Specialist II, Space Planning Converse China

Supports retail store design, construction supervision and maintenance across the Greater China market, working within global retail store design guidelines. It involves coordinating with regional sales, contractors, vendors and external design partners to deliver stores that meet quality standards, budgets and market requirements. The position also supports fixture planning, vendor management and cross-functional communication with teams such as visual merchandising and retail marketing.

• Deliver China store design work, including store design and communication with the regional sales team.
• Integrate and adjust the global retail store design guidelines into a design format suited to the Greater China market, and implement it.
• Support leadership of environment design and fixture/construction material mock-up reviews.
• Supervise store construction by tracking progress and communicating with local contractors and accounts.
• Manage fixture production planning and inventory management to secure door opening.
• Manage store fixture supplementary requests related to store activity on time, covering prototype review, quotation and ordering, delivery and payment execution.
• Follow daily store maintenance to support retail business operations, and manage maintenance follow-up actions, cost review and process improvement.
• Maintain effective cross-functional communication to meet store quality standards, individual store budgets and market requirements.
• Handle vendor docking, daily order processes and store investment analysis.
• Collaborate with external design agencies, local architects, general contractors and other suppliers to ensure CONVERSE retail standards, and support vendor management including new vendor onboarding/training, performance review and quality improvement.

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial or Environmental Design.
• Minimum of 3-5 years work experience in interior design.
• Software skills in CAD, Rhino and SketchUp.
• Proven exceptional ability to visually communicate retail store design intent through hand sketches or software modelling for ideation, material application, scale/dimensions, spatial layout and zoning.
• Highly effective communicator and team player able to connect with relevant teams including visual merchandising and retail marketing.
• Knowledge of latest retail design and fixture trends in China and globally, especially across the sportswear industry.
• Ability to coordinate with contractors and external vendors, including design consultants and fixture manufacturers.
• Proactive, flexible and resourceful mindset for a dynamic environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

• Experience in retail design within the sportswear apparel and footwear industries.