Project Manager

TipTopJob; Leicester Forest East; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A project management firm in Leicester is seeking an experienced Project Manager for Retail Fit-Out/Design projects. You will manage projects from cradle to grave, ensuring client expectations are met while maintaining budgets. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in project management, knowledge of relevant software, and experience in sectors like retail or hospitality. This role offers a salary between £40,000 and £45,000 and includes a hybrid work model with ample benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working (3 days office based)

Contributory pension

Healthcare

28 days holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Clothing allowance

Qualifications

• Proven track record of managing multiple projects from start to finish.
• Experience in full-service retail design or related industries is an advantage.
• Knowledge of project management software is essential.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects from start to finish.
• Communicate project details and financial status to clients.
• Oversee onsite teams and ensure accurate execution of plans.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Client Relationship Management

Budget Tracking

Tools

Omniplan

MS Project

AutoCad

Job description

Project management plays a part in everyones life, but as a Project Manager : Retail Fit Out / Design, youve made a career of it, working on a variety of projects, keeping everything on time and in budget is your forte, running the entire project from cradle to grave. We partner with household names across retail / fashion, finance, DIY, healthcare and office plus more, both in the UK, US, Europe and the Far East.

BASIC SALARY: A GBP 40,000 : A GBP 45,000

Benefits

• A Hybrid working (3 days office based)
• A Contributory
• A Pension
• A Healthcare
• A 28 days holidays
• A Discretionary annual bonus
• A Clothing allowance

LOCATION: Leicester

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Coalville, Hinckley, Coventry, Corby, Market Harborough, Kettering, Rugby

JOB DESCRIPTION

Project Manager : Retail Fit Out / Design. The role has been created due to current company growth, and we are now looking to recruit an additional Project Manager : Retail Fit Out / Design with experience of running end:to:end projects. Our projects range from purpose:built facilities to working within historic / iconic locations : Oxford Street and 5th Avenue to name two, sometimes this creates incredible challenges with infrastructure.

Your prime objective is to understand, communicate and manage all client expectations to achieve a superior outcome for all. You will brief, coordinate and monitor all parties (not manage) to ensure that each project, whatever scale or level of complexity, gets planned properly, and that on site activities are executed accurately and safely.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• A Take complete ownership of the project from cradle to grave, developing excellent relationships with client contacts, marketing teams and distributors.
• A Inform clients and internal teams about project details, planning, timing and financial status.
• A Provide input, assign roles and tasks to external parties, collect output, present to clients and team members from conception to completion.
• A Track and communicate the project spend. Variation control and approval.
• A Oversee the onsite teams including contractors and fitters at appropriate stages of the project.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

To be successful in your application you will have a proven track record of project management, youll be able to demonstrate handling multiple projects from start to finish, in particular the feasibility, design, procurement, construction, operations and close. In an ideal world this will be within a creative environment, but this is not essential.

In addition to this, we would be delighted to receive applications from individuals who meet the following brief:

• A Any experience of full service retail design, shop fit out, construction, restaurants, hotels, gyms, laboratories, schools would be a distinct advantage
• A Experience with complex projects requiring structural alterations, permission, compliance and approvals.
• A Knowledge of project management software, any of Omniplan, MS Project or AutoCad.

The Company

We are an independent company offering both in:house and through some trusted supply side partnerships, services that include space planning and 3D rendering, technical architecture, MEP design, structural design, construction project management, cost management, process management and FFE procurement.

INTERESTED?

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

EEO Statement

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: IP18254, Wallace Hin