Field Merchandising PM/Project Manager (Tech, Retail EMEA)

Contract Role - Field Merchandising PM/Project Manager (Tech, Retail EMEA) - London/Hybrid - 12 Months Initial - Inside IR35 PAYE

We are looking for a Reality Labs Field Merchandising Manager/Project Manager will be responsible for in store Merchandising planning, launching, communicating, executing, managing and reporting on our product demos in the EMEA market. This role plays an instrumental part in contributing to the vision for how we present ourselves in ensuring our customers can find, learn and experience products through physical retail. It is critical to have experience with merchandising within EMEA retailers.

Role Overview:

• Job Title: Field Merchandising PM/Project Manager
• Location: London/Hybrid (potentially will be 30% travel (store travel, vendors, office)
• Contract Type: Contract
• Duration: 12 months initially

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience on either the brand side of retail in-store merchandising or the vendor side of retail in-store merchandising.
• 5+ years of project management experience
• 3+ years of third-party labor management experience
• Proven ability to understand the unique operating conditions within each retailer and how that impacts the planning and executing of the initiatives for all product lines.
• Must have experience sharing program / project updates across broad teams and organizations - transparency is key within the company culture and the ability to communicate, clear + concise cross functionally.
• Extremely high level of accuracy and attention to detail with ability to track and articulate the intricacies of complex fixture installations.
• Experience managing relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and external vendors.
• Must have experience partnering with external stakeholders.
• Excellent at finding the root cause of issues or gathering the necessary cross-functional members to find that cause or solution to an issue.
• Strong interpersonal skills, approachable and flexible.
• Experience with navigating various organizational environments where culture and structure vary.
• Excellent communicator, superb verbal, and written communication.
• Experience with Google G suite and Microsoft suite of software applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with retail partners such as ophthalmic lenses, frames, sunglasses etc and their guidelines / processes.
• Experience in planning large-scale executions and installations from concept stage through prototype and production stages.
• Experience working in a highly cross-functional setting.
• Experience maintaining budgets and fiscal responsibility.
• Mobile Carrier and/or Specialty Retailer experience.
• Experience with in-store tech demos or tech in a retail setting.

Please feel free to contact myself - Daisy Nguyen at Atrium UK/ Gibbs Consulting for a confidential chat to know more details about the role.

Please also note: Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.