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:

• Location: London/Remote
• Contract Type: Contract
• Duration: 12 months initially
• 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 across Europe.
• Someone who has come from retail projects would be ideal.
• Need project management skills in an unstructured way – navigating complexity and disorganization.
• Working hours: 9-6pm Mon – Fri – potential for some evening calls with the US.

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. Able to address issues between stakeholders swiftly to maintain a positive team spirit consistent with company values.
• Strong interpersonal skills, approachable, flexible and positive.
• Experience with navigating various organizational environments where culture and structure varies.