Project Specialist

PURPOSE
This position is responsible for the day-to-day project workflow for new stores, existing store remodels, and/or existing store department resets. Typical duties include project planning, developing, implementing approved sets, collaborating with project manager and store team members, and monitoring progress toward project achievement and completion.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Merchandising
• Responsible for setting new stores, existing store remodels, and/or existing store department resets and ensuring merchandising standards are being followed per the Merchandising Standards Guide
• Responsible for assisting with new fixture implementation
• Ensure POP signage, price signs, and all other visual merchandising standards are met according to the Merchandising Standards Guide
• Ensure proper safety and operational standards are met as the project is being set.

Finance & Accounting
• The fiscal responsibilities of the Project Specialist includes carrying out and managing project budgets and following through with vendor contracts under general direction of the Project Manager
• Complete duties drawing from a working knowledge of P&Ls and cost-to-completion projections

Administration
• Execute timelines to complete projects and communicate these to the project manager

Job Requirements

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Advertising (relevant experience can be substituted for the required education on the basis of one calendar year of experience for one academic year of education)
• Three years of relevant experience required or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job, as determined by the company
• Prior experience working in a retail environment and department merchandising strongly preferred
• Proven problem-solving and team building skills
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite
• Must be detail-oriented and highly organized
• Must possess excellent customer service skills and work well under pressure
• Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment
• Must pass pre-employment background check

WORKING CONDITIONS (TRAVEL, HOURS, ENVIRONMENT)
• This position is non-exempt, knowing it may include hours which exceed eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week
• Extensive travel required including air and car travel
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to a warehouse environment and moving vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is typically quiet to moderate

PHYSICAL/SENSORY REQUIREMENTS
Sedentary Work – Ability to exert 10 - 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

NOTE: All duties and responsibilities listed are considered to be essential job functions and requirements, and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Marginal functions of the position (those that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties) have not been included. However, the omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or logical assignment to the position.