Project Manager in Leicester)

Wallace Hind Selection; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is searching for a Project Manager specializing in Retail Fit Out / Design. This role involves end-to-end project management and excellent stakeholder communication. The ideal candidate demonstrates a track record in managing multiple projects, particularly in dynamic environments like retail. Knowledge of project management tools is essential, plus a proactive approach to ensuring timely and budget-friendly project execution. The position supports hybrid working with competitive salary and 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 shop fit out is advantageous.
• Familiarity with complex projects needing structural alterations.

Responsibilities

• Take complete ownership of projects from conception to completion.
• Track and communicate project expenditures and manage budgets.
• Oversee onsite teams during project execution.

Skills

Project management

Client relation management

Communication

Knowledge of project management software

Tools

MS Project

AutoCad

Omniplan

Job description

Project management plays a part in everyone's life, but as a Project Manager - Retail Fit Out / Design, you've 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: £40,000 - £45,000

Benefits

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

As our Project Manager - Retail Fit Out / Design, you will :

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

• Any experience of full service retail design, shop fit out, construction, restaurants, hotels, gyms, laboratories, schools would be a distinct advantage
• Experience with complex projects requiring structural alterations, permission, compliance and approvals.
• 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 & 3D rendering, technical architecture, MEP design, structural design, construction project management, cost management, process management and FFE procurement.

Interested?

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

Diversity & Inclusion

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

Note

Please Note: 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 Hind Selection