Retail Architecture and Project Manager (m/f/d)
Hednesford, GB
Your areas of responsibilities:
- Implement flawless store design concepts into reality across UK and Ireland by acting as a coordinator between corporate architecture, VM, procurement, external suppliers, retailers and the sales and marketing teams.
- Create designs, floor plans , 3D renders and construction drawings (where required) using Vectorworks for retail, fairs and corporate environments following brand guidelines. Producing presentation packs for internal and external sign-off of these designs.
- Project manage all regional retail installs, delivering projects on time and on budget.
- Raise PO’s and track budget for each project.
- Work closely with marketing on all store design projects to achieve the store commercial and brand needs in each store.
- Liaise with independent and national retailers to gain design sign-off. Adapt store designs to store guidelines where required.
- Visit stores across the UK and Ireland to complete initial site survey for project kick-off.
- Input to development and continuous improvement of the retail POS toolboxes and VM guidelines.
- Support new product launches into existing stores by using Global VM/Architecture guidelines to suit local market scenarios.
- Be the local eyes and ears of the Cybex corporate architecture team and maintain the performance of each store by visiting retailers and work on continuous improvement.
- Support marketing to create a flawless product presentation in shop in shop/Retailer for Cybex at store opening events and ensure shop fits are executed to a high standard. Create detailed implementation reports after a store fit out for HQ architecture.
Your profile of qualification:
- Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience ideally within b2b fairs, furniture/ retail, carpenter, agencies and/or another related field
- Possessing a Bachelor’s / Master´s degree in architecture or similar education
- Having experience producing construction documents
- Proven proficiency in 3D software (AutoCAD, Vectorworks or Sketchup), Adobe inDesign
- Being able to use Microsoft Office
- Nice to have: Adobe Illustrator, Twinmotion, wrike (project management tracker)
- Passionate about all things in retail: consumer experience, products and store design, paired with executional excellence and deep understanding of retail KPIs
- Ambition and flexibility to build something new with hands-on, start-up and team player attitude
- Native English language skills and influencing skills as well as experience and ability to build up relationships with both retail partners and corporate stakeholders.
- Ideally, experience as a project manager, leading direct in-house teams or freelancers and external agencies
- Great networker, deeply rooted in and connected to local culture, events & trends
- Willingness to commute between several retail doors across within UK