Senior Head, Project & Design SEA

Education: Bachelor's Degree in project management or equivalent studied.

Professional: 15-20 year's experience in a customer focused construction and development leadership role. Experience working with multi-unit retail, or retail equivalent chains. Financial and budgeting experience with ability to forecast capital expenditures in anticipation of business needs.

IT Skills: MS Office - Advanced; Auto-CAD and Design Software

Language Skills: Bi-lingual/multi-lingual a plus. Fluency in English is must.

Project Management 
1)    Evaluate and provide feedback on incoming store projects (new, relocations, refurbishments), including design lay-out, installation and timelines, ensuring that design and lay-out is done in line with Global guidelines and principles
2)    Ensure the design process incorporates PUMA Retail Standards, including SKU capacity vs Sales Plan
3)    Provide guidance and support to ensure that Project Plans are realistic and enables timely opening of the store, incorporating visual merchandising and operational set-up
4)    Provide enhanced support and services to countries without Store Development functions, including Project Planning
Fixture Planning & Review
1)    Provide support to region/countries to ensure that all aspects of the opening are considered in the planning process
2)    Review the placement of the store fixture orders on behalf of region/countries to ensure accurate and timely orders, in line with design guidelines and capacity calculations
3)    Coordinate information on order status and delivery between fixture supplier(s) and the country, ensuring timely delivery or early warnings in case of project timing issues
Store Database Management 
1)    Through collection and validation of data in E-base, ensure that the region/country has a complete overview of all Branded consumer touch points, ranging from franchise, distributor-owned and Owned & Operated PUMA stores, including Shop in shops, Free-standing stores and Full Price and Factory Outlet stores
2)    Align and coordinate with region/countries, distributors and Global Retail, ensuring that a project pipeline is updated weekly with regards to budgeted, incoming and pending store openings by country, store type and date
3)    Provide monthly updates to senior management on the project pipeline as well existing stores
Store Concepts and Fixtures
1)    Ensure that regon/in country, including distributor  within the country have up-to-date information on all current store concepts, design guidelines and –principles
2)    Ensure that the ordering process for fixtures and other Store Development related products and services are documented and understood by  the region and individual countries
3)    Approval of fixture ordering process via GSM system
Library Management 
1)    Responsible for maintaining a library of installation guides and fixture component designs and specifications  for all store concepts in existense throughout the country
2)    Provide information and support when required to region/countries in order to ensure that fixtures can be maintained or repaired in accordance with the original design intent

Project Administration / Other Duties
1)    Collaborate with PUMA Legal team on all lease negotiation and contract management to ensure adherence to brand standards and maximise landlord contributions towards project cost.
2)    Assist in real estate site selection and pre-lease site surverys to ensure all budgets are accurately reflected on site conditions
3)    Develop and maintain a solid motivated team that achieves optimal results and exceeds established goals and operate independently to implement global vision with minimal directions and oversight
4)    Preparation of annual budgeting and forecasting