Purchasing Project Manager - San Diego

YOUR FUTURE BEGINS AT THIS PREMIER DESTINATION

At Event Network, we believe the experience matters. As the leading operator of retail experiences at some of the most iconic and inspiring destinations across the United States, we infuse passion, creativity, and purpose into everything we do. Our team is dedicated to providing engaging and memorable retail environments that enhance the guest experience, while reflecting the unique mission and values of each location we serve.

The Opportunity

Event Network creates retail experiences inside some of the country's most memorable cultural, educational, and entertainment destinations. As Merchant Project Manager, you will turn merchandising priorities into organized, visible, executable work by connecting people, timelines, information, presentations, and process across a fast-moving organization.

This role is ideal for someone exceptionally organized, proactive, and visually sophisticated. You will be a trusted project and communication partner to merchandising leadership, build polished executive and partner-facing decks, manage critical Monday.com workflows, and help priorities move from idea to completion with clarity and accountability.

CURIOSITY

Ask the questions that uncover what is missing, anticipate what comes next, and continually look for smarter ways to move work forward.

GENEROSITY

Make information easier to find, work easier to understand, and collaboration easier through structure, visibility, and thoughtful follow-through.

CREATIVITY

Bring strong visual judgment and storytelling to presentations, tools, and processes so complex ideas become clear, compelling, and actionable.

Leadership Mandate

Create the operating structure that helps merchandising priorities move with speed and discipline. Own key project workflows, presentation decks, tracking tools, meeting outputs, and cross-functional coordination; surface risks and decisions; and ensure teams have the information and follow-through needed to execute.

Core Responsibilities

Lead Merchandising Project Management

• Manage priority merchandising projects from initiation through completion with clear scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables. Translate leadership direction into actionable plans and maintain visibility to status, risks, open decisions, and changing priorities.
• Coordinate across merchandising, Creative, Planning, Store Quality, Product Development, Purchasing Operations, and other partners. Identify bottlenecks early, follow up proactively, and escalate issues with a clear recommendation when needed.

Workflow Excellence

• Serve as the merchandising power user for Monday.com, building and maintaining intuitive boards, dashboards, workflows, automations, and project views. Establish standards for statuses, owners, due dates, dependencies, files, and decision tracking.
• Develop repeatable templates and workflows, train team members on effective use of Monday.com and related tools, simplify duplicate tracking, and improve visibility and accountability.
• Ability to proactively surface workflow challenges, team support needs, and roadblocks to leadership, providing context and constructive recommendations to help improve processes and team effectiveness.

Build Impactful Presentations and Communication

• Create polished PowerPoint and Canva presentations for executive reviews, partner meetings, product presentations, workshops, and strategic initiatives. Translate product imagery, financial highlights, timelines, and leadership direction into clear stories with strong visual hierarchy.
• Coordinate inputs so content is complete, accurate, cohesive, and on time. Maintain presentation templates and standards and organize product images, samples, creative assets, and supporting materials for reviews.

Create Process, Structure, and Follow-Through

• Build and maintain processes, assortment calendars, trackers, approval workflows, and shared resources that keep merchandising initiatives on track.
• Own communication with Purchasing Team during assortment reviews, ensuring partner feedback and approvals are documented and reflected in timelines, deliverables, and next steps.
• Organize files and resources in SharePoint and shared systems. Support merchandising leadership with workshops, planning sessions, presentations, and special projects.

The Team Member Who Will Flourish Here

• Is exceptionally organized, proactive, resourceful, and known for strong follow-through.
• Turns incomplete ideas and complex inputs into clear plans, tools, workflows, and presentations while remaining calm as priorities shift.
• Communicates confidently across executives, merchants, creatives, store teams, and cross-functional partners and creates accountability.

Skills And Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in project management, merchandising operations, retail, purchasing, or a related field, coordinating projects and supporting cross-functional teams.
• Strong project management skills, including prioritizing work, managing timelines, tracking dependencies, and advancing initiatives.
• Advanced Monday.com skills, including boards, dashboards, workflows, automations, templates, and project views.
• Proficiency in Canva and PowerPoint, with strong visual, storytelling, and presentation skills.
• Strong Excel, reporting, data organization, SharePoint, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information.
• Proactive, resourceful, and action-oriented, with strong ownership and the ability to anticipate needs and create momentum.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described below are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

• Frequently sit, stand, walk, and use hands to handle materials; occasionally reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Occasionally lift or move presentation materials, product samples, or supplies. Travel occasionally as business needs require.

Pay range: $30-32/hour

The Experience Matters.

For our guests. For our partners. For our teams.

BRING YOUR PASSION AND TALENT TO OUR TEAM!

Ready to make an impact and be part of something extraordinary? Apply today and take the next step in your career journey with us!

Event Network celebrates diversity and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all Team Members.

Employee Benefits

Event Network offers full-time team members a comprehensive total rewards package with a variety of coverage options.

• Health and Wellness Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Basic Life and AD&D Insurance; Long-Term Disability; plus Voluntary Benefits options 100% paid by employee: Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-Term Disability (for employees outside of CA, NY, NJ, HI, RI, Puerto Rico), Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Pet insurance.
• Retirement and Savings: 401(k) Retirement Plan; Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time Off: Vacation Accrual; Sick Leave
• Nine Paid Holidays.
• Profit Sharing Bonus Plan
• Employee Discounts: 25% discount to shop at our stores; and a separate discount program with exclusive savings on a variety of brand-name products, services, travel, entertainment, tickets, and more.