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Blank Street · 1 day ago

Senior New Store Opening Associate

New York, New York

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$70K/yr - $85K/yr

2+ years exp

Blank Street is on a mission to become the defining food and beverage brand of our generation. As the Senior New Store Opening Associate, you will lead the effort to ensure a smooth and successful launch of new growth projects, collaborating with various teams and managing multiple responsibilities to optimize store openings.

CoffeeFood and BeverageHospitalityRestaurants

Responsibilities

Early stage collaboration in store design process with Blank Street design team to optimize workflow, throughput and barista/customer experience and safety

Build and maintain relationships with external vendors

Proactively communicate and update your manager and key stakeholders across all departments on the status of active and upcoming projects

Work closely with construction and project managers to ensure a safe and functioning space for incoming team

Conduct analysis on each store opening and determining ways to improve the system

Collaborate cross functionally with teams to ensure smallware + equipment changes are handled seamlessly during seasonal launches

Lead completion of on ground NSO duties, including but not limited to:

Placing and receiving initial orders for new locations

Liaising with external contractors for installation of service and equipment eg: miscellaneous construction work, trash carting services, utilities, etc

Organizing and coordinating the transport of equipment and smallwares to and from our storage facility and between new location builds as needed

Receiving, installing and calibrating equipment

Staging of bar equipment and workflow

Building and staging of back of house area

Store and equipment test days

Work closely with IT + Coffee Equipment teams to ensure front and back end infrastructure is correctly setup and tested

Oversee the build out of store location wiki pages for incoming field team

DOH compliance + Ops team walkthroughs

Lead completion of duties outside of NSOs including but not limited to:

Lead the project scoping and management of retrofit/store optimization projects to improve revenue, AOV, execution of events, product, barista and customer experience as needed

Support the maintaining and inventory management of our equipment and smallware storage facility

Support store closure projects

Audit and approve invoices for payment by finance team

Collaborate cross functionally with teams to ensure smallware + equipment changes are handled seamlessly during seasonal launches

Support facilities overflow or jobs when NSO schedule allows

Qualification

Google SuiteAsanaSlackProject managementHigh growth hospitality experienceOrganizational skillsCommunication skillsProblem solvingTeam collaborationAdaptability

Required

2-3 years experience in high growth hospitality/consumer brands or new store openings

1 - 2 years project management experience

Experience using project management tools (Google Suite, Asana, Slack)

Hands on and action oriented

Excellent organizational skills and ability to perform under pressure and time constraints

Adaptable, flexible and comfortable working in a team environment as well as autonomously as projects require

Passionate about creating a safe and enjoyable environment for both customers and our ground teams

A strong independent problem solver with proven multi-tasking and communication skills

Highly effective written and verbal communication skills

Eagerness to learn in particular about the permitting/licensing process for retail locations as well as the high level construction, plumbing and electrical process of building out a Blank Street location

Must be comfortable working evenings and weekends where business dictates