Job description
Archibat HR Asia is looking for a Retail Interior Project Manager for a Top Luxury Retail Brand to join their office in Shanghai.
Mission:
Responsible to play a central hub role in the co-ordination of Interior Design projects, from the design stage to the project completion, ensuring that all appropriate parties involved are fully briefed and have received accurate, up to date and timely information at all stages of the project, according to the schedule, the key milestones and deadline.
– Responsible to coordinate Interior Design projects, following all progress steps until shop opening, preparing project schedule with key milestones, ensure the project runs to schedule working with local technical specialist partner.
– Responsible for Recco calendar and meetings preparations, sharing construction budget with Financial & Administration, commercial team.
– Investment plan verification with Financial & Administration/Managing Directors/Commercial Team.
– Maintain focus on a particular geographical region, acquire in depth knowledge of the specific characteristics of the market, from a technical (e.g. permit lead times, local norms) cultural, retail/wholesale point of view.
– Monitor activities with the architectural studio verifying that the work progress is in line with the project’s timing.
– Maintain constant integration with Interior Design creative team to adjust the implementation, to give feedbacks for concept improvement and work together on costs analysis and reduction costs/sqm.
– Responsible for worldwide layout approval process with the Interior Design Director, Country Managing Directors and Top Management.
– Supervision of approval of the security plan in advance with corporate risk department.
– Manage the bidding process, following Interior Design procedure guidelines and administrative tasks to prepare and send/follow up purchase order documents and contracts to suppliers, including delivery schedule of orders.
– Verification Project Status Recap and follow up with monthly conference calls with Country Managing Directors.
– Global coordination on special roll out projects (see examples of bridal, lining, Le gemme, lighting, etc..).
– Contribute to Interior Design & Visual Integration (process/organization and strategy) in coordination with the Interior Design managers about new openings, events, fairs, special projects, etc.
– Responsible for project coordination and technical specialist fluid sharing of info, process/organization and strategy alignment.
– Work with legal offices for contract preparation and with administrative specialists for all administrative aspects, follow up on invoices and payments.
Required profile
Technical Skills:
– Knowledge of design and architecture principles and tools
– Technical background, attention on details for engineering, prototypes and new materials research
– Knowledge of the Brands Products / the Brands commercial network
– Project management and planning techniques
– IT Applications (Office, AutoCAD, Sap etc.)
– Negotiation techniques
Position based in Shanghai.
Please send your CV to Oliver at o.hon-pin@archibat.com