Project Manager – Retail Display / Visual MerchandisingDuration: 12 monthsPay: £Market rateLocation: Remote (UK)The client is 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. The organisation 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 teamMinimum 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
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Project Manager – Retail Display / Visual Merchandising