Sr. Project Manager, Field Construction

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Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Status: Full-time / 100% on-site

Compensation: $110,000 - $150,000 annually

Position Summary

Kith is seeking a Field Construction Senior Manager. This role will be responsible for the realization of all KITH locations inclusive of offices, brick?and?mortar stores, and shop?in?shops. Under the direction of the Head of Global Store Expansion, build?out concepts in line with brand vision and oversee third?party vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and construction of all new KITH retail stores.
• Work closely with the KITH design team to develop design concepts that capture the brand's vision.
• Ensure quality control by reviewing multiple drawing sets, shop drawings, and coordinated plans prior to approval. Coordinate the needs of multiple teams such as visual merchandising, operations, IT and marketing.
• Have a strong understanding of local building codes, lease agreements, construction schedules, budgets and reporting.
• Engage with consultants, AORs and GCs to progress the permitting and construction stages of each project. Draft, own and maintain requests for proposals, bid documents, bid leveling sheets, submittals and cost reports.
• Create risk registers to identify and mitigate potential project risks and ensure the team is prepared for various situations.
• Play an active role on site to ensure the progress from the GC, subcontractors and vendors aligns with the construction schedule.
• Think on your feet when problems arise on site and create quick solutions for the project to progress.
• Have strong communication skills and understand how to approach different situations with different teams.
• Close out projects quickly and efficiently, including punch list, financial closeout and lien releases.
• Oversee the repairs and maintenance of all current retail stores and prioritize issues that would affect staff and/or trade.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required in architecture, construction management or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional experience as a project manager.
• Prior experience must include brick?and?mortar retail.
• Knowledge of CAD drafting and MS Office.
• Understanding of building code requirements.
• Strong communication skills proactive in reporting the Expansion teams work to the wider business.
• Ability to lead a team and utilize each members strengths effectively to deliver each project.
  

Personal Characteristics

• Keen: Works with high attention to detail, ensuring that all aspects of an assignment, project and/or process are thought through and delivered for optimal results.
• Innovative: Works with a forward?thinking, solution?oriented mindset; ensuring projects, processes and procedures are built out for long?term and within brand's best interest.
• Team Player: Works well cross?functionally, and among their teams; ensuring the decisions made are shared as a collective effort, with a high level of awareness of impact on others.
• Heart: Works with passion and care; ensuring that strong ethics and empathy are continuously exuded. Their behavior reflects the brand's vision, mission and goals.
• Tenacious: Understands the nature of luxury retail construction and does whatever it takes to finish the project on time.
  

Who We Are

Established in 2011 in New York City, KITH is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of mens, womens and childrens apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. KITH embodies a multi?faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail in fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and for working closely with a carefully selected set of best?in?class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world and 3 shop?in?shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fiegs childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelles at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.

The Kinnect Foundation, a non?profit established and operated by Kith, is devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Fraudulent Email Warning

All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering remote or hybrid work, is fraudulent.

Seniority Level

Mid?Senior level

Employment Type

Full?time

Job Function

Project Management and Information Technology

Industry

Retail

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