Cost Control Mgr

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for managing expenses, identifying areas for cost reduction and providing recommendations to optimize spending to include cohort management/FORM Process.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for executing cost savings measures for a specific Regional assignment with an annual run rate of ~$70M of SG&A, OPEX, and CAPEX.

• Measure savings Initiative to include Cohort management (Quartile 1 to 4) to drive lower costs for stores with excessive maintenance charges to understand and mitigate expenses/capital spend.

• Cohort management to include detailed analytics on trends or facilities deficiencies to improve performance and cost reduction. Identify negative performance and provide solutions to resolve.

• Manage direct relationship with outsourced providers(s) on the day-to-day operations of equipment, property, and physical plant regarding established maintenance programs and regulatory requirements to ensure the most cost-effective solutions are proposed, contracted, executed and invoiced for the Regional Facilities team.

• Provide cross functional support for CEEF, Fuels, Asset Protection with respect to cost controls.

• Manage facilities driven projects for equipment, building systems, and betterment, and/or replacements.

Annual goals to include:

                        1.  Strict adherence to regional facilities maintenance established budgets

                        2.  Targeted cost reduction to regional capital/OPEX budgets compared YoY

                        3.  Improved customer satisfaction results per region with IHM eligible work performance/DSP usage

                        4.  Audits of capital projects greater than $25K to verify adherence to established SOW's and scope creep

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION: Bachelor's/4 Yr Degree

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 15+ years

YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE: 7+ years

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Ability to lead and influence people both professionally and to foster growth opportunities

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to research and resolve issues

• Financial acumen, to manage budgets, calculate ROI's, etc.

• Demonstrate expertise with Word, Excel and MS Office applications

• Bachelor's degree or work experience equivalent

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the individuals assigned to this job.  This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  Management reserves the right to amend and change the duties and responsibilities of this job to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.