CAROLINA GALLARDO-RODRIGUEZ

17 Post Lane North, Airmont, NY 10901 | cell: 646.441.8504 | email: cgallardo80@gmail.com

SKILL SET
Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Access; Autodesk AutoCAD & Archibus; Adobe
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, PageMaker, Acrobat; Quark Xpress; SketchUp, SAP, Omniplan.
Languages: Bilingual, Fluent in English & Spanish,

EXPERIENCE
Estee Lauder Companies | New York, NY

October 2011 Present

Project Manager (Latin America & United States)

Leads the construction planning process from tenant space acquisition negotiations to completion for
wholesale and freestanding store projects including major renovations, minor renovations, and new
construction with budgets ranging from $150K to $1.5 million, both domestically and globally.
o Prepared, communicated and developed policies and practices to educate local and
remote teams globally and led strong communication to ensure proper and consistent use.
o Analyzed cost proposals from all pertinent vendors against the budget and communicated
accounting and reporting specifics to company stakeholders and senior management.
o Tracked all orders place for all pertinent materials and equipment.
o Communicated all milestones through Store Development documentation including
Construction Tracking reports to all external partners, internal stakeholders and Operations
teams.
o Visited project completions and store openings and issued on site list of concerns per project
to ensure code compliance and brand quality assurance standards are met.

Swatch Group (US) | Weehawken, NJ

June 2011 October 2011

Visual Specialist (Shop-in-Shop)

Managed the construction process for wholesale store projects in the domestic United States from a
global/international owner.
o Reported all timelines and updates to local vendors as well as internal stakeholders and
upper management located at international remote offices.
o Negotiated competitive pricing from external vendors and managed project accounting
and reporting.

Polo Ralph Lauren | New York, NY

Aug. 2007 June 2011

Project Manager (Shop-In-Shop)

Managed the construction process for wholesale store projects with budgets ranging from $50K to $1.5
million, including major renovations, minor renovations, and new construction both domestically and
globally from concept to completion.
o Reviewed submissions for global license projects from remote regional teams to ensure brand
compliance standards were being met.
o Analyzed cost proposals from external vendors to ensure accuracy and affordability against
the balanced, managed budget.
o Communicated construction schedules and timelines to all external partners and internal
stakeholders and upper management.
o Visit job sites regularly to perform due diligence and monitor quality, to eventually issue on site
list of concerns per project to ensure brand quality standards have been met.

EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture

Sept. 1998 May 2003