Project Manager

Project

Manager 

Why You?

You are looking for something more creative, intellectually stimulating and collaborative. You dig finding balance and can solve challenges with grace. Your process driven and committed to completing the job. You are bold, full of ideas and want to be part of a team that is hungry to win. If this sounds like you, we would like to talk.

Why Us?

Your work will be amplified as it enables other organizations to deliver great results. That is because BASK exists to be bold in the way we bring spaces and environments to life to help build cultures, reflect brands, and enrich lives. Our work creates meaningful impact because we put soul and originality into everything we do.

BASK is the premier Southern California furniture design studio and a Minority Owned Business that offers workspace consultation/planning, procurement, delivery, installation, and on-going maintenance to support our clients’ vision and goals. Serving Southern California while also offering national service capabilities, we help our customers to create innovative work environments that inspire people to excel wherever and however they work. We create environments tailored to the way you do business and that support company culture by encouraging collaboration, fostering creativity, promoting productivity, inspiring innovation, and supporting wellbeing.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience provides an environment for us to revel in and pushes our mission forward every day. We focus on inclusion and that means everyone is comfortable bringing their authentic and best self to work every day.

What You Will Do 

The Project Manager, reporting to the VP, Client Experience, is responsible for the leadership and successful installation coordination of assigned projects that will include but not be limited to; new workstations, workstation reconfigures, casegoods, ancillary furniture, technology, and architectural projects. You’ll lead projects from order entry to final closeout, but also work hand and hand with the Client Experience Managers to develop strategies for successful execution throughout the design and specification phases.

You are the main point of contact for our customers and various trades leading up to and through the completion of assigned projects. You will plan, coordinate and oversee all tasks, critical dates, client and third party interface and relations, performance quality and customer satisfaction, budget and project administration for each assigned project.

The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that the objective of each project is accomplished within budget and meets customer requirements and applicable job standards. This is a highly collaborative environment, and you will work closely with internal and external teams daily. We will consistently follow and improve processes to ensure consistent and repeatable project execution resulting in an experience customers can BASK in!

Primary Focus Areas:

• Acts as the communication hub and point of contact with customers, field leads, sales representatives, designers and third-party contractors
• Develops and communicates work plan, schedule and logistics based on overall project parameters, project schedule, scope and customers goals
• Performs site visits to verify field dimensions, building regulations, dock access, elevator status, and certificates of insurance to ensure accurate labor estimates
• Provides solutions to customer issues by continually assessing the changing needs of the customer and design space, making appropriate decisions to correct the problem, and communicating those solutions to the customer, and the greater team
• Maintains detailed project documentation, including project folders, documentation of key project decisions, sign offs and approvals throughout all project phases 
• Provides timely, formal communications throughout project to client and project team
• Monitors all job costs, project billings, labor cost and change orders
• Determines all critical shipping information including product arrival timing, boxed or unboxed, tagging sequences etc.
• Conducts walk through with customers and project lead at time of completion to identify and resolve punch list
• Confirms project completion and ensures all invoicing is timely and accurate.

Additional Skills and Attributes:

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, organization, and customer (internal and external) support orientation
• Excellent leadership skills, combining a low-ego approach, competitive spirit, and ability to motivate and empower others
• A team leader that possesses solid communication skills, including verbal, written, presentation and listening skills with demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Detail and process oriented, innovative, creative, proactive, and flexible
• Flexibility to travel between BASK locations.

The Experience You Will Bring

• B.A./B.S. degree
• 3-5 years’ experience working at a commercial furniture manufacturer or furniture dealer
• 3-5 years’ experience coordinating multiple stakeholders to a successful outcome, preferably in an operations role.
• Has a strong knowledge of all aspects of furniture management, including the order preparation and management, installation, and furniture project administration
• Hedberg software experience is preferred. 
• PC skills - Advanced level with MS Office Suite

Why You will Love Working for BASK

• Competitive compensation and 401(k)
• Career pathing
• Collaborative and supportive culture
• Medical, dental, and short- and long-Term Disability
• PTO and Paid Holidays

Enjoy our Perks, Perks, Perks!

• Hybrid work schedule
• Free healthy snacks and lunches
• Bring your dog to work
• Annual employee and family events; impromptu celebrations and team outings
• Quarterly company Town Halls with annual community service event
• Company-funded annual charitable giving 

In compliance with California’s Pay Transparency Act (SB 1162), the annual base salary range for this position is $65,000.00 - $75,000.00. The salary information is a general guideline. BASK considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.