Showroom Openings & Fit-Out Lead

Iolla; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Annual leave purchase scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

IOLLA, a Scottish-based eyewear retailer, is expanding and seeks a project lead to turn target towns into open showrooms, handling site search, fit-out, and trading on time and on budget.

You will manage multiple openings, coordinate designers, contractors and suppliers, track budgets, secure permissions, and ensure smooth handovers. Travel across the UK and a full UK driving licence are required.

Join a growing team and shape how IOLLA opens and runs its showrooms with a clear career path.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing retail, hospitality or commercial fit-out projects.
• Delivered several projects at once, on programme and within budget.
• Able to read a quote line by line and hold contractors to account.
• Understanding of planning and building control (Scottish and English systems a bonus).
• Care about design and how spaces feel, not just if it’s finished.

Responsibilities

• Find the right sites: research target locations, work with agents and landlords, and prepare site appraisals for the Leadership Team.
• Own each opening from plan to handover, running several projects at once at different stages.
• Brief and manage designers, contractors and suppliers, compare quotes and value engineer where needed.
• Set and track each project’s budget, flagging risks and overspend early.
• Handle permissions and compliance: planning, building warrants and building control, landlord consents and signage.
• Coordinate the practical side of opening, from utilities and IT to frame walls, furniture and stock.
• Look after our existing estate: refits, maintenance, repairs and keeping on top of lease events.
• Report weekly to the Operations Manager and Leadership Team, and build an opening playbook that makes every launch faster and better value than the last.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Vendor management

Site coordination

Lease understanding

Job description

IOLLA, a Scottish-based eyewear retailer, is expanding and seeks a project lead to turn target towns into open showrooms, handling site search, fit-out, and trading on time and on budget.

You will manage multiple openings, coordinate designers, contractors and suppliers, track budgets, secure permissions, and ensure smooth handovers. Travel across the UK and a full UK driving licence are required.

Join a growing team and shape how IOLLA opens and runs its showrooms with a clear career path.