:Store Design Manager - Est\xc3\xa9e Lauder Companies Middle East.We have a new opportunity in our Retail & Commercial team for an experienced Store Design Manager in our Retail & Commercial Team.This role owns the Store Design & Project Management process in the affiliate for their respective brands and coordinates and executes all openings and rebuilds in close collaboration with Brand, Commercial, VM, Logistics & EMEA teams.About UsThe Est\xc3\xa9e Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the worlds leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. Our products are sold in over 150 countries and territories.About YouYou will be/ have:\xc2\xa7 8 + years experience in technical/design aspects of retail design.\xc2\xa7 Knowledge of scheduling or construction management software.\xc2\xa7 Experience in graphics, layout and interior signage; has an understanding of traffic flow and human scale.\xc2\xa7 Experience in luxury and cosmetics/ beauty industry.\xc2\xa7 Business acumen and strong budget understanding\xc2\xa7 Technical understanding to ensure optimal solutions on all in store designs.\xc2\xa7 Leadership experience: providing direction, coaching and developmental opportunities for team\xc2\xa7 Computer Skills: experience in AutoCAD, Vector works and Illustrator.\xc2\xa7 Structured with excellent attention to detail\xc2\xa7 A positive, can-do attitude\xc2\xa7 Team player, experienced in managing stakeholders in a Matrix organisation\xc2\xa7 Act with integrity - honors commitments and behaves consistently.\xc2\xa7 Provides direction. Clearly communicates priorities and required resultsAbout The Role (Key Responsibilities).Managing Contracts/Projects\xc2\xb7 Lead the planning and implementation of store design from pre-design until the execution.\xc2\xb7 Consults with Brand & Commercial teams to ensure best locations within stores; analyze traffic flow to guarantee customer interaction; analyzes architectural features that may enhance or distract from location; inspects sites to ensure cohesive design and speeds approval process.\xc2\xb7 Produce and integrate projects schedules across stakeholders processes.\xc2\xb7 Lead collaborative working with key business stakeholders throughout the project including liaising with Regional Design Managers to ensure detail quality and consistency in all points of sale for all brands.\xc2\xb7 Communicates with regional design groups on store appearance; informs all parties involved of any updates and/or revisions to standard details.\xc2\xb7 Translating fixture and retail design ideas through various skills (drawing/sketching, ideation, materials, and textures) while understanding the context, insight, and design realities at retail.\xc2\xb7 Establish a project plan from inception to completion taking into account all relevant statutory and retailers requirements.\xc2\xb7 Sets realistic expectations to avoid project delays & manages project blocks within the appropriate forum.\xc2\xb7 Monitor and control projects process including establishing targets with respect to project delivery; monitor and report on progress against these targets.\xc2\xb7 Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects including management and delivery of project milestones.\xc2\xb7 Effectively manage and maintain appropriate budget cost achieving targets.\xc2\xb7 Manage the decision making process by carrying out all necessary liaison and negotiations with all parties involved ensuring value for money.\xc2\xb7 Estimating and budgeting costs by understanding costs types and life cycle costing.\xc2\xb7 Identification and mapping of stakeholder process according to different brands & communication management.\xc2\xb7 Carry out contract administration including financial management, liaising with external consultants where it is required.\xc2\xb7 Produce the Contract Program, short term programs, and built programs and monitor / report progress as required.\xc2\xb7 Resolve technical problems ensuring work is carried out to the correct specification and QA standards.\xc2\xb7 Sets and communicates high workplace operating standards, values and expectations.\xc2\xb7 Maintain project close out and archival procedures, including final project photography, understandable records of all stores for future use by Brand Managers and Finance.\xc2\xb7 Maintain an updated Estate library\xc2\xb7 Ensure all store opening data is updated and filed on a regular basis\xc2\xb7 Ensures that a pool of suppliers & freelancers who are trained in ELC are in place for peak periods as a contingency\xc2\xb7 Sets and communicates high workplace operating standards, values and expectations.\xc2\xb7 Maintain project flow and circulate status reports to the relevant department\xc2\xb7 Make site surveys and create CAD documents of footprints for design manager as requiredStrategy, insights and solutions\xc2\xb7 Leads execution of strategic portfolio plan.\xc2\xb7 Provides functional expertise and executes functional responsibilities\xc2\xb7 Manages and drives design projects from ideas/concepts through to prototypes, implementation of trials and standardization.\xc2\xb7 Leads execution of strategic portfolio plan. Reviews fit out expirations and develops plan for new stores, renewals, relocations, expansions and closures.\xc2\xb7 Guides analyses on impact of renovation cycles, initiatives rollout, and store expansions, closures and relocations\xc2\xb7 Determines how financial objectives such as sales and profit will be achieved through proactive management of the portfolio, design functionality, value engineering and timeline management.\xc2\xb7 Ensures the creative development of brand enhancing in-store visual that elevate storytelling, brand messaging, premium product presentation and drive sell-thru while enhancing the consumer experience for all openings.\xc2\xb7 Work with cross-functional teams to push projects forward, driving recommendations through to implementation.\xc2\xb7 Build high performing teams by providing the right team with the right skills.\xc2\xb7 Monitor progress and performance through accountability, managing stakeholders, following processes and communicate information to all key stakeholders & regional team members.\xc2\xb7 Applies understanding of commercial and marketing needs to day-to-day activities.Visual Merchandising\xc2\xb7 Ensure Brands image is consistent and properly expressed and maintained within guidelines set by NY office in order to achieve a cumulative and synergistic effect in terms of architecture, detailing merchandise layouts within all openings.\xc2\xb7 Coordinate with Visual Merchandising for all openings.\xc2\xb7 Responsible for the animation for the brands in conjunction of the brands for all openings.Financial\xc2\xb7 Manages capital and non-capital annual budget for the brands, provides timely provision or adjustment to the budget if appropriate.\xc2\xb7 Manages invoicing, timelines/schedules, prototypes, design reviews and approvals.\xc2\xb7 Ensure ROIC improvement of the additional capital through minimizing the cost of the installations versus the sales delivered.\xc2\xb7 Performs other duties as directed in line with role and corporate strategy
Qualifications\xc2\xa7 8 + years experience in technical/design aspects of retail design.\xc2\xa7 Knowledge of scheduling or construction management software.\xc2\xa7 Experience in graphics, layout and interior signage; has an understanding of traffic flow and human scale.\xc2\xa7 Experience in luxury and cosmetics/ beauty industry.\xc2\xa7 Business acumen and strong budget understanding\xc2\xa7 Technical understanding to ensure optimal solutions on all in store designs.\xc2\xa7 Leadership experience: providing direction, coaching and developmental opportunities for team\xc2\xa7 Computer Skills: experience in AutoCAD, Vector works and Illustrator.\xc2\xa7 Structured with excellent attention to detail\xc2\xa7 A positive, can-do attitude\xc2\xa7 Team player, experienced in managing stakeholders in a Matrix organisation\xc2\xa7 Act with integrity - honors commitments and behaves consistently.\xc2\xa7 Provides direction. Clearly communicates priorities and required results
Job: Retail - Corporate
Primary Location: Europe, Middle East, Africa-AE-DU-Dubai
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number: 246025

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