At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting projects, ensuring seamless store openings and refurbishments.
- Company: Join a dynamic team at One Retail, focused on exceptional customer experiences.
- Benefits: Enjoy a fast-paced environment with opportunities for growth and development.
- Other info: Travel may be required; embrace variety and purpose in your work.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping the future of retail and creating memorable experiences.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills, organisational ability, and a proactive attitude required.
The predicted salary is between 51000 - 65000 £ per year.
Project & Mobilisation Lead - One Retail Be the force behind exceptional customer experiences.
Every store opening, every refurbishment, every partnership - all powered by brilliant people delivering exceptional service, compelling offers, and unforgettable customer moments.
Now, we're looking for a Project & Mobilisation Lead to help bring our biggest opportunities to life.
Reporting to the Project & Mobilisations Manager, you'll play a critical role in launching new sites, renewing contracts, managing specialist projects, and supporting demobilisations - ensuring every opening is seamless, every detail is spot-on, and every team is set up for success.
What You'll Lead & Own People & Collaboration Work as a core part of a high-performing mobilisation project team delivering new contracts, refurbishments, demobilisations, and specialist (large-scale) projects.
Partner with a huge range of internal teams - Sales, Finance, PR, Brand, Food Safety, Facilities, Operations and more.
Build strong external relationships with Hospital Trusts, suppliers, contractors, designers, and FM partners.
Ensure brand standards and propositions are fully understood and flawlessly embedded into every new mobilisation.
What You'll Deliver Performance & Project Leadership Lead (with the Project Manager) the end-to-end mobilisation of new contracts, renewals, refurbishments, specialist projects, and M&A integration.
Make sure every site opens on time, on budget, and on brand - no exceptions.
Build and track mobilisation timelines, budgets, milestones, and risks using tools like Mobilise.
Work closely with Operations on smaller projects to maintain continuous improvement and operational momentum.
Always maintain food safety compliance, identifying risks early and ensuring safe solutions.
Act as the bridge between internal teams, external partners, and project delivery - ensuring communication is clear, aligned, and timely.
Capture lessons learned, influence future ways of working, and help shape the mobilisation frameworks of tomorrow.
What You Bring A positive, proactive, "let's make it happen" attitude Excellent stakeholder and partnership management Strong communication and relationship-building skills Outstanding organisational ability and prioritisation Strategic thinker with hands-on execution Agile, adaptable, and resilient in fast-moving environments Commercially aware with budget and ROI understanding Confident analysing data and reporting progress clearly Great problem solver and decision maker A natural collaborator and continuous improver High levels of integrity and alignment with Compass values Confident challenging at all levels to drive the right outcomes Future-focused with the ability to balance short, mid and long-term needs Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel/stay overnight when required A Role With Real Impact This is your chance to shape the future of One Retail - opening the doors to what's next, building strong regional partnerships, and helping create the memorable customer experiences that define our business.
If you want variety, purpose, pace and progression, this is the opportunity to make your mark.
Project Lead Contractor employer: Compass Uk & Ireland
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