What you'll do
As Director, Construction for Mark's, you will lead the national delivery of $40-50M annual capital of construction projects across Canada, overseeing a portfolio of new stores, relocations, expansions, and complex renovations within active retail environments.
This portfolio includes:
- Refresh and renovation projects generally ranging from approximately $900K to $1.8M, with scope tailored through Good, Better, and Best investment tiers
- New stores and relocations generally ranging from approximately $1.3M to $5.3M, depending on format, size, market, and landlord conditions
- Multiple store formats, including Bigger, Bolder, Better, Mark's 50, Small Market Format, and WorkPro, delivered nationally in landlord-controlled environments
Reporting to the AVP, Design & Construction, you will be accountable for end-to-end execution across all provinces, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, and in alignment with Mark's brand strategy, capital commitments, and customer experience objectives.
- Lead delivery of Mark's national capital program across all provinces, including new stores, relocations, expansions, BBB conversions, and tiered refreshes
- Deliver the portfolio against approved budgets, opening dates, quality standards, and business-case commitments across a high-volume portfolio
- Oversee the national portfolio of complex, multi-phased renovations in live stores, coordinating hoarding, merchandise moves, fixturing, signage, IT, loss prevention, and operational turnover while minimizing disruption
- Lead and develop a team of Project Managers and Coordinators located across Canada (5-10)
- Establish clear expectations, drive accountability, and enable consistent execution across regions
- Build team capability and structure to support Mark's growing multi-year investment program and diverse national formats
- Partner with Real Estate, Leasing, Store Planning, Operations, and Finance to support site due diligence, Schedule C development, scope definition, capital planning, and business-case approvals
- Lead detailed estimates, project scopes, option analysis, and value-engineering strategies, including disciplined use of prototype learnings and repeatable unit pricing
- Select and implement the appropriate delivery model, including Construction Management (CCDC5b) and Stipulated Sum (CCDC2), based on complexity, phasing, schedule, and risk
- Oversee procurement and administration of construction contracts and consultant agreements
- Manage national relationships with general contractors, architects, engineers, fixture and millwork partners, signage vendors, and other specialized suppliers
- Ensure strong governance across project & portfolio budgets, tender, forecast, change management, schedule, safety, quality, closeout, and contract compliance
- Proactively lead through your team of Project Managers, live-store phasing, landlord interfaces, permitting, fire-life-safety conditions, long-lead fixtures, and supply-chain risks
- Serve as the senior construction partner to Mark's brand leadership, Operations, Real Estate, Store Planning, Procurement, Merchandising, and Marketing
- Translate Mark's store strategy into executable project plans across BBB, Mark's 50, Small Market, WorkPro, and refresh formats
- Align construction milestones with merchandising, fixture installation, IT and LP commissioning, signage, store turnover, open-for-business dates, and grand openings
- Lead disciplined adoption of Lucernex and other project-management systems, standardized reporting, portfolio dashboards, and national governance routines
- Maintain transparent portfolio reporting across budget, tender, forecast, actual cost, schedule risk, key decisions, and store-opening readiness
- Use portfolio data, post-project reviews, prototype learnings, and cost-per-square-foot benchmarks to improve future scopes and capital efficiency
- Enable Project Managers and Coordinators through clear processes, tools, decision rights, and escalation pathways
What you bring
- 12+ years of progressive experience in construction, with a strong focus on national, multi-site retail projects
- Proven experience leading construction teams and multi-site retail programs; apparel, footwear, workwear, or specialty retail experience is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects across multiple provinces within Canada
- Strong understanding of retail brand standards, merchandising, fixturing, signage, customer experience, and the operational requirements of live-store renovations
- Deep expertise in:Construction delivery methods (CM, Stipulated Sum)Construction contracts and procurement strategiesComplex, phased renovations in operating stores, including hoarding, merchandise relocations, fixture sequencing, and turnover planningCost estimation, capital planning, development, tender analysis, forecasting, scoping, value engineering, and cost-per-square-foot benchmarkingLeasing coordination, landlord work letters, Schedule C development, permitting, and base-building interfaces
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing multi-million-dollar national capital programs and balancing customer experience, return on capital, and speed to market
- Highly effective cross-functional leader with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Strong focus on systems, reporting, and enabling high-performing teams to execute efficiently at scale
We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:
- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
- Other perks to support your well-being
- Career growth opportunities and product discounts
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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.
We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.
