Senior Manager - Projects (Mumbai/Bangalore)

About the Company

Star Bazaar is a multi-format hypermarket chain operating in Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, and Bengaluru. As a unit of Trent Hypermarket Ltd, part of the Tata Group, the brand offers extensive product categories including fresh food, grocery, apparel, general merchandise, and consumer durables through its 11 hypermarkets, each ranging from 40,000 to 80,000 sq. ft. Star Daily, the express format, operates in Pune. The company emphasizes customer convenience with features such as express counters, free wheat grinding, live bakery, free home delivery within designated areas for a minimum purchase, modern shopping ambiance, friendly staff, shopper-friendly return policies, trial rooms, and alteration facilities. Trent Limited, a Rs. 1,845 Crore Tata Group enterprise, runs over 100 stores across 38 cities with brands Westside, Star Bazaar, and Landmark.

Role Responsibilities

• Oversee projects including capital expenditure planning, design approval, coordination of Good For Construction (GFC) drawings, execution, quality assurance, safety management, and final handover of projects to operations teams.
• Design and implement project execution and maintenance procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) across all zones nationwide.
• Prepare and obtain approvals for Capex budgets from CFO and CEO for new stores, zonal office fit-outs, maintenance, and renovation projects.
• Review designs and Bills of Quantities (BOQs) for retail stores and zonal office projects focusing on value engineering and cost reduction for upcoming projects.
• Ensure timely release of Purchase Orders for goods and services related to new projects within defined turnaround time (TAT).
• Lead weekly progress meetings with architects, project managers, contractors, vendors, and contracts teams to ensure project timelines are met.
• Conduct site visits across zones to evaluate project progress, work quality, and vendor performance.
• Develop risk mitigation plans for active projects and prepare execution and maintenance plans for Samsung stores, service centers, and SIS projects.
• Collaborate with business teams and architects to assess and finalize potential new store locations in alignment with business strategy.
• Create and secure budget approvals for new projects through CAPEX proposals.
• Plan store layouts and develop working drawings in coordination with architects, operations, visual merchandising, and product teams, ensuring consistency with brand identity.
• Define key cost, time, safety, and quality benchmarks to establish project baselines; oversee seamless initiation, execution, and closure of projects, including final vendor bill settlements and maintenance during the Defect Liability Period.
• Manage initiation and execution of Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMCs) with vendors covering assets like HVAC, fire fighting systems, access control, CCTV, and AV systems.

Eligibility

Applicants should hold at least a graduate degree.