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