Sheldon Meeks
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Dedicated professional showcasing 8+ years of diverse achievements, including overseeing design implementations and operations processes for high-profile organizations like The Home Depot (Fortune 500).A decisive leader and collaborative team player who excels in managing projects while efficiently addressing issues and roadblocks. Skilled at translating client needs into actionable strategies, optimizing processes, and delivering business value through data-driven insights and collaborative leadership. Builds lasting partnerships with teams, clients, and stakeholders. Constantly seeks out unique solutions and process improvements, ensuring that results exceed expectations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Store Planning Project Manager
The Home Depot
01.2019 - Current
- Guided and coordinated with cross-functional staff to successfully create permit fixture and other plans for new store builds, ensuring the optimal use of large project budgets.
- Incorporated best practices for feasibility consultation, fixture plan design creation, and necessary construction documentation, including ensuring adherence to all codes, city ordinances, and timelines.
- Resulted in faster store openings and reduced cost out for overall project by incorporating accelerated timelines and more efficient project design.
- Chosen as the main contact to organize consultations and internal reviews with senior leadership and other teams to incorporate feedback, drive alignment, explain new store planning design initiatives, and remedy issues.
- Led end to end project execution for an 87 week project lifecycle by leveraging agile methodology resulting in 25% reduction in scrap steel and wasted inventory.
- Fortune 500 company specializing in home improvement and construction products and services. Website: http://www.homedepot.com
- Spearheaded a new concept design (Smart Sort) for a receiving layout for new store prototypes, developing a more effective layout within the new space parameters allotted for new stores.
- Enabled more efficient freight unloading and a 30% reduction in operational costs, with the solution adopted by all new stores.
- Designed and implemented an optimized workflow for managing new store prototype signage plans, centralizing design and production in-house and achieving projected annual cost savings of approximately $100,000.
- Designed and maintained a new store design that would serve as the prototype for all new home depot stores.
- Enabling more efficient management of designs and changes to design across entire team leading to faster store openings and smoother transition through project life cycles across the new store development teams including city permitting and construction document creation.
- Used Tableau to analyze merchandising and sales data, leading to more optimized store layout and design which was adopted by new store team.
- Sought as key contributor for store planning design, fixturing, and Home Depot quality standards for new store construction, authoring a related document to convey lessons learned.
- Formalized inspections for architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, and other third-party deliverables, improving quality outcomes without compromising budget objectives and deadlines.
Store Planner
The Home Depot
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Forged lasting relationships with managers and team members to increase project alignment and achieve Store Planning best practices, ranking among the top of all employees.
- Acted as interim acting Project Manager of remodel project stores due to strong leadership and organizational skills, mastering the use of various resources and project management tools.
- Ensured merchant-aligned outcomes while also achieving new plan output targets.
- Achieved 20% savings and consistent on-time delivery after rethinking processes for managing contractor resources in line with all Store Planning standards and processes.
- Provided consulting advice to senior leadership on store planning and design, driving strategic decision-making that resulted in operational efficiency.
- Increased drawing output by 30% using in-depth project knowledge and a complete understanding of features/changes to project scope and process documentation.
- Leveraged merchant knowledge to ensure the timely completion of projects, all while providing internal advising to other leaders with similar projects.
- Became a valued resource in using the company’s unique suite of AutoCAD design tools, data software, and processes, including mentoring and guiding other employees on the systems.
- Earned a reputation as the most reliable store planner on the remodel project team, with the ability to maximize workflow and produce novel process solutions.
- Fortune 500 company specializing in home improvement and construction products and services. Website: http://www.homedepot.com
- Selected Projects: Full-Cycle Management, 107k sq/ft New Store Buildings resulting in faster store openings and increased sales output | Planning & Design, Multi-Department GSR leading to more optimized stores and increased sales efficiency with minimal project scope creep.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering (Quality Principles)
Kennesaw State University
Skills
- Project Management
- Analysis
- Problem-Solving
- Relationship Building
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Retail Operations
- Solutioning
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Presentations
- Reporting
- Analytics/Process Analysis
- Implementations
- Process Management
- Supply Chain
Professional Highlights
- Store Planning Project Manager at The Home Depot, driving innovative and scalable planning solutions that maximized performance and profitability for 500+ stores.
- Headed a new concept design (Smart Sort) implementation to aid receiving operations layout for new prototypical stores, developing new communication channels to achieve on-time solution delivery.
- Spearheaded and maintained a new prototype design project that served as the standard for new store design across Home Depot .
- Received 8 prestigious Homer Awards
Additional Credentials
Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Public Speaking, Business Driven Technology, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project), AutoCAD, Tableau, Smartsheet, Lucernex, Rockwell Arena, Procore, Visio, SQL,
Personal Information
Title: Project Manager
Timeline
Store Planning Project Manager
The Home Depot
01.2019 - Current
Store Planner
The Home Depot
01.2019 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering (Quality Principles)
Kennesaw State University