About the Job

The Projects Manager will be responsible to deliver on new and existing store fit-outs, concept requirements, design identity and support execution in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders for Chumbak. He / She will also be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of existing stores.

Role & Responsibilities

Project Design and Delivery

- Understand details of the proposed property from the relevant stakeholders

- Design the zoning layout for new stores and get the necessary approvals from the concerned stakeholders

- Create shop fitting drawings as per the zoning layout and concept requirements

- Prepare and get approval of Capex from the concerned stakeholders

- Create, align, schedule, track and deliver projects in line with the master project delivery schedule on new and existing projects as per the store requirements (budgeted and non-budgeted)

- Identify & introduce new vendors as required after conducting due diligence. Work with existing vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure that project delivery is completed as per TAT

- Generate fixture BOQs as per norms

- Ensure the readiness of the design pack for tendering and execution

- Manage the end to end order & delivery of all project related orders (POs, work orders, advance payments etc.)

- Collaborate with all the stakeholders (Project Execution, IT, Marketing, VM, Retail Operations, Commercial, Government regulators and Developers) to deliver the project in line with the terms & schedule.

- Coordinate with Mall management and local authorities for execution of store fit-outs.

- Share project progress updates and tracker at regular intervals to all the relevant stakeholders

- Ensure handover of the new store to the Retail team as per defined timelines and quality standards

- Complete all requests for renovation as per requirements

- Undertake competition study with reference to look and feel of competition stores, fixtures and processes and share the same for required actions

Maintenance

- Will have to take care of maintenance activities across existing stores

- Create & manage preventive maintenance operations & procedures with the Operations team

- Ensure ongoing repair & Maintenance of all equipment related to Retail Stores in co-ordination with the Retail Operations team

- Prepare and get approval of Opex budget from the concerned stakeholders

- Co-ordinate with new and existing vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure that pending snag list is completed as per TAT

Project Database Creation

- Create and maintain a record of the updated retail store layouts, physical drawings, time spent on changes made and budgets

- Maintain a thumb rule costing for various types of changes as per concept requirements as a ready reckoner

- Manage the creation and maintenance of a sample board for each of the concepts based on the design pack

- Manage the creation and maintenance of the fixture catalogue with the coding, dimensions, costing and fixture indents with all relevant details

Desired Experience and Skills

Education : BE / Diploma in Civil / Architecture

Years of Experience : Minimum 6-8 Years of retail Industry experience

Should have :

- Excellent project management experience in retail industry. Should have opened multiple new stores within timelines and budget

- Strong knowledge of materials, project management and costing

- Knowledge of Auto Cad is a must

- Strong Communication skills - Proficient in written and spoken English

- Strong computer skills in usage of various tools in MS-Office and Internet

- Very good eye for detail

- Should be able to interface effectively with all internal and external stakeholders like Retail operations, vendors, design agencies, finance, legal etc

- Extremely proactive and energetic. Should be able to influence stakeholders to ensure that project deadlines are met.

- Willing to travel extensively and stay for short duration to supervise & execute projects

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