Specialist II, Space Planning Converse China

Responsibilities

• Store Design

• China store design work, including store design and communicating with the regional sales team.

• Based on the global retail store design guidelines, integrate and adjust the design format that suits the Greater China market and implement it.

• Supporting in leading the environment design and fixture/construction material mock-up review.

• Construction supervision and acceptance

• Store construction supervision, including tracking construction progress and communicating with local contractors and accounts.

• Manage the fixture production planning & inventory management to secure door opening.

• Manage store fixture supplementary requests related to store activity on time (prototype review, quotation & ordering, delivery, payment execution)

• Maintenance

• Daily store maintenance follows, supporting retail business operations.

• Manage store maintenance for follow-up action, cost review and process improvement.

• Cross-functional communication

• Effective cross-functional communication, to meet store quality standards, individual store budgets, and market requirements.

• Vendor docking

• Vendor docking, daily order process and store investment analysis.

• Collaborate with external design agencies, local architects, general contractors, and other suppliers to ensure CONVERSE retail standards.

• Supporting vendor management in terms of new vendor on board/training, vendor performance review, quality improvement, etc.

Requirements of this role:

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial or Environmental Design and minimum of 3-5 years work experience in interior design, preferably in retail design of sportwear apparel and footwear industries.

• Software skills in CAD, Rhino, Sketchup.

• Proven exceptional ability to visually communicate retail store design intent through hand sketches or software modelling for ideation, material application, scale/dimensions, spatial layout and zoning, etc.

• Highly effective communicator team player that can connect between relevant teams including visual merchandising, retail marketing, etc.

• Knowledge of latest retail design and fixture trends both in China and globally, especially across the sportswear industry.

• Ability to coordinate with contractors/external vendors including design consultants and fixture manufacturers.

• A proactive, flexible and resourceful mindset is required for this dynamic environment.

• Fluent in written and spoken English.