Regional Project Manager

About the role

The Regional Project Manager will lead store opening and renovation projects for Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands across the assigned region. This role ensures timely hand‑overs, cost efficiency, and high‑quality execution while coordinating a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare work schedules, forecast hand‑over dates and anticipate potential delays for new and renovated stores.
• Conduct regular site visits and maintain continuous communication with visual merchandising, design, landlord, franchise, RBD, vendors, operations, and legal teams.
• Organise project steering meetings, produce project reports and maintain comprehensive documentation such as site visit reports, checklists and hand‑over documents.
• Invite, vet and forward vendor estimates to the commercial team for purchase order creation; manage site measurements and bill certifications.
• Achieve a target of completing projects within 39 days.
• Develop and onboard up to 10 new vendors in the region as per forecasted needs.
• Control costs for new and renovation stores, explore and implement new infrastructure trends and energy‑efficient solutions to reduce utility costs by at least 5%.
• Oversee repairs and maintenance, ensuring jobs are completed within 9 days from approval.

Required profile

• Proven experience in retail store development, project management or construction within a fast‑moving consumer goods or apparel environment.
• Strong ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage vendor relationships.
• Analytical mindset with a focus on cost control and timeline adherence.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Required skills