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Headquartered in Reading alongside Porsche Cars GB Ltd, Porsche Retail Group (PRG) is wholly owned by Porsche Germany. We operate several Porsche Centres, Service Centres, and a Trade Parts Distribution Centre in and around London and the South-East, and we are recruiting for a Facilities Project Manager at our Reading Head Office.
Our journey embodies the Porsche DNA, a love of sports cars and a passion for excellence and challenging the status quo. Our culture of trust, integrity, and empowerment filters through every channel of our business. Our people have passion, thriving on a friendly rivalry that inspires all of us to be better and a genuine desire to go further for our customers and each other.
The role:
As Porsche Retail Group’s Facilities Project Manager, you will be primarily responsible for development/re-development projects of our facilities in accordance with manufacturer requirements. You will have the enthusiasm, drive, and initiative to deliver an end-to-end solution, using your skills and knowledge, as well as the expertise of our company-appointed architects and quantity surveyors to progress projects through the RIBA Plan of Work stages, including developing concepts, cost estimates, supplier selection, tender preparation and evaluation, project planning, delivery, and evaluation of success.
You will work closely with your immediate retail colleagues as well as with our shared service colleagues in Procurement, Legal, and Facilities.
Responsibilities:
* Develop project plans in accordance with manufacturer requirements in terms of cost and timings (Pre-Construction Services).
* Work with the Senior Management board of Porsche Retail Group to maintain the Group's 10-year strategic and operational plan from a facility perspective.
* Collaborate with various teams involved in the projects (including the Procurement team and Porsche specialist facility advisors such as Architects, Surveyors, Building contractors, and shared service providers) to ensure plans and costs are monitored and followed, advising the board regularly on progress, savings, overspends, and variations.
* Work with PCGB’s facility manager to ensure our facilities comply with Porsche AG’s and PCGB’s sustainability requirements, ensuring targets are achieved and Porsche’s environmental objectives are met.
* Deliver a consistently high level of service to support the business.
* Own the relationship between Porsche Retail Group and its contractors.
* Manage budget and forecasting; supplier management; tender preparation and evaluation; business case creation and delivery.
* Experience working in a property and construction project management environment – either for a consultancy firm or within a client team.
* Environmental knowledge and experience relevant to construction/development projects.
* Exposure to managing the end-to-end process of a build/re-development project.
Preferred Attributes:
* Formal health, safety, and environmental qualifications.
* Comfortable negotiating and challenging constructively.
* Retail Industry background highly desirable.
* Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. However, there is a requirement to travel between our Centres regularly. We offer flexible and agile working policies.
* A basic salary up to £50,000 dependent on experience.
* Bonus % of basic salary.
* A VW Group Vehicle through our VW Group Employee Car Ownership Scheme.
* 35 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays), with extra days for long service.
* Preferential rates on several products and services, including high street brands, restaurants, gyms, and Porsche products.
* Life Assurance.
* Income Protection Insurance.
* Employee Assistance Program - support and advice on issues impacting your wellbeing.
PRG is committed to promoting a culture that champions diversity and equal opportunities. PRG believes diverse teams are catalysts of innovation and create multiple new ideas. One of our priorities is to celebrate diversity in all its dimensions while shaping an aspirational and inclusive company culture.
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You must have eligibility to work in the UK. If your address and contact details are not on your CV, you will not be considered. You’re welcome to request a full synopsis of the job description during your first round of interview, should you be successful.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Project Management and Consulting
* Industries: Automotive
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