Store Construction & Design Specialist; Mandarin

About TESO Group
Founded in 2017 in New York, TESO Group is an Asian-inspired lifestyle retail company bringing premium Asian products and culture to the U.S. market. With brands including TESO LIFE, TESO X, and TESO Mini, we offer a curated mix of beauty, snacks, home goods, and trendy collectibles—delivering quality, value, and a unique shopping experience.

Position Overview
Using new-store base drawings, field measurements and company standards, develop internal storefront designs, space layouts and shelving plans. First plan shelving, checkout counters, stockrooms/back-of-house and major functional areas, then submit the plan to the Merchandising Department for confirmation of category zones, shelving quantities and key displays. Incorporate confirmed business-side power/data outlets, equipment positions and the shelving bill of materials (BOM). Following Construction Manager approval, provide controlled drawings and requirements through the Construction Specialist to locally licensed drafters/architects for preparation of official permit drawings.

Place approved shelving orders with designated suppliers in China and track production, shipping, delivery and exception resolution. This position does not replace licensed local professionals in code-compliant design, professional stamping or government permit submission.

Job Responsibilities

1. Site Information Intake and Baseline Verification

a. Receive new-store base plans, site measurements, photographs/videos, landlord standards, floor area, address, column grid, doors/windows, entrances/exits, existing MEP conditions and other project materials.

b. Check drawing scale, critical dimensions, ceiling heights, columns/walls/doors, back-of-house conditions and known constraints; request additional field measurements from the drafter or elevate missing/conflicting information to the Construction Manager.

c. Create project IDs, drafting schedules, revision numbers and document directories to prevent mixing information across stores or project stages.

a. Identify locally licensed drafters, architects or engineers with retail project experience; compile licenses, quotations, service scopes, schedules and relevant projects for Construction Manager approval.

b. Confirm storefront renovation requirements and overall design direction with the Construction Manager; communicate storefront design requirements to the drafter and coordinate execution.

c. Prepare internal layouts under company store formats and construction standards, planning customer flow, main aisles, category C areas, shelving, endcaps, promotional displays, checkout, entrances and back-of-house, including stockroom, office, employee, receiving and replenishment flow.

d. Define shelving and equipment types, dimensions, quantities, spacing, orientation and placement based on operational needs and site constraints, balancing space utilization, merchandising capacity, efficiency and constructability.

e. Transfer approved layouts, functional requirements, landlord standards and site information to approved local licensed designers; coordinate measurements and agree design milestones.

f. Check architectural, MEP, fire and life-safety permit drawings produced by licensed local designers against confirmed business layouts and fundamental requirements; identify and coordinate correction of discrepancies.

a. Submit preliminary shelving layouts to Merchandising and confirm beauty, general merchandise, collectibles/cultural-creative category zones, shelving counts, featured products/display locations and capacity requirements.

b. Revise…