Project Coordinator (Display Development)

Job Introduction

• Project Coordinator  (Display Development) 
• Lytham St Annes 
• £25,000 - £30,000 per annum depending on experience 
• Permanent 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday. (With flexibility required to meet the business needs) 
• Close Date: 14th February 
• 1st Stage Phone Interviews: 16th February 
• Interviews: 28th February

We have an exciting new opportunity for a highly driven Project Coordinator to join our growing Beaverbrooks Property and Store Visual Image team and project manage the design and roll out of our fabulous displays in our beautiful stores. This is an ideal role for a creative individual with a proven track record of project delivery/ project management.

As our Project Coordinator (Display Development), you will work cross-functionally; with our Brand partners, Retail teams and Product teams, to ensure the seamless planning and implementation of our exciting display projects.

This is a great opportunity to work for an award winning, jewellery retailer recognised as:

• The #6 Best Large Company in the UK and ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’ in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2022
• ‘Employer of the Year’ for 2022 at the UK Jewellery Awards

Working at Beaverbrooks also brings with it a whole host of rewards and benefits, including:

• Office profit share bonus
• Outstanding staff discounts which extend to your family & friends.
• Breakfast club - breakfast provided free of charge.
• Regular social events
• Wellbeing scheme
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust
• Cycle scheme

This role is based at our office in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. Options for remote working going forwards can be discussed at interview.

Role Responsibility

• Project managing the roll out of our window displays; ensuring that projects are planned and completed within the critical path.
• Budgeting for our Beaverbrooks displays, to include:
  • creating yearly spend budgets for developing and creating new displays, along with maintaining existing displays to our standards.
  • managing spends to these set budgets.
  • monthly reporting on agreed budgets.
• Working with our Buying team to create and then roll out displays for new product launches; including sourcing new materials and new suppliers.
• Working with our Marketing team to develop new POS solutions.
• Ensuring all displays and branded furniture are ordered and installed for store refits and openings within the critical paths.
• Using your creative flair to spot gaps within our current displays, and think of new innovate ways to display stock.
• Building and maintaining relationships with existing suppliers, along with resourcing new ones.
• Working closely with the Visual Merchandising team at office to develop display solutions for both future and current Beaverbrooks merchandising.
• Monitoring performance of sales against any display developments.
• Setting up a system to monitor the performance of sales against any display developments.

The Ideal Candidate

ESSENTIAL

• Proven passion for visual merchandising/ display development and project delivery.
• Excellent project management skills to ensure efficient and timely delivery of all projects.
• Evidence of delivering projects from concept, to brief, to roll out.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator - the ability to nurture strong relationships internally and externally is key.
• Highly organised and efficient – able to multitask and prioritise effectively.
• Previous experience of working with suppliers and creative designers.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Fantastic team player.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Teams. 

DESIRABLE

• Previous experience of display development.
• Previous experience of managing project budgets.
• Previous experience of visual merchandising.
• Previous experience in project delivery in luxury retail.
• Previous experience of working with: Microsoft Planner, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Sketch-up

About the Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 73 stores across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated in excess of £18.35 million to over 750 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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