Project Manager, Contract Furniture - Remote (MO, IL & IN)

Staples is a full-service company with a network of local distribution centers in the United States, providing a wide range of office productivity services. They are seeking an experienced furniture Project Manager who is customer-focused and capable of managing large projects across multiple locations.

Responsibilities:

• Seeking experienced furniture Project Manager with large project, multiple (nationwide) customer location experience that is capable of working as part of a team being extremely customer focused
• Project Manager who fully understands deadlines and complexities having an expertise in creating project timelines, reading drawings, having working knowledge of building interfaces for electrical and data
• Successful candidate should know how to budget a project, allocate resources, and mitigate risk
• Also, should enjoy interaction with trades and end user client groups alike and have a good grasp of both the spoken and written word as well as good presentation skills
• Average travel could be approximately 40-50% annually within market area to include car or airline and/or approximately an additional 10% out of market travel
• Some overnights to be expected in both cases

Requirements:

• High School Diploma required
• Minimum of three (3) years of project management and/or design and/or construction experience required
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to read and understand construction drawings, furniture specification plans and other architectural drawings
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong business acumen
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Possessing a great attention to detail
• Having extreme customer focus
• Bachelor's Degree desired
• Furniture Dealership or Furniture Manufacture experience
• CAPM or higher preferred (PMP)