November 6, 2024

Promotion Execution Partners PEP

Cincinnati

FULL TIME

Associate Display Project Lead

Job Title: Associate Display Project Lead
Reports To: Display Project Lead or Associate Director, Display Operations
FLSA Status: Full Time - Salaried, Exempt
Location: Cincinnati preferred.

Who is pep:
When smart business, a drive for success, and a family atmosphere combine, you get pep! At pep, we help deliver the strategy for brands worldwide– seamlessly managing all the details so that the brand can stay focused on their big picture. Through our expertise in marketing operations, we help execute our clients’ marketing campaigns more effectively than anyone else in the world. We know that sourcing is essential to brand success as well, so we’ve become experts in leveraging scale and spend to save our clients’ time and money. We’re not all talk- our results back us up too! To date, we’ve managed campaigns for over 750 brands, delivering an average of 21% savings on over $5 billion in marketing spend. Our success also pays it forward to our employees by allowing us to offer paid parental leave, work-life flexibility and remote working opportunities to name a few. Want to be a part of something original? Check out our growing team and join us!

https://www.peppromotions.com/Join-Us/Job-Listings

Summary of Position:
The Associate Display Project Lead is a role focusing on the project management of temporary and semi-permanent point-of-purchase (POP) displays including coordination of display design, development, production, assembly, and ship to trade. As an Associate Display Project Lead, you will be responsible for campaign management from conception to final delivery of displays for your assigned business unit. You will execute projects flawlessly while delivering against procurement strategies and goals. The Associate Display Project Lead is responsible for maintaining a project management workload, and assisting leadership with key initiatives including developing and implementing best in class processes, delivering cost savings, and driving time and resource efficiencies. Entrepreneurial leadership, attention to detail, relationship management, communication, problem solving, and analytical skills are a must to drive value for our clients. Ideal candidates will be goal-oriented, self-motivated, resilient, highly conscientious, and have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. The ability to build strong relationships while collaborating remotely will be key to successfully fulfilling this role.

Key Responsibilities and Attributes:

Manage POP display campaigns from conception to completion
Collaborate with client to assemble all necessary campaign specifications
Create and manage campaign budget, timeline, and communication
Ensure that the campaign meets all legal and policy guidelines/requirements
Manage campaign scope changes as needed while ensuring an on-time and on-budget execution
Issue bids to suppliers and award business according to defined purchasing policies and guidelines
In conjunction with supplier partners, provide client with recommendations for cost and/or time efficiencies
Create purchase orders and manage corresponding invoices
Complete data entry to track and document all relevant project details in pep and client systems
Meet or exceed client team metrics and lead by example
Support the Display Project Lead or Associate Director, Display Operations of your assigned category(ies) with overarching team and client initiatives
Drive project management excellence mentor for Display Coordinators
Other duties assigned as needed

Client & Supplier Relationships:

Consult upstream with your client contacts so you are positioned to drive speed to market, cost efficiencies, and process improvements
Build and grow collaborative relationships with supplier partners
Conduct regular meetings with clients and suppliers to ensure flawless execution and delivery
Quarterly travel to client’s US based headquarters required, along with minimal travel to suppliers or pep headquarters

POP Knowledge & Expertise:

Assist in the establishment, development, and improvement of processes and procedures
Develop and apply expertise related to display design and production to deliver best in class POP activations for clients
Utilize experience with retail environments, style guides, seasonal resets and in-store trends to deliver increased value to pep and pep’s clients
Continually strive to become a POP expert for your category, keeping up to date with industry trends, and best practices
Ability to read and interpret documents including but not limited to Dielines, Planograms, Technical Drawings, Bills of Material, Bills of Lading, and more

Metrics:
Maintain strong metrics in relation to:

Cost savings
Time and resource efficiency
Error rate
On-time, on-budget and on-scope delivery
SLA adherence
Client satisfaction rating
Individual project management metrics
Stewardship and innovation recommendations

Knowledge/Skills Preferred:

Bachelors Degree with a 2.8+ GPA from four-year college or university; or Minimum 18 months of applicable business experience
Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in project management, POP, print, or displays
Experience with the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Experience in the Beauty industry a plus

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. A successful candidate will have the following skills:

Extremely organized with the ability to communicates effectively across multiple parties
Ability to identify and provide creative solutions to challenges
Ability to collaborate with team members remotely to improve processes to provide value and efficiency
Agile and able to deliver in an extremely fast-paced environment while managing a high workload
Independent work style with a team player mindset and an enthusiastic and energetic approach
Ability to effectively utilize staff including collaborating with subject matter experts and delegating as appropriate
Strong skills and knowledge in the following applications: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Excel. Typing skills should be a minimum of 55 wpm

pep provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, pep complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

pep expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of pep’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.