Project Manager

• About Array Marketing
• For over 40 years, Array Marketing has been a global leader in retail displays and in-store merchandising solutions. With more than 1,800 employees worldwide, we partner with leading brands including Sephora, L'Oréal, Coty, PUIG, Amazon, and many others to design, engineer, manufacture, and deliver bespoke retail environments that bring their brands to life.

No two projects are the same. Combining award-winning design, engineering expertise, skilled craftsmanship, and state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, we create highly customized solutions that help the world's leading brands stand out where it matters most - in store.

Our success is built on the way we work as One Team fostering open communication, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence. We strive to be Better Every Day by continuously learning, improving, and taking initiative. We also Have Fun, creating a positive, engaging workplace where people enjoy what they do and celebrate wins together.

We're looking for curious, open-minded problem-solvers who enjoy tackling complex challenges, thinking critically, and collaborating across disciplines. If you're ready to make an impact while helping shape the future of retail, we'd love to hear from you.

Who we need

We are seeking a talented Project Manager to join our HongKong team

Project management is a process for coordinating all activities to deliver a defined goal/task to finish on time, on budget and within scope. The role creates order and predictability when handling complex and variable requirements, to organize communications and behaviours to maximize timeline efficiency and improve profit margins.

Key Result/Accountabilities

Oversee all aspects of projects rollout (from development to delivery) by setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, coordinating all related stakeholders, designing process, monitoring progress of project, managing risks and alternatives, to ensure the completion of projects within timeframe and budget.

Supports Business Unit (BU) Leader(s) and Account Team Managers (ATMs) on projects to monitor the delivery of projects On Time To Production (OTTP)

Drives efficiency within the Business Unit by supporting the Agile Approach

Detailed project tasks,

Attend brief meeting

Coordinate quotation with Cost estimating team and/or suppliers

Coordinate development drawing with the Engineering team and/or suppliers

Coordinate prototype (when needed) with the Engineering team and/or suppliers

Develop detail timeline for the project from development to delivery.

Assign task to owners

Follow up on task owners to ensure timely completion

Hold weekly project review meeting to review project progress

Look for ways to improve on schedule and cost when issue arises

Maintain clear tracking of project budget throughout the project development phase.

Coordinate quality requirement and quality inspection and result with the Quality Management team

Coordinate shipment with the Logistic team.

If applicable, communicates between Brand BUs and Retailer BUs to ensure retailer standards are maintained

Hold accountable those who must deliver and prevent silos from forming by spending time and effort to nurture team collaboration.

Must seek to clearly establish project priority with management when a conflict occurs to allocate resources, to define and set realistic alternatives and project expectations when a resource fails to deliver as expected.

Able to anticipate execution challenges and counteract these challenges in early stage.

Escalate to manager/management when there is risk (cost, budget, schedule, quality) to the project

Regular project update to management

Key Challenges

Key challenges in the role involve protecting the approved project plan, budget and scope for not exceeding budget demands and scope creep; be ready for sudden resource constraints and always have alternative solutions; spend sufficient time and effort in project initiation and planning, go into details for all tasks and steps in early phases; driving each member of the project team to deliver on their task timely and correctly.

Any other relevant information

This position’s primary interfaces are: (engagement, interaction, etc)

Internal

Design team

Engineering team

Cost Estimating team

Project team

Quality Management team

BU teams (Asia, US & EU)

Logistic team

Finance

External

Strategic Vendors

Key customers

Qualification, Experience and Competencies

Education and Experience

8 years’ Merchandising and project development experience for brands and or retailers preferably in POS display, VM, fixture, GC industry.

Less experience may consider as junior position

Degree in related discipline or equivalent experience

Extensive experience in charge of project management and to execute project within agreed time frame and cost budgets and to ensure that targeted results are achieved to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.

Excellent communication skills to negotiate with the stakeholders as well convey the objectives with all the team members. The incumbent is the key link between the organization and the people involved in the projects. Openness and directness in the communication style of the project manager will establish transparency which is critical in eliminating ambiguity in the minds of people involved.

Technical abilities to liaise with clients and suppliers.

Demonstrate strong verbal, written, analytical skill, critical thinking, influence skill

Demonstrate a strong drive for result. A can-do attitude

Working knowledge of PM related tools software; Spreadsheet and Database Software.

Experience with MS Office Software (Excel, PPT, Word, Outlook).

Demonstrate good discipline in holding project review, timeline and budget

Excellent command of written and spoken English, knowing Mandarin or Cantonese is a plus

Apply now!