Company Description:
The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen, and dockers. Still family-owned and now fifth generation, Barbour HQ remains in South Shields. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US, and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear, and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside. The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour's wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative. Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed, or altered.
Position Overview:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Retail & SIS Project Manager to join our Global Marketing team here at our Head Office in South Shields. This role will be responsible for the end-to-end process from brief to store opening to support our global commercial and marketing teams on their Barbour Retail stores and wholesale SIS openings. You will manage the coordination and communication of briefs to CAD/store designer, advising on capacity planning, recommendations for customer journey and store layout, coordinating with internal departments including VM Marketing, Retail, Sales, and Visual Merchandising, as well as external partners including contractors and architects.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* Present design concepts to external and internal stakeholders, interpreting briefings and creating solutions with global brand consistency whilst meeting local requirements.
* Review and comment on proposed design layouts and elevations.
* Assist in ensuring that landlord/retailer criteria and construction portions of the lease have been reviewed and comments have been communicated to the Legal Department and necessary business partners.
* Manage all phases of projects, including project set-up, team and project coordination, design, and construction administration.
* Communicate full design and technical packages to shopfit teams.
* Coordinate ordering of materials, fixtures, fittings with relevant suppliers.
* Manage and coordinate with consultants and vendors - including, but are not limited to, production architects, engineers, renderers, furniture vendors.
* Review all site-specific issues and address with internal and external departments as required.
* Collaborate closely with GM's and local partners, to ensure seamless communication of store/SIS openings.
* Compile and submit project status reports to clients, management, and other teams.
* Participate in installations and oversee works to ensure the project is finalized as intended, communicating with and coordinating architect, surveys, contractors, suppliers as necessary per project.
* Collaboration with the Global VM Manager on capacity planning, ordering of mannequins, props, graphics etc by store.
* Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, and quality control measures.
* Manage multiple store openings/refurbishments end to end.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
* Experience as a hands-on retail project manager, preferably in specialty retail (preferably in the Fashion retail sector).
* Excellent leadership, customer relations, and communication skills to liaise effectively with all project collaborators.
* Strong organisational skills.
* Program Management knowledge running multiple projects simultaneously is required.
* Flexible for travel - be onsite to participate in installations and oversee works/projects as needed.
* A keen interest in retail, commercial interiors, and consumer trends.
* Confident working autonomously or as part of a team.
* Knowledge of Retail planning, Building control, planning, and architecture.
* Well-organised and proactive able to organise workloads and time to ensure deadlines are met.
Desirable:
* Experience as a hands-on retail project manager in Retail Fashion sector.
* Experience of acting as Principal Designer on project/source relevant external principal designer for each install.
Additional information:
* UK & overseas travel required.
Benefits:
* Discretionary Company bonus scheme.
* Staff Discount.
* Staff Shop.
* Healthcare Cash Plan.
* 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays.
* Access to training and development activities to support your career development.
* Free onsite parking.
* Subsidised canteen.
* Operate hybrid & flexible working.
* 4pm finish on a Friday.
* Wellbeing support.
* Refer a friend bonus scheme.
Note: In the event that a sufficient volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.
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