Installations Project Manager

Company: Vanilla Recruitment
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Location: Lutterworth
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you lead the delivery of POS installation projects for a busy retail design agency, coordinating across local UK and international deployments. You will drive deployment quality, collaborate with external partners and internal teams, and manage on-site compliance and reporting. This position offers hands-on project leadership in a fast-paced environment with global brand partners. You’ll shape installation programs and contribute to a high-impact retail design agenda.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • mon-fri 9am-5:30pm with early finish on Friday
  • free parking
  • 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • length of service-based leave allowance

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate, administer and activate installation projects with a focus on quality
  • Collaborate with external suppliers, partners and internal colleagues
  • Create deployment briefs, RAMS and SOW
  • Oversee daily QC compliance and mitigate obstacles
  • Organise and book retail installations and liaise with store managers
  • Manage the reporting platform and related data
  • Ensure on-site deployment works are executed correctly
  • Assess task and resource requirements, order fulfilment items and create picking lists
  • Create supplier POs and manage budgets
  • Analyse project progress and adjust scope, timelines or costs as needed
  • Produce compliance reports (internal and external)

Key requirements

  • Extensive experience in a project management role within a retail design and installation business
  • Up-to-date knowledge of the retail design sector, trends and industry developments
  • Understanding of design and manufacturing processes
  • Ability to manage projects through their critical path and meet SLAs
  • IT proficiency with advanced MS Excel and experience using Team Haven
  • Self-motivated with a proactive, problem-solving mindset
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills
  • Attention to detail and good organisation/time-management
  • Self-motivation
  • Proactive communication
  • Negotiation
  • Attention to detail
  • MS Excel (advanced)
  • Team Haven

Posted: September 14th, 2026