Associate Project Manager

Associate Project Manager

The Associate Project Manager will be responsible for supporting a program of high-impact, high-volume retail merchandising projects. This role will help ensure project work across multiple product categories and retail environments is flawlessly implemented by our in-house retail studio.

As the Associate Project Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining and managing inputs/outputs in a bespoke data management and planogram output tool. You will facilitate efficient project workflow, develop and manage project timelines, and closely monitor project tracking. You will also play a role in continuously supporting process optimization and innovation.

You will collaborate with dedicated creative, production and quality assurance teams, as well as work closely with agency leads and client stakeholders. This is a terrific opportunity to work with a blue-chip client! Candidates must be located in or around the San Jose / Santa Clara / Sunnyvale, California area.

This role is remote and must be willing to work in Pacific time zone hours.

What You'll Do:

• Manage small retail merchandising projects independently or support senior project management to lead a portion of a larger engagement on time & on budget while exceeding client expectations. Projects focus on developing, iterating, and distributing retail store planograms at large scale volumes, with a strong focus on product-driven updates. The team is responsible for developing detailed schematics that determine where and how products should be displayed on tables, shelves and fixtures.
• Support program management on scheduling, tracking, change management, evaluating, and controlling tasks.
• Set clear expectations for tasks and deliverables across teams accountable for work, communicating clearly to the team and providing proper materials/documentation when necessary.
• Anticipate, identify, and communicate risks, seeking guidance from senior leads to assist in mitigating any issues.
• Provide ongoing monitoring of progress such as project status, issue resolution, task and allocation management, and timeline tracking; consult with team and adjust as needed.
• Adopt automation and embrace tools to streamline efficiency.
• Exceptional attention to detail is crucial to ensure all aspects of the planograms are accurately implemented and maintained. This includes managing inventory, understanding product placement, and ensuring compliance with established planograms.
• Previous exposure to projects in the retail planning & merchandising space is a plus, such as familiarity with:
• Production teams that use modeling and rendering software to develop retail floor/space diagrams, table/fixture layouts, and product icons.
• Quality assurance to validate that all deliverables meet exacting specifications such as consistency, visual indicators, spacing/sizing, product accuracy, and volume accuracy.
• How the customer experience in retail affects space planning decisions.
• Business drivers and considerations for merchandising teams, store planning teams, and retail partners worldwide.

• 2+ years of project management experience in an agency environment managing a high volume of projects aligned to product life cycles.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly to drive workflow steps and internal processes, and the ability to work with distributed global teams.
• Exposure to standard communication, project management and workflow tools.
• Ideally, some familiarity with retail merchandising projects focused on planogram development.
• Experience in the consumer electronics industry is a plus.

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• 'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet…