Mid Level Design Project Manager Jobs

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.

Pay Range: $69,395 - $86,050

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle
As a Store Design Project Manager, you'll lead the planning and execution of retail store projects from concept to completion, including remodels, fixture updates, graphics, and facility enhancements, while ensuring alignment with budgets, timelines, and brand standards.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Lead: the end-to-end execution of retail store projects, managing scope, budgets, timelines, resources, and deliverables from initial concept through project completion
• Coordinate: cross-functional teams, vendors, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives
• Manage: vendor relationships, including bid processes, contract negotiations, performance oversight, and cost management to achieve high-quality results
• Drive: project communication by providing updates, presentations, documentation, and reporting that keep leadership and stakeholders informed of progress and key decisions
• Enhance: the in-store and employee experience by partnering with merchandising, brand, and operational teams to implement fixtures, graphics, displays, and facility improvements
• Identify: opportunities for innovation, continuous improvement, and cost savings through effective project management practices, site evaluations, and creative problem-solving

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s degree in business, related field or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years on-going project management that includes being in charge of multiple projects and timelines, coordinating people, details and action plans
• A basic working knowledge of construction trades and practices as it relates to building operation and processes
• Able to read, understand and red-line construction documents and fixture shop drawings
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, Excel, Outlook, Word, etc
• Experience with project management and tracking software tools (e.g. MS Planner or similar platforms)
• Experience with 3D imaging or modeling tools (e.g. Ricoh Theta, Matterport) preferred
• Ability to work night, weekend and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Must be flexible with work schedule
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record
• Preferred experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, etc.) along with 3D visualization tools such as Sketchup or Rhino
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check

Benefits: What’s in It for You?

As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:

• Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture – Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• You’ll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM’s 401(k) and you’re eligible for company match after one year. NFM’s 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option

Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer