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Summary
Job Family Group Description – Information Technology:
Gathers jobs providing support to the business through IT services and expertise. Includes fields such as IT business solutions, data and infrastructure management and systems infrastructure.
Job Family Description -IT Management/Generalist:
Managers IT-based operations and services to meet IT requirements that support short and long-term business needs. Ensures the development and maintenance of business application systems and their successful integration and operation within our company’s business environment. Coordinates the use of internal technical support personnel to ensure troubleshooting, maintenance and efficient end-user support.
Job Description
ROLE MISSION
The MEA IT Project Specialist – Stores will be based in UAE and work within the Store Projects EMEA team. He or She will manage all projects for store opening, closing, relocation, refurbishment, etc. for all Kering fashion brands in the Middle East region such as Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia & Africa.
He or she will be responsible of the coordination of the tasks, the overall planning of the projects, the communication with brand store planning and retail operations, in collaboration with the rest of EMEA Tech team.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Interfaces with local Brands contacts for all store opening, closing, refurbishment and relocation in UAE and other countries within MEA region as needed
- Responsible to maintain accurate planning and control with multiple projects running at the same time
- Work in partnership with the rest of EMEA team to accomplish necessary task (NW setup, HW provisioning etc…)
- Installation of all IT equipment and services, from infrastructure to applications and devices
- Manage store opening post go-live support, providing on-site assistance until site readiness to move to standard support
- Collaborate with Kering Tech application teams (mainly regional, but also Global ones when necessary…) to properly test in advance the store setup and to troubleshoot go-live issues
- Create or update technical documentation for post go-live support of new/refurbished stores
- Collaborate with service suppliers and regional project teams to ensure Solutions maintainability in stores
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- The candidate should have, at least 3 to 4 years of experience in IT project management
- He/She should be allowed to travel to all MEA countries to perform his/her duties
- He/She is knowledgeable on main processes used in retail and POS areas, moreover he/she has IT skills on office systems and their criticalities
- Good understanding of network technology, proven experience in installation, basic configuration and testing of WAN, LAN and WLAN equipment
- Previous experience in a similar role with medium/large, multinational companies is preferred
- Education: atleast a Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited university
- Ability to communicate with Brands business teams, Kering Tech apps team and stores users and interact with the local users in order to assist on any request during project execution and post project launch
- Excellent knowledge of English language, proficiency in Arabic language would be a plus
Job Type
Regular
Start Date
2022-07-01
Schedule
Full time
Organization
KERING MEA
