Retail Project Manager

Duration – 12 months

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 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. Reality Labs is introducing new technology and creating new categories.

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

– Strong interpersonal skills, approachable, flexible and positive.

– Experience with navigating various organizational environments where culture and structure varies.