Project Manager (Visual Merchandising/Displays)
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Location: Melville, NY
Working Model: 100% on-site
Industry: Retail Displays for Prestige and Luxury Brands
Salary: $75,000-$100,000 (Salary is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by JPSearch.)
Responsibilities:
- Manage and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are completed on time and on budget.
- Develop and maintain project schedules, organizing tasks and timelines to meet company protocols and client requirements.
- Manage tasks in accordance with company process and protocols.
- Maintain and support company goals and strategies.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across departments to ensure successful project execution.
- Maintain regular communication with customers/brands, providing updates, addressing concerns, answering any questions, and ensuring satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
- Create and adhere to realistic project timelines, incorporating both the brand’s needs and requirements.
- Promptly schedule and conduct initial project launch meetings with the team.
- Provide consistent follow-up with engineering for drawings and type safety.
- Review engineering drawings and compare them to estimates before sending them to customers.
- Ensure prototypes, including ordering of any specific materials needed, are ready to present to brands per estimates and, along with the assigned engineer, ensure prototypes are made to specifications.
- Launch detailed and accurate Bill of Materials (BOM).
- Consistently follow up with in-house purchasing to ensure timely arrival of materials needed and communicate the same to the team.
- Consistently follow up with clients to assure timely receipt of any/all materials provided directly from the client, such as photos, graphics, and factices.
- Effectively coordinate shipping with customers.
- Work with production to set QA/QC standards in production prior to the project reaching the assembly line.
- Consistently monitor production quality and demonstrate the ability to identify quality issues during production.
- Demonstrate the ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize tasks based on evolving timelines and project demands.
Requirements:
- Experience with Retail Displays
- Strong interpersonal and team leadership skills.
- Strong organizational, time management, and verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
- Ability to work at a computer for a prolonged period of time.