About this role
Company Description
Bring your passion for Store Development and help shape the future of our brands!
The Warehouse Group looks after some of Aotearoa’s iconic brands - The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, and Noel Leeming. We have become a Kiwi household name, and we proudly recognise the role that we play in communities throughout New Zealand.
At our Support Office, we embrace a brand-led model, ensuring we remain laser-focused on our customers and markets specific to them. Retail is more competitive than ever, and we need to bring our A game!
Job Description
We’re looking for 2 x experienced Store Development Project Managers to lead the planning and delivery of new stores, store fitouts, refurbishments and category projects - creating aspirational, customer-focused environments that support our operational performance and commercial goals.
One role will partner with Noel Leeming, while the other will support The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery, working closely with each brand to deliver best-in-class retail environments.
In this role, you’ll take ownership of end-to-end project delivery - from planning through to completion. You’ll ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget, while meeting all compliance, safety, and quality standards.
Your Role:
- Delivering new stores, refits and category works across Noel Leeming
- Management of store builds and category project development and delivery
- Procurement of fixtures, contractor management and tender processes
- Improving the customer environment & experience by understanding trends and gathering customer feedback
- Planning and supporting the delivery of new retail layouts based on merchandise requirements & ideal customer journey
With stores across the NZ, flexibility to travel for any projects out of Auckland is required.
Qualifications
We would love to hear from anyone with previous project management experience, preferably in retail. With no two store layouts the same, we need individuals who have excellent problem solving skills and the ability to use creative thinking with a commercial and analytical mind-set. You will also be able to manage multiple priorities & deliver projects on time and within budget.
Our wish list also includes:
- Understanding of NZ building fitout compliance, ideally in a retail context
- Experience in managing 3rd party contractors
- Experience in project management of retail projects from end to end
Our structure and ways of working will see you extensively work cross functionally hence your collaboration skills will be top notch, coupled with the customer centric lens and approach you bring to work everyday. You are someone responsive, adaptable and has a continuous improvement approach towards what you do. You will have a test and learn mindset and hold an openness to new ideas and a desire to develop them together with others.
Additional Information
At TWG, we believe in giving people the opportunity to grow, develop and realise their career ambitions.
When you join us, we offer a range of benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career which include:
- Discounts across our brands
- Paid birthday day off
- Free parking at our Northshore support office
- Onsite gym and café at our Northcote support office
- 26 weeks paid parental leave for permanent team members
- A range of wellbeing support and development opportunities
Other facts
About The Warehouse Group
In December 2012 Noel Leeming Group was acquired by The Warehouse Group. (TW Group)
TW Group is a New Zealand success story, founded by Sir Stephen Tindall and grown from The Warehouse, TW Group is the largest general merchandise retailer in New Zealand. TW Group includes The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming and Multi-Channel Business Unit (e-commerce websites, wholesale and alternative channel business).
Noel Leeming strives to offer a superior standard of service and the widest possible range of branded consumer technology and appliances.
Noel Leeming promises its customers that it will never knowingly be undersold. It provides comprehensive after sales support and can assist with customer requests for 'at home help' with it's TechSolutions service.
With its significant retail footprint, Noel Leeming is uniquely positioned to offer its customers new technology based products such as LCD/LED TVs, the latest in Smartphone technology as well as a comprehensive range of Computers and tablets from all the major brands. We carry an extensive list and Digital Cameras including DSLR's and convergence technologies. Demand for these technologies is growing and is expected to continue to drive growth in the Noel Leeming brand.
In August 2002, Noel Leeming introduced Noel Leeming "Online", offering customers the opportunity to research and then buy products over the Internet — This channel continues to unite the company with the customer as the retail space embraces the digital environment www.noelleeming.co.nz.
What you'll do
- The Store Development Project Managers will lead the planning and delivery of new stores, store fitouts, refurbishments, and category projects. They will ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget while meeting compliance, safety, and quality standards.
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