Al Tayer GroupStore Design and Merchandise Project Manager
Oct. 2015 - Jun. 2018United Arab EmiratesPrimary role GCC Department Store Expansion Team Projects: Bloomingdale KWT, Bloomingdales AUH, Macy’s AUH and Harvey Nichols DXB. • Liaison between architects and GCC department store expansion team for new construction projects: Bloomingdale's KWT 108 sqft, AUH 218 sqft, DXB 199 sqft & Macy's AUH 208 sqft & Harvey Nichols 124 sqft. • Reviewed project scope, construction schedule and budgets regularly with cross-functional partners pivoting when risk arose. • Communicate project(s) status to all levels of the business, verbally in meetings, produced project reporting shared via email. • Evaluated all customer journey touch points with Operations/Commercial team to ensure all operational and budget requirements were met: POS, fitting, restroom, lounges, personal shopper, cobbler, and gift wrap. • Verified square footage considering forward sell, stock, fitting room and non-sell space requirements, ensured efficiency was optimally programmed. • Developed and reviewed sales budgeting and brand assortment with key stakeholders. Built annual sales & GM budgets by department aligning with financial forecasts & space. • Approved cost and functional design of fixturing in partnership with Design, Merchant and Commercial departments. Helped to value engineer when necessary. • Forecasted capacity requirements at a macro and micro level working with internal partners to program sub-class divisions of space; branded shops and generic space. • Investigated project queries, within own scope, by interviewing experts in the business, visiting job sites and competitive shopping to move project forward.