STORE PLANNING SAO - Maternity Cover

Description

He/she will play a central hub role in the co-ordination of Store Planning projects, from the design phase 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 schedule, key milestones and deadlines. 

Les missions

• Coordinate Store Planning projects (DOS, Franchisee, Wholesale), following all progress steps until shop opening, preparing project schedule with key milestones and ensuring the project runs to schedule by working with local technical specialist
• Prepare Recco calendar and meetings, drafting and sharing construction budget with the function involved
• Verify investment plans with Financial & Administration/Managing Directors/Commercial Teams
• Monitor of the SAO/SEA region also acquiring 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 local teams verifying that the work progress is in line with the project's timing and cost controlling
• Coordinate constantly with the Interior Design and creative teams, in order to provide feedback for concept improvement and reduction of cost/sqm through dedicated costs analyses
• Be accountable for the layout approval process
• Manage the bidding process, following Interior Design procedure guidelines and administrative tasks; additionally prepare, send and follow up on purchase order documents and contracts with suppliers, also monitoring orders delivery schedule
• Create and share monthly project status recap, follow up with monthly conference calls with Country Managing Directors
• Global coordination on special roll out projects (see examples of lining, accessories, perfume, lighting, etc.)
• Collect and validate material samples by new suppliers
• Be accountable for project coordination and effective sharing of information with local technical specialists, process/organization and strategy alignment

Profil

TECHNICAL SKILLS 5 years of experience within the same field, preferably within luxury brands Degree in Engineering or Architecture Fluency in Italian and English (any additional language is a plus) Proficiency in IT Applications (Excel, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Microsoft Project etc.) Technical background, attention to details for engineering, prototypes and new materials research Project management and planning techniques SOFT SKILLS Effective communication skills Flexibility Collaborative approach Resilience