Retail Design Manager

**Our Story**

Scentre Group is the owner and operator of 42 Westfield living centres in Australia and New Zealand. Our purpose is to create extraordinary places, connecting and enriching communities.

We partner with the world’s leading retail brands to create the places more people choose to come, more often, for longer. Our 42 physical destinations are the heart of our business because we are passionate in our belief that people want to come together in the real world.

We are also ambitious to grow, by expanding and enhancing the total Westfield experience through technology, digital products, data and differentiated customer experiences.

**Your opportunity**

As the Retail Design Manager, you will be responsible for executing the Retail Design elements of the Strategic Asset Plans and stakeholder's designs for each asset. You are responsible for efficiently delivering inspirational retail design outcomes and delivering tenancies that exceed our customers' expectations, through efficient management and completion of tasks associated with and in support of the shop opening process.

The Retail Design & Delivery team provide guidance, advice and support to our stakeholders through the shop opening journey within our assets. The Retail Design Manager role is critical in guiding and influencing our business partners to best practice.

Key accountabilities:

- Provide input into the Retail Design Strategy to ensure each Asset’s needs are reflected
- Utilise the Retail Design Strategy and industry research to ensure shop designs and shop improvements are inspirational, relevant and deliver on the product and tenancy visions in the Strategic Asset plans
- Manage the quality of the build with shopfitters, with the Retail Delivery Coordinator
- Obtain all necessary approvals and work to tight deadlines
- Issue drawings to our Scentre Group Construction team for pricing and liaise with retailers to facilitate the works
- Ensure shop designs adhere to Design Companions, Design Requirements and any relevant Precinct Specific Design Criteria
- Influence internal and external (shopfitters, designers etc.) stakeholders to deliver the best practice retail design outcomes for each asset
- Act as the one point of contact for Retailers, providing ongoing guidance, consultation and partnership and to develop business and design direction

This role will have you supporting several projects working closely with the Leasing & Retail Solutions team, Shopfitters, Designers and broader Asset teams. Strong communication and engagement with stakeholders and your team is imperative in achieving positive outcome of effective project delivery.

**What sets you apart from the rest?**

You will be a passionate, dynamic, self-motivated individual who enjoys working in a high performing culture. You’ll be a confident communicator and enjoy developing relationships cross functionally. Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to lead, negotiate, influence and collaborate is essential in this fast paced and exciting role.
- Degree/Diploma in Design/Interior Design/Architecture
- Minimum 5 years working in the Retail Design Industry
- Proven experience in onsite project management and delivery in the Retail Design space
- Working within teams and leading others to achieve results
- Possess excellent problem-solving, communication skills and inter-personal relationship building skills
- Leadership and people management experience
- Negotiating, influencing, problem solving, concise and clear communication, concepts design

**What sets us apart from the rest?**
- Market leading benefits including, 5 weeks of annual/lifestyle leave, 18 weeks parental leave (no waiting period), volunteer days to work with our charity partners, health and wellbeing discounts, and the ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Diverse career paths across our vertically integrated business
- We are proud of our strong people culture. We encourage our people to innovate, be curious and drive their career to great heights

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.