Title: Physical Merchandising Project Manager
Location: Burlingame, CA
Duration: 12 Months
Project Overview
We are hiring for an experienced Retail Project Manager to support the development of Reality Lab’s North American third-party retail partner display programs. The role will assist in the planning and orchestration of NA display programs across third party retail. The role may also support a variety of other projects that come up to progress the ongoing success of the team's programs. The role will help drive overarching process development for physical merchandising activity within the Virtual/Mixed Reality category.
The project manager is responsible for maintaining the budgeting, planning and production of fixtures and graphics. The role involves extensive coordination and negotiation between fixture/graphic companies, internal cross-functional teams as well as external vendor partners, to ensure accurate and on time updates are delivered to stores or to third parties. The role will interface with internal and external resources, third party technical support partners, content creators and channel marketing teams across RL.
Mandatory Skills:
- 5 years experience working on development and production of physical merchandising programs for third-party retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and Costco. Knowledge of physical merchandising production and lead-times related to in-store retail displays is critical for success.
- 3-5 years experience managing third-party print and production vendors.
- Experience working with creative, visual merchandising, marketing, and sales teams to develop creative briefs.
- 5+ years of retail project management experience, preferably within the consumer electronics category
- Understanding of 3rd party retail, first hand experience working with NA partners such as: Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Costco etc.
- Understanding of the fixture design, development and implementation process
- Communication skills with a focus on detail
- Advanced MS office skills (and proficient with equivalent Google docs)
- Proficient in the creation and maintenance of project trackers across multiple programs and stakeholders
- Experience maintaining budgets
- Able to thrive in a constant changing environment
Nice to Have Skills:
- Problem-solving skills for building contingency plans to maintain production timelines.
- Experience using project management tools and spreadsheet to track and communicate timelines, costs, and deliverables.
- Ability to multi-task and work with competing and ever-changing priorities in fast-paced environment.
- Experience with Telco operators a plus (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile)
- First hand experience of the 2D artwork production process, from creative layout through to print production
- Experience of AV (Audiovisual) retail display technology
- Experience of qualitative and quantitative retail research projects
Compensation:
The estimated pay range for this position is USD $54.00/Hr - USD $59.00/Hr and is a Non-Exempt role.
Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.
Benefits:
We offer comprehensive benefit options which vary depending on role, location, and employment type. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the specific role during the hiring process.
