Project Manager

Overview

• Our client is looking for a Project Manager to support the planning, design, production sell-in, coordination and implementation of Retail Display programmes across the UK and Europe.
• The role acts a lynch-pin joining up internal cross functional partners with support agencies and retailers. With a focus on UK and broader European support initially, the potential for growth is huge.

Responsibilities :

• Assist with delivery of design, campaign, physical and technical elements of retail experience and long-term furniture programmes.
• Support campaign-oriented temporary pop-up design production activities that will evolve and scale over the next few years.
• Maintain project documents to ensure strong project discipline driving on-time delivery.
• Act as a liaison between global fixture vendor partners, graphic companies, Channel Marketing managers, Creative and Marketing cross functional partners on any asset related issues that arise.
• Utilize internal tools to manage payment activity.
• Prepare and manage spend tracking documents.
• Responsible for generating and tracking PO’s through internal tools .
• Work on internal process development to drive efficiencies across a broad scope of programme related activity.
• Organize vendor partner conference calls weekly to track and update progress ensuring all deadline dates are on track.
• Be willing to step in, learn and pick-up tasks for the broader team.

Minimum Qualifications :

• 3+ years of relevant retail physical project management experience within large organizations in a related field.
• Must have strong experience working with retail partners.
• Experience of creating and maintaining project trackers across multiple programs and stakeholders.
• Clear understanding and experience of working on retail fixture production and implementation.
• Understand how to utilize and create Excel, PPT and Word docs (proficiency with Google docs/sheets a plus)
• Excellent communicator, superb verbal and written communication.
• Extremely high level of accuracy and attention to detail, able to detect inconsistencies and errors.
• Experience managing budgets – Highly effective at managing conflict.
• Is able to address issues between stakeholders swiftly in order to maintain a positive team spirit that is consistent with values.
• Strong interpersonal skills, approachable, flexible and positive.
• Experience with navigating various organizational environments where culture and structure varies.