European Retail Display PM/Project Manager

Contract Role – European Retail Display PM/Project Manager – London/Remote – 12 Months Initial – Inside IR35 PAYE

We are 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 as 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. The Labs is introducing new technology and creating new categories.

Role Overview:

• Seat in Physical merchandising team.
• Work with design development production, logistics, delivery and maintenance for 3rd party displays across Europe.
• Understand design projects and creative and production works – work with designers and agencies.
• Agency experience managing budget and focus would be valuable.
• Work with all major retailers who sell electrical goods – such as Curry’s and retail chains – across Europe.
• Someone who has come from retail projects would be ideal.
• Not needing digital project management as it is not a digital role.

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 POs 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.

Skills:

• 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 company values.
• Strong interpersonal skills, approachable, flexible and positive.
• Experience with navigating various organizational environments where culture and structure varies.

Please feel free to contact myself – Daisy Nguyen (dnguyen@gibbsconsulting.com/T: 0208 619 0877) at Atrium UK/ Gibbs Consulting for a confidential chat to know more details about the role.

Please also note: Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.