Myles Sword

About Myles Sword

I am Myles Sword, currently a Real Estate Director. My work experience has allowed me see the genesis of a business in a country: selection of sites, hiring over 300 new staff members, training staff of over 300, stocking a location, and execution of an open location in multiple countries; a rarity in today’s workforce.Having translated early skills at Frito Lay-Pepsi as a District Manager covering small to mid format stores in North East Atlanta into a District Manager role at Lidl for country introduction and expansion. I led a team in Ireland for a year and worked with colleagues from most of the European Union. Upon my return to the US, I was responsible for the hiring of 47 store managers and over 300 store staff members immediately to fill our pipeline of store staff.I had the pleasure of leading the team responsible for the first store opening of the Lidl store in Georgia and support the opening of 12 stores in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. These successes led me to the South Eastern United States Direct Store Delivery Manager role where I was responsible for all DSD distribution and management in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia for Lidl stores. Lidl, respecting my ability to solve complex problems utilizing a set budget, set timelines, and working in various teams, tasked me with site expansion in the Southern New Jersey. In the role as a Commercial Real Estate Manager I was tasked with pursuing all option for Lidl expansion which included single store purchases, site leases, ground leases, build to suits, and chain location purchases. Due to my unique work background, I created a weekly tracking system after store opening to track Real Estate turnover projection versus execution of Supply Chain and Sales execution. In my career I have demonstrated and championed organizational leadership, behavioral competencies understand, and led various teams up to 15 managers and 400 employees at one time.

Experience

1. Director of Real Estate

   Grocery Outlet

   Sep 2021 — Present · US

   Developed and led Market growth in Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia• Executive Level presentation sites monthly in front of Real Estate Committee to show continued growth and new projects• Directed two national Real Estate Programs with CBRE and Newmark• Strategically led a team 7 outside vendors in New Store markets• Negotiated over 40 leases into new markets that led to 3 years in a row unprecedented company growth• Assisted in hiring of 30% New Store Development Team• Interim Leadership of East Coast during multiple leadership transitions• Key contact for historical perspective of key markets and strategies• Spearhead negotiations in multiple states of exiting leases prior to opening• Key contact for lease maintenance after opening.• Transitioned multiple projects from historic leases, as old as in 1970s, to new leases of new ownership group in multiple states• Cross Functional Collaboration of timelines for the development of projects with Directors of Construction and Director of Entitlements

Education

• Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Cross Functional Team Building
• Mentoring New Hires
• Internal Audit
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Hiring Practices
• Virtual Teams
• Marketing
• Inventory Management
• Solution Selling
• Strategic Planning
• Public Speaking
• Training
• Customer Service
• Team Motivation
• Teamwork
• Time Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Fact-Based Selling
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Research
• Social Media
• Event Planning
• Leadership
• Skilled Relationship Builder
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel