Facilities Planner, Energy

About the Role

As Facilities Planner, you will deliver projects that drive sales, improve process efficiency and support consistent store execution. Build cross-functional partnerships, develop and grow business relationships, influence business partners and gain support on project expectations

What You'll Do

• Oversee daily utility usage (electric, gas, water) to identify and resolve inefficiencies.

• Lead the preparation and submission of all local, state, and federal energy compliance reports

• Manage capital projects from inception to completion including budgeting, incentive applications, and closeout

• Manage all aspects of utility rebate programs to maximize ROI o infrastructure investments.

• Stay at the forefront of the industry by researching new energy-efficiency programs, funding/revenue opportunities

• Manage contracts with energy consultants, solar providers, and utility representatives.

• Develop communication in support of key initiatives that have broad impact across the organization

• Set and continually manage project expectations with key stakeholders

• Understand the audience and communicate difficult and sensitive information accordingly

• Audit communication tools to ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness

• Evaluate communication through "We're Listening" and "Hindsight" meetings

• Communicate and collaborate with leadership and vendor executives on status, issues and decisions to influence outcomes

• Drive integrated planning and working sessions to build project strategy

• Develop, execute and manage complex project plans

• Determine project approach and provide recommendations to move project decisions forward

• Lead project status meetings with partners to align on goals, determine actionable next steps, actively problem solve challenges and drive decisions

• Update project plans and communication documents

• Gather feedback to ensure projects are progressing on time and meeting expectations

• Lead efforts in improving customer and associate experience

• Determine feasibility of project requests and recommends approach and prioritization

• Remain on the forefront of emerging industry practices

• Prioritize and approve facilities' work orders within established budget guidelines

• Provide oversight of budgets including accruals, forecasting and annual planning

• Review legal contracts to honor and hold responsible parties to contractual obligations including Landlord lease obligations

• Assist capital team with scorecarding and preparation of annual capital plan

• Create and monitor reports to track vendor schedules, work order status and expense

• Serve as a point of contact for escalated issues for the field

• Evolve trade specific scopes of work that define expectations associated with response times, methods and means, manufacturer's recommendations, communication, markups and invoicing

• Manage vendors that execute repair and maintenance tasks in the store environment

• Hold vendors accountable to schedules, work order status, expense and key performance metrics

• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• 1-3 years experience in operations, stores, budgeting, forecasting or reporting

• Strong analytical, planning and organization skills

• Advanced decision-making, leadership or communication skills

• Excellent knowledge of Excel/PC spreadsheet functionality

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to communicate at all levels

Preferred

• Proven project management skills with ability to multitask

• Ability to work as a part of a team and interact effectively with others

• Retail experience or retail operations business acumen

Special Requirements

• On-call responsibility and flexible schedule as needed to support business operations

• Travel