Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager – Retail Fit Out 🚀
📍 Leicester Area (Head Office: Syston, Leicester) | Nationwide Contracts | Blue-Chip Clients
Are you a project manager who’s ready to join a dynamic fit-out and refurbishment business with real craft, reputation, and ambition?
We represent a growing interior fit-out, shopfitting and POS manufacturer & installer that works with high profile global retail and commercial brands, design agencies and multi-site roll-outs. They specialise in everything from retail stores and bespoke displays (POS) to full interior fit-outs. Their site manufacture facilities (joinery, spraying, metal work etc.), tight client relationships, and end-to-end project delivery make them a leader in delivering high quality, cost-efficient projects.
They’re now seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large retail fit-out contracts across the UK. If you’re experienced, organised, client-facing, and ready to oversee projects from quote to install, this could be the perfect move.
✨ What’s in it for you:
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Work with big name retail and commercial clients, delivering stand-out store roll-outs, POS roll-outs, and refurbishment works.
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Be part of a business that combines in-house manufacture, bespoke joinery/metal work, and on-site installation, giving you real control over quality and delivery.
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Role based out of Leicester head office with regular travel to sites nationwide.
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Competitive salary, benefits and chances to grow your career as the company continues to secure blue chip clients and expand.
🎯 What we’re looking for in the Senior Project Manager:
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Substantial experience managing large retail fit-out and refurbishment contracts (multi-site roll-outs an advantage).
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Project Manager with strong track record of delivery: on time, within budget, excellent quality.
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Prince2 qualification desirable.
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High competence in cost control, value engineering, risk management.
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Strong leadership: able to manage site teams, subcontractors, supply chain.
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Excellent communication skills: client liaison, internal teams, reporting.
📌 Key responsibilities of a Senior Project Manager in commercial fit-out & refurbishment:
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Oversee the full project life cycle: from survey / brief through manufacturing, installation / shopfitting, to handover.
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Manage overall project budget, forecasting, cost control and value engineering.
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Develop, maintain and drive project programmes to meet deadlines across multiple sites.
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Supervise and coordinate site teams, subcontractors, suppliers and in-house manufacturing (joinery / metalwork / spray / finishing).
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Ensure compliance with health & safety, quality assurance, environmental standards.
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Act as main point of contact with clients: build relationships, manage expectations, negotiate changes.
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Monitor and manage procurement, supply chain logistics, materials lead times.
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Troubleshoot issues: resolve delays, contract disputes, site challenges.
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Produce regular project reports & updates for senior management and clients.
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Maintain close collaboration between design, production, site, and client teams to ensure coherence.
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Ensure installations (POS, shopfitting, interiors) meet design specifications and quality standards.
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Drive continuous improvement: cost savings, process efficiencies, risk mitigation, and client satisfaction.
🔑 If you’re a project manager who’s passionate about delivering high-impact retail fit-outs, thrives under pressure, loves managing complexity, and wants to grow with a company that values craft and excellence, then this is your moment.
👉 Apply now and become the Senior Project Manager who delivers standout retail spaces across the UK