Career Opportunity
Senior Associate EMEA Construction RLA+D Studio
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Company Description
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
To support the EMEA Construction team in the coordination and administration of new openings, refurbishments and special projects throughout EMEA.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist Project Managers in daily activities.
- Co-manage minor projects with support from senior team members.
- Budget creation and tracking
- Project schedule creation and tracking
- Ongoing project coordination
- Liaise and appoint vendors for projects with support from procurement team.
- Liaise with legal team on contract administration for vendors.
- Update EMEA program database. Produce, maintain, and publish new and refurbishment project calendars ensuring they are issued and updated in a timely manner throughout the process.
- Review project milestone for all relevant departments, highlighting risks and opportunities to the Construction Managers.
- Help Prepare monthly spend summaries and forecasts to share with finance dept.
- Assist in creating opening cost budgets for forthcoming projects.
- Publish department communication from the construction team on internal social media platform.
- Collate “as build” documentation and O&M manuals for internal record.
- Collaborate with marketing department to create imagery for hoardings.
- Create decks for conference calls and visual presentations.
- Purchase order management
Experience, Skills & Knowledge
- Technical knowledge and practical experience supported by formal qualification in construction or design.
- Have completed studies in relevant subject ie. Construction, Interior Design, Architecture. Knowledge of AutoCAD welcome.
- Experience in retail design environment welcome
- Strong technical, but also creative and visualisation skills.
- Excellent computer skills in MS Office / MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
We are very dynamic and open team with huge growth opportunities for an ambitious candidate. Our project range is diverse, starting from small furniture upgrades to new store openings, encompassing any activities within EMEA region and beyond, offering variety of work.
