Company Overview
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Job Category
Engineering & Science
Position Summary
The Director, Construction provides strategic and operational leadership for the execution of BSRO’s national construction program, including new store development, build-to-suit projects, conversions, remodels and other significant capital construction initiatives. This role is responsible for scaling construction capacity to support BSRO’s growth objectives while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and in accordance with established design, quality and operational standards.
The Director leads and develops the Construction team, drives accountability across internal and external resources and establishes consistent processes, controls and performance standards across the construction program. This role partners closely with Real Estate, Design, Facilities Engineering, Procurement, Operations, IT, Marketing and other key stakeholders to accelerate speed to market, optimize capital investment and continuously improve construction delivery.
Responsibilities
Leads execution of BSRO’s national construction program across greenfield development, build-to-suit projects, acquisitions, conversions, remodels and other major capital initiatives, ensuring projects meet schedule, budget, quality and store-opening objectives.
Leads, coaches and develops Construction Managers and assigned team members, establishing clear expectations, accountability, workload alignment and resource plans to support the growing development pipeline.
Establishes construction strategy, delivery processes, performance standards and governance, providing executive-level visibility into schedules, milestones, budgets, risks and overall program performance while proactively resolving issues that could impact delivery.
Oversees construction budgets and capital expenditures, including forecasting, cost management, change control and approval compliance; leads cost analysis and benchmarking to identify trends, forecast future costs and inform capital planning and prototype budgets.
Drives value engineering and cost optimization in partnership with Design, Real Estate, Procurement and Operations, balancing project economics with brand, customer, operational and quality standards.
Oversees developers, general contractors and consultants, including sourcing, RFPs, contract negotiations, capacity planning, performance management and compliance; develops a scalable partner network capable of supporting BSRO’s geographic footprint and future growth.
Establishes contractor and consultant performance standards and scorecards across cost, schedule, quality, safety, responsiveness and compliance with BSRO construction requirements.
Partners with Real Estate Development and Design to evaluate prospective locations, develop solutions for complex or high-cost projects, and continuously improve prototype plans, specifications and construction standards based on operational requirements, codes, costs and lessons learned.
Leads construction planning and execution for acquisitions, conversions and existing-store portfolio initiatives, including existing-condition assessments, scope and cost development, lease-related construction requirements, landlord work, tenant improvements, closings and reimbursements.
Partners cross-functionally with Operations,…