§ 8 + years' experience in technical/design aspects of retail design.

§ Knowledge of scheduling or construction management software.

§ Experience in graphics, layout and interior signage; has an understanding of traffic flow and human scale.

§ Experience in luxury and cosmetics/ beauty industry.

§ Business acumen and strong budget understanding

§ Technical understanding to ensure optimal solutions on all in store designs.

§ Leadership experience: providing direction, coaching and developmental opportunities for team

§ Computer Skills: experience in AutoCAD, Vector works and Illustrator.

§ Structured with excellent attention to detail

§ A positive, can-do attitude

§ Team player, experienced in managing stakeholders in a Matrix organisation

§ Act with integrity - honors commitments and behaves consistently.

§ Provides direction. Clearly communicates priorities and required results

About The Role (Key Responsibilities).

Managing Contracts/Projects

• Lead the planning and implementation of store design from pre-design until the execution.

• Consults with Brand & Commercial teams to ensure best locations within stores; analyze traffic flow to guarantee customer interaction; analyzes architectural features that may enhance or distract from location; inspects sites to ensure cohesive design and speeds approval process.

• Produce and integrate projects schedules across stakeholders processes.

• Lead collaborative working with key business stakeholders throughout the project including liaising with Regional Design Managers to ensure detail quality and consistency in all points of sale for all brands.

• Communicates with regional design groups on store appearance; informs all parties involved of any updates and/or revisions to standard details.

• Translating fixture and retail design ideas through various skills (drawing/sketching, ideation, materials, and textures) while understanding the context, insight, and design realities at retail.

• Establish a project plan from inception to completion taking into account all relevant statutory and retailers requirements.

• Sets realistic expectations to avoid project delays & manages project blocks within the appropriate forum.

• Monitor and control projects process including establishing targets with respect to project delivery; monitor and report on progress against these targets.

• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects including management and delivery of project milestones.

• Effectively manage and maintain appropriate budget cost achieving targets.

• Manage the decision making process by carrying out all necessary liaison and negotiations with all parties involved ensuring value for money.

• Estimating and budgeting costs by understanding costs types and life cycle costing.

• Identification and mapping of stakeholder process according to different brands & communication management.

• Carry out contract administration including financial management, liaising with external consultants where it is required.

• Produce the Contract Program, short term programs, and built programs and monitor / report progress as required.

• Resolve technical problems ensuring work is carried out to the correct specification and QA standards.

• Sets and communicates high workplace operating standards, values and expectations.

• Maintain project close out and archival procedures, including final project photography, understandable records of all stores for future use by Brand Managers and Finance.

• Maintain an updated Estate library

• Ensure all store opening data is updated and filed on a regular basis

• Ensures that a pool of suppliers & freelancers who are trained in ELC are in place for peak periods as a contingency

• Sets and communicates high workplace operating standards, values and expectations.

• Maintain project flow and circulate status reports to the relevant department

• Make site surveys and create CAD documents of footprints for design manager as required

Strategy, insights and solutions

• Leads execution of strategic portfolio plan.

• Provides functional expertise and executes functional responsibilities

• Manages and drives design projects from ideas/concepts through to prototypes, implementation of trials and standardization.

• Leads execution of strategic portfolio plan. Reviews fit out expirations and develops plan for new stores, renewals, relocations, expansions and closures.

• Guides analyses on impact of renovation cycles, initiatives rollout, and store expansions, closures and relocations

• Determines how financial objectives such as sales and profit will be achieved through proactive management of the portfolio, design functionality, value engineering and timeline management.

• Ensures the creative development of brand enhancing in-store visual that elevate storytelling, brand messaging, premium product presentation and drive sell-thru while enhancing the consumer experience for all openings.

• Work with cross-functional teams to push projects forward, driving recommendations through to implementation.

• Build high performing teams by providing the right team with the right skills.

• Monitor progress and performance through accountability, managing stakeholders, following processes and communicate information to all key stakeholders & regional team members.

• Applies understanding of commercial and marketing needs to day-to-day activities.

Visual Merchandising

• Ensure Brand's image is consistent and properly expressed and maintained within guidelines set by NY office in order to achieve a cumulative and synergistic effect in terms of architecture, detailing merchandise layouts within all openings.

• Coordinate with Visual Merchandising for all openings.

• Responsible for the animation for the brands in conjunction of the brands for all openings.

Financial

• Manages capital and non-capital annual budget for the brands, provides timely provision or adjustment to the budget if appropriate.

• Manages invoicing, timelines/schedules, prototypes, design reviews and approvals.

• Ensure ROIC improvement of the additional capital through minimizing the cost of the installations versus the sales delivered.

• Performs other duties as directed in line with role and corporate strategy

Qualifications

§ 8 + years' experience in technical/design aspects of retail design.

§ Knowledge of scheduling or construction management software.

§ Experience in graphics, layout and interior signage; has an understanding of traffic flow and human scale.

§ Experience in luxury and cosmetics/ beauty industry.

§ Business acumen and strong budget understanding

§ Technical understanding to ensure optimal solutions on all in store designs.

§ Leadership experience: providing direction, coaching and developmental opportunities for team

§ Computer Skills: experience in AutoCAD, Vector works and Illustrator.

§ Structured with excellent attention to detail

§ A positive, can-do attitude

§ Team player, experienced in managing stakeholders in a Matrix organisation

§ Act with integrity - honors commitments and behaves consistently.

§ Provides direction. Clearly communicates priorities and required results

Job: Retail - Corporate
Primary Location: Europe, Middle East, Africa-AE-DU-Dubai
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number: 246025