facilitating communication with cross functional areas, as well as outside vendors to coordinate, plan, organize, enforce, scope, track, and manage auditing of resources for all ongoing regional development projects.

• Ensure effective communication with utility owners, agencies, and local municipalities in order to successfully coordinate water, sanitary, electric, and gas utilities on new builds

• Performs follow-up of meeting action items to assure effective coordination results.

• Communicates verbally and formally the status of coordination activities so as to keep project team members, both internal to company and external informed regarding utilities

• Meet with utility companies on a regular basis on projects and maintain good working relationships with representatives for each company, lending to the timely development of schedules for utility relocations.

• Developing and overseeing utility schedules, reviewing and executing utility agreements, and supporting the efforts in acquiring utility permits and easements.

• Partner with Supervisor, Project Coordinator to develop, implement, and modify as needed, process and procedure documentation according to developing needs across functional areas of responsibility. This includes recognizing the needs of individuals within the cross functional areas and working with the Supervisor, Project Coordinator to facilitate or oversee the documentation process and implementation when appropriate.

• Assures timely completion of new projects and program enhancements. Oversee all areas of rollout, including communication and follow up.

• Serve as a resource to other cross functional areas and provide appropriate solutions by coordinating with the regional development teams.

• Provide other support as needed, i.e., misc. documentation, creating and implementing presentations, and plan and coordinate the weekly/monthly Development meetings.

REQUIREMENTS

• Level of Formal Education: An Associate's degree (two-year program) or equivalent formal training program.

• Area of Study: Business or Finance

• Years of Experience: Three to five years.

• Type of Experience: Commercial development or transferrable residential development experience

• Special Certifications or Technical Skills: Must be proficient with navigating Microsoft Windows and possess medium to advanced skills in Microsoft Outlook, Adobe, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Power Point & Word - Access is a plus). Cognos/Corsa (or equivalent reporting software) and Microsoft SharePoint experience a plus.

• Other/Preferred: Strong communication and organizational skills with a detail-oriented focus. Must be able to handle highly confidential information.