Retail Store Development Manager - Refits

Store Development Project Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Field Based

About the role

We are looking for an experienced retail development professional with a strong background in convenience retail, shopfitting and store refits. This is not a traditional project manager role, you will deliver store development projects as required. To lead and manage several retail projects within Store Development, working cross functionally as required.

To Coordinate and manage the implementation of allocated retail projects through the Store Development Team

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East

Responsibilities:

The following duties and responsibilities will be required:

Strategic

Through the Store Development Team, ensure that the implementation of the store design specifications across all brands (on allocated projects)

• Continuous focus on short- medium-long term project planning
• Manages rolling forecast of income in line with business focus and targets
• Are compliant with the Group store brand principles and store formats
• Utilises market trends and insights to innovate
• Are cost effective whilst providing the highest levels of value for investment.

Operational

• Manage and maintain store development process and critical path ensuring that all development projects are delivered to critical path timescales, within budget and customer expectations.
• Responsible for project income through routine charges and shopfitting commissions
• Deliver Shopfitting projects that are compliant to RDG blueprints & principles
• Presents RDG designs and tendered costs back to retailer with confidence
• Development projects are delivered to the Bestway Group store specification to maintain brand integrity using equipment supplied from companies on our list of preferred suppliers.
• Ensure that all stakeholders across allocated projects are kept updated with relevant information
• Collates quality feedback from all stakeholders
• Ensure that all projects are legally compliant, and health and safety requirements are always followed.
• Use data to ensure that the project has fulfilled the original objectives

The Ideal Candidate

Knowledge and working experience in the following key areas.

• DDA compliance and regulations.
• Health and safety
• Fire regulations
• Planning laws and regulations
• CDM regulations and compliance

Skills

• Project management
• Presenting
• Effective communication
• Store design and formats
• CAD

Competencies

• A confident, driven and enthusiastic person who can work under pressure, prioritise and handle challenging and changing situations.
• Decision making ability and a sense of responsibility.
• Retail intuition
• Customer focus
• Analytical thinking & attention to detail
• Communication & interpersonal
• Self-motivation & drive for results
• Project Management skills, to include all formal mechanics

About our Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension
• Life Assurance

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.