Sr. Manager, Store and Veterinary Hospital Development Projects

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!

If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets, people and our planet.

• We love all pets like our own
• We’re the future of the pet industry
• We’re here to improve lives
• We drive outstanding results together
• We’re welcome as we are

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. We’re focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what’s good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.

The Sr. Manager, Store and Veterinary Hospital Development Projects will ensure proper business involvement and organization on all new, remodel, and vet hospital store openings, from start to finish.   
Ensure business requirements are clear and meet minimum standards for clarity and validation. Establish and document key metrics to ensure on-time delivery, conformance to requirements and scope, attainment of quality metrics, and meeting opening processes. Adhere to key work processes requirements to achieve maximum efficiency in the store opening schedules and maintain appropriate project governance. Identify and document project risks and raise awareness with leadership through executive briefings. 

Essential Job Functions The incumbent must be able to perform all of the following duties and responsibilities with or without a reasonable accommodation.  

• Oversees and coordinates process improvement for all operational/functional aspects of new, remodel and vet hospital store opening projects through every business function.  

• Serve as a liaison between Real Estate, Construction Management, Store Design, Setup, IM, IT, Operations, Marketing, Merchandising, Space Management/Planning, Procurement, Visual and the Field. 

• The ability to prioritize initiatives and projects, set the associated objectives, sequence, timeline, interdependencies, and contingencies, and execute against those objectives to achieve business goals across multiple departments. 

• Provides technical and analytical guidance to project teams by recommending and taking action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems and opportunities. 

• Accurately create financial reports for store opening activities and make recommendations for expense controls to department management and Sr. Leaders. 
  Analyze financial reports to verify accuracy of items charged to general ledger accounts.   
  Work with the Finance department to correct any errors identified.   

• Responsible for improving all