Manager, Cost Management, Worldwide Grocery Stores - Growth & Development

Key job responsibilities

• Lead a team of program managers delivering financial accountability and controllership across cost analytics, vendor lifecycle management, and executive financial reporting.
• Set the strategic direction for cost-to-build baseline development and cost modeling across all store formats, serving as the senior escalation point.
• Oversee the team that owns the full R&M vendor lifecycle - contracting, onboarding, performance management, rate validation, and invoice auditing - for Whole Foods Market and Daily Shop locations.
• Own executive-level cost and vendor performance reporting to senior and VP-level leadership, including monthly goal tracking and quarterly business reviews.
• Serve as the single-threaded AI leader for Store Development and drive requirements, testing, and adoption of AI-powered cost and vendor management platforms.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across construction, design, capital planning, procurement, finance, and facilities on cost control goals and financial guardrails.
• Lead process improvement, governance, and controls across construction management and vendor management systems to drive consistency, data integrity, and scalability across the portfolio.

About the team

The Cost Management team is the financial accountability and controllership engine of our Store Development organization. We own the cost intelligence, vendor performance, and financial governance programs that help leadership invest smarter and operate more efficiently. We are a direct execution team: we don't advise on problems, we own and solve them. Every program is designed to scale with the business and drive impact for every dollar we manage.