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Manager, Fixture Design
Ralph Lauren
New York, NY, United States
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Ralph Lauren Corporation is a leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For nearly 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets.
Purpose and Scope: Management of the retail store fixture design/ development and financial process for global Ralph Lauren factory store concepts, including US, Europe and APAC. Development of store fixtures to ensure architectural design integrity. Bidding and financial aspects of the millwork design process of store fixtures. Works with internal RLSD and oversees the work of vendors and consultants outside of Ralph Lauren.
Key Responsibilities:
Procurement of fixtures and furniture:
• Develop schematic drawings based on information from Architecture & Design, Visual Presentation and Merchant groups.
• Source materials and vendors with focus on high quality product within budget parameters.
• Review shop drawings to ensure fixtures and furniture are being built to RLSD design specifications.
• Develop prototypes as a working model prior to order placement.
• Recommend new or revised fixtures with a proactive approach to continually improve current fixture design and standards.
Bidding of fixtures and furniture:
• Provide preliminary pricing spreadsheets for budget purposes.
• Develop bid templates regionally for use in bidding global projects.
• Issue RFP's to qualified millwork vendors from approved list.
• Coordinate with millworkers to obtain project bids for new stores, renovations as well as fixture drops and custom projects.
• Evaluate bids received and provide comparisons based on historical data.
• Maintain central millwork library for reference in global millwork purchases.
• Interface with CAD department on fixture library data for centralized database.
Act as liaison between Ralph Lauren, developers and millwork vendors:
• Direct the work of millwork vendors from initial design concepts through fabrication.
• Negotiate national contractual pricing.
• Review and evaluate vendor and supplier performance.
• Prepare requests for proposals in conjunction with RL Procurement.
• Review bid packages received from vendors.
• Award contracts to successful project bidders.
Manage logistics of fixture programs:
• Create purchase orders for all financial expenditures.
• Schedule and manage shipments to stores.
• Verify receipt of items to stores.
• Prepare a punch list either through Construction department, store personnel or site visits.
• Create a fixtures/ furniture reference manual for all stores including maintenance guidelines/ procedures and instructions for hardware change-outs.
Financial Responsibility:
• Provide asset management fort all retail store fixtures.
• Achieve cost savings through import bulk purchasing programs.
• Manage asset removal and transfer of fixtures between stores.
• Monitor condition of fixtures through close contact with retail store staff and Store Development department.
• Track on-going costs to ensure budget compliance.
• Evaluate depreciation information for use in fixture repair and warranty assessment.
• Prepare budget spreadsheets.
• Report information to Architecture & Design, Construction, Operations, and Visual Presentation.
Qualifications:
• College degree preferred.
• Degree in Interior Design or related field of study.
• 3-5 years experience.
• Must have knowledge of technical equipment necessary to do space plans and generate/ revise display and fixture drawings.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD release 2010, 3D Studio, Word, Excel, and Microsoft Project.
• Knowledge of millwork standards, details and construction.
• Analytical skills, attention to detail, ability to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Travel commensurate with volume of projects.
Ralph Lauren is an equal opportunity employer. We offer dynamic career opportunities with growth potential and a generous company discount.