Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Deliver a store opening to the Regional retail team on time and on budget.
- Supervise and coordinate all design and construction activities involved with the renovation or creation of a new store.
- Visit construction sites and prepare reports, from setting-out to punch list completion and opening, to ensure quality of fit-out, identifying outstanding issues and ensuring appropriate follow-up.
- Deliver project presentations and updates to senior executives.
- Manage all Direct Vendors orders
- Collect as-built drawings and keep record of store openings information, finalize financial accounts closures
Decision Making
- Prepare feasibility studies, to evaluate locations and estimate budgets and timings.
- Collaborate with finance dept to finalize budgets and legal dept to finalize contracts.
- Collect start-up information from corporate and local parties (Retail Managers, etc.) necessary to develop the design in accordance with company commercial requirements.
- Organize general contractors and millwork contractors bidding, evaluate tender documents and offers and coordinate works assignment.
Agility
- Coordinate with Paris designers to prepare location layout to match planned retail sales and organize internal review with all corporate and local teams involved.
- Prepare Capex and Cost Report and update it regularly along the project development.
- Organize bidding and award of all consultants and supervise their activities and outcomes.
- Review consultants and contractors drawings to ensure consistence with projects and concept, from preliminary submission up to construction and shop-drawings.
- Collaborate and coordinate with all Corporate Retail Departments such as IT, Asset Protection, Legal, Visual Merchandising, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Stores.
The appointed candidate will be offered a salary within the range of USD $105,000 - $120,000 annually, plus the opportunity for a bonus, a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, various paid time off programs, employee discount/perks and two retirement plans both with employer contributions.
This position is located at our Louis Vuitton Corporate Office in NYC and honors the opportunity for a hybrid on-site schedule.