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    store design manager, architecture - Los Angeles, United States - sweetgreen

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    Description

    The Store Designer Manager of Architecture & Planning is part of the store design team, responsible for our physical restaurant growth and format expansion.

    This position will help drive the pipeline of new stores by leading a regional growth strategy as part of our national expansion.

    This position will also assess new locations for store fit, and work with the real estate, construction, and site development team to craft new projects that hit timeline and financial metrics.

    This position will report to the Director of Design and will have a high impact on the entire store development cycle.


    Core Responsibilities:

    • Lead Design Pipeline for assigned regions, by designing projects personally, managing AOR partners, and working with consultants as needed to achieve company goals. Lead projects from Site assessment to Opening including layout and concept lock, CD creation and review, permitting, construction administration, and punch. Responsible for hitting development timelines and budget goals.
    • Assess new locations to ensure compatibility with the current store prototype working with AOR partners across the country regarding site assessments and flagging any potential issues prior to lease signing.
    • Act as an active contributor on the design team to collaborate on new standards, regional expansion strategies, art programs, and prototype updates as driven from R+D and Ops Innovation teams.
    • Manage project financial returns by participating in budgeting of new projects, and value engineering initiatives at programmatic and site specific levels. Collaborate with Real Estate, Construction, and Procurement on new site development.
    • Communicate effectively across all internal stakeholders including real estate, construction, procurement, and operations as well as external consultants and AOR partners to ensure adherence with company goals. This includes weekly calls and written correspondence on project status.
    • Problem solve to protect project pipeline goals and to accurately represent sweetgreen's brand in all new stores based on current prototypes. Finding value engineering solutions to new stores without compromising the brand's execution.
    • Develop expertise on store operational needs. This includes work around store refreshes and renovations based on operational needs, by evolving the most cost effective and least disruptive solutions possible.

    About you:

    • 3+ years of experience in architectural design management.
    • Degree in architecture, interior design, or any related field of study.
    • Ability to prioritize work based on impact and urgency, to deliver on commitments and drive departmental initiatives and achieve results. Quickly escalates and identifies roadblocks when prioritization is unclear.
    • Strong experience with construction documentation and shop drawing reviews for constructibility. Experience with permitting and interacting with city reviewers to think creatively, resolve questions and obtain permits.
    • Construction administration experience, managing multiple projects at once and coordinating with GC teams, landlords, and millwork/kitchen vendors.
    • Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills able to work with and through others to accomplish project work effectively.
    • Collaborative: it is critical that this role be collaborative, as you will work daily with the internal design team, your regional development team, and company crossfunctional stakeholders in operations, technology, culinary, and brand.
    • Customerobsessed mindset, realizing that our customer is two fold: our internal team members and operations stakeholders as well as our external customers who engage with the brand through our restaurant locations.
    • Expert in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and Adobe Creative Suite.
    • Excellent presentation skills to solicit feedback and approvals.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • 5+ years of experience in retail or hospitality design for a national brand.
    • Graduate degree in architecture with path for licensure.
    • In depth understanding of kitchen equipment and engineering requirements.
    • Experience managing consultants and vendor relationships.

    What you'll get:

    • Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
    • Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs
    • Dental and Vision insurance
    • Flexible PTO plan
    • 401k program
    • Employee HSA and FSA
    • Complimentary greens
    • An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food
    • To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose
    • A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
    • A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
    • Free sweetgreen swag


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