Ron Muraco

Led $330M+ P&L for Americas construction and facilities across 800+ stores and 20.3M sq ft across seven countries. Delivered 2.8%/SQM Mexico facility cost growth vs 18–20% market inflation, drove $15M+ verified procurement savings, rolled out Planon CMMS (54% faster work-order completion, 22% lower transaction costs), built AI tools used across the team, and completed 196 capital projects plus 1,5

Directed North America facilities infrastructure across four countries with $160M+ in direct financial responsibility, protecting asset viability for 800+ stores. Authored the COVID-19 physical-operations playbook adopted as the Americas standard, reduced infrastructure downtime 65% via a centralized master asset registry and repair-vs-replace analytics, and extracted $32.8M in verified four-year

Owned a $100M+ active construction pipeline representing 50% of concurrent U.S. capital activity and merged two siloed East Coast teams into a single operating organization. Secured $4.8M in two-year contracted national-account savings commitments and generated $2.1M in direct project savings (~15% margin enhancement) through competitive bidding and disciplined GC selection.

Reduced critical-path construction schedules by four full weeks on a high-visibility $16M flagship reconstruction using lean-construction principles. Led nationwide COS and Other Stories market debuts across nine ground-up locations with 100% flawless handover and zero post-construction rework, achieving 0% change-order rate on a complex Montreal COS build and maintaining a 90% project-scorecard b

Managed end-to-end interior fixture procurement and logistics for 23 high-profile new builds and 80+ structural remodels, maintaining a 91% turnover rate with zero missing line items. Built and implemented a vendor chargeback program that recovered 65% of historic loss-and-damage capital by centralizing split-point management and tightening field oversight.

Built a 14-year foundation in manufacturing quality and operational leadership, culminating as executive lead for Final Assembly Quality. Established expertise in Six Sigma/Lean, complex root-cause failure analysis, operational metrics, and cross-functional execution.