PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:

 

This role supports the Store Development commercial HUB team, which is responsible for maximizing the profitability of our European Own Retail & Franchise store portfolio by ensuring commercial excellence through retail store design and concept development/planning.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Manage the end-to-end delivery of retail store design and layouts for roll-out; for own retail and franchise Manage and deliver store design and concept development within brand standards and guidelines Ensure concepts meet market and customer needs. This includes the creation of future developments and refinements of existing concepts from a commercial retail designer point of view Responsible for leading and coordinating the flow of related information between internal and external stakeholders, to ensure that all projects are optimized to their maximum potential Manage various pilot and roll-out programs for Store Development Manage full overview of market concepts implementation; which store concept, typology, stratification level, where, why, cost Lead all store design phases according to brand concept guidelines; incl. internal planning team and external agencies Oversee holistic and functional store planning -FOH & BOH layout, façade design, and store interiors ‘look-and-feel’ Ensure end to end process alignment with relevant internal and external stakeholders; including relevant sign-off Management and development of the store planning portal, to ensure project capacity and delays Managing and tracking of concept costs against capex budget and business KPIs Managing and tracking of all (new) development costs for fixtures/furniture and testing/prototyping Manage and drive multiple SD HUB conceptual and implementation projects within EU markets; deliver on time and on budget Build strong business relationship with SD managers in markets to gather and share updates, insights, feedback, and opportunites Develop and implement  guidelines and tools for market implementation of concepts and commercial design tools Leverage functional knowledge to improve design efficiency and actively drive process improvements to ensure speed to market; self-initiate assignments with emphasis on commercial design improvements

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

 

Commercial design focused Deep knowledge and experience in retail design Strong spacial planning understanding and vision Visualisation skills [2D & 3D]: Autocad, Sketch-up, Creative Cloud. IT Other: MS Office Furniture design, building design and construction knowledge Retail operations knowledge Strong organizational skills and flexibity; process-oriented Strong presentation skills with ability to convey ideas Ability to work independently as well as being a strong team player Ability to work cross functional Ability to respond to adhoc tasks Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional language is an advantage Ability to travel

 

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

University degree preferred in one of the following areas: Architecture, interior design, industrial design, or equivalent 5-8 years of relevant experience in retail and design; store development, store design, layout design Project management experience International retail/store development experience