Facility & Construction Supervisor/Manager

Join; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hermès Italie seeks a Facility & Construction Supervisor to oversee development of retail projects in Italy and Greece and manage store facilities. The role collaborates with architects, contractors, and internal teams to ensure projects meet Maison standards and timelines.

You will supervise maintenance of stores, external warehouses, and headquarters, ensuring high-quality upkeep. The position requires managing budgets, schedules, and vendor contracts, with strong coordination across

Qualifications

• University degree in Architecture, or Interior Design, or Construction (preferred).
• Ability to manage multi projects at the same time.
• Internal team coordination experience.
• Excellent understanding of design drawings and project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Draft the store brief in the preliminary stages of the project.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines and schedules from groundbreaking to store opening.
• Work closely with the financial controller to assist with overall planning.
• Budget accountability for projects; monitor costs, invoices, change orders, and minimize overspending.
• Ensure strip-out of former locations and their return to the landlord.
• Negotiate contracts with external vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Conduct regular site inspections to monitor progress, quality, and compliance with design standards.
• Coordinate fixtures, signages and merchandising installations for sales readiness.
• Align with operations to ensure stock allocation and warehouse organization.
• Collaborate with HR to optimize staff areas; coordinate IT systems across stores.

Skills

Project management

Team coordination

Organized & deadline-oriented

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Facility systems knowledge

Education

University degree in Architecture/Interior Design/Construction

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Project

PowerPoint

AutoCAD

Job description

Facility & Construction Supervisor/Manager

At a glance

• Job Category Security, Safety, Facility - SSF
• Years of Experience Minimum 6 years
• Contract Type Unlimited contract
• Job Schedule Full time
• Posting Date 07/25/2026, 06:20 AM

About the entity

Hermès Italie was born in 1987 with the first store in Milan, 21 via Sant'Andrea. Since then, the branch has expanded and continued to grow, leading to its current retail presence in the country: 11 stores, including 2 seasonal openings, 1 pop-up store and 2 flagship stores located in Milan and Rome.

Details of the job

OVERALL MISSION

The Facility & Construction Supervisor (FCS) is responsible for the development of retail projects for Hermès in Italy and Greece, and for the facility management of the stores of the subsidiary. The FCS plans, manages, and executes new store openings, extraordinary renovations and restyling projects. The FCS collaborates with architects, consultants, contractors, and all external and internal stakeholders (e.g. Operations, Visual, etc.) to ensure the projects are properly executed in compliance with Maison standards of excellence. Moreover, the FCS supervises the ordinary and extraordinary maintenance of all the stores in the subsidiary.

Responsibilities include coordinating store layout improvements consisting of store configurations or upgrades of existing stores; the supervision and accountability of project budgets, schedules and project design; and consulting retail teams to ensure requirements are incorporated into the project and critical timelines and project information are communicated. The FCS oversees the construction and completion of each location to ensure quality standards are met in a timely and cost-effective way. Moreover, the FCS supervises and supports the Facility Coordinator/Specialist in managing the maintenance of store systems, external warehouses, and the headquarters, ensuring buildings are maintained clean, functional and aligned with excellent quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

Draft the store brief in the preliminary stages of the project;

Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines and schedules from groundbreaking to store opening;

Work closely with the financial controller to assist with the overall planning;

Have budget accountability for the projects at hand; monitor construction costs, review invoices, manage change orders, and minimize overspending;

Ensure the strip-out of former locations and their return to the landlord.

Negotiate contracts with external vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors;

Conduct regular site inspections to monitor progress, quality, and compliance with design standards;

Liase with the safety consultant to enforce Health & Safety regulations and ensure a safe work environment.

Cooperate with the EME Hermès Construction Team and RDAI about the store concept;

Review the store layout and project milestone with the Retail Director and the General Manager;

Coordinate fixtures, signages and merchandising installations to ensure the store is ready for sales operations;

Work in alignment with operations to ensure adequate stock allocation and proper warehouse organization;

Liase with HR department for the optimization of staff areas (i.e. changing rooms, offices and welfare areas);

Organize cross-functional activities with the IT department regarding all informatic systems (wi-fi, CCTV, POS, tills, etc.);

Ensure alignment with security guidelines;

Project the artistic heritage of the Maison in the stores.

Facility management

Design the facility management strategy; set and monitor yearly goals and expectations; develop a culture of excellence and continuous improvement for ordinary and extraordinary maintenance;

Plan and monitor facility management monthly and yearly activities;

Supervise and is accountable for the activity of the Facility Coordinator / Specialist

Manage extraordinary interventions and is responsible for their implementation; budget adherence and respect of the timeline to minimize business closure;

Ensure alignment with stakeholders at EME and Group level.

Plan yearly activities, setting expectations and assigning tasks to the Facility Coordinator/Specialist;

Supervise the monthly and yearly activities of the Facility Coordinator/Specialist and provide ongoing feedback and coaching, supporting his/her personal development;

Support the Facility Coordinator/Specialist in the execution of his/her work.

Profile

Proven experience in luxury retail project management;

University degree in Architecture, or Interior Design, or Construction (preferred);

• Ability to manage multi projects at the same time;
• Internal team coordination experience;

Extremely organized, detail and deadline oriented. Rigorous, reliable and pragmatic. Service-minded and performance-driven;

• Excellent understanding of design drawings and project documentation;
• Knowledge of standard quality means and methods, and materials in construction and millwork required for a luxury environment;
• Overall cost and market value knowledge for various retail construction activities;
• Good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and AutoCAD;

Strong stakeholder management; ability to influence without authority and to collaborate across functions;

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; language requirements: Italian, fluent English, French is a plus (not mandatory);

Hermès engages positive and passionate people who own the following requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a customer service orientation;
• Team player mentality to build meaningful relationships and ability to work autonomously;
• Availability, flexibility and dynamism to function in a high-pace environment;
• Determined to be part of a people centric retail project, for which is required vocation for human values, passion and a strong aesthetic sense.

In Hermès diversity of experience and perspectives create a better work environment, we value, ensure and believe in gender equality, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds. Join the human adventure of Hermès!

A creator, artisan and seller of high-quality objects since 1837, Hermès is an independent, family-owned French house that employs nearly 25,185 people worldwide. Driven by its permanent entrepreneurial spirit and consistently high standards, Hermès cultivates the freedom and autonomy of each individual through responsible management. The company perpetuates the transmission of exceptional know-how through strong territorial anchoring that respects people and resources. Sixteen artisanal métiers feed the creativity of the house, whose collections are presented in over 300 stores around the world.