Editions Design Manager

Editions Design Manager

Location - HQ

As the Editions Design Manager,  you’ll acquire an acute understanding of our restaurant partners, Site Operations & providers. You’ll develop tracking and documentation for our Editions estate, own the asset management process, drive the maximum value of our estate assets, and execute kitchen and site development requests. Success in this role will require the development of effective working relationships with our site operations, maintenance, commercial and teams across Deliveroo Editions and external suppliers. Experience with commercial kitchens and F&B is essential for this role.

The New Verticals Launch Team is a dynamic, fast-paced team that manages all projects globally across our editions(Delivery Only Kitchens) and Hop (Rapid Grocery Delivery) sites. The team delivers 100+ projects per year, working with small independent businesses through to large multinational brands. The team manages projects and R&M, which are worth millions of pounds per year.

• Manage the kitchen design and build for the UK market, including partner onboarding, design, project management, contractors, MEP work and handover process.
• Manage multiple projects, budgets and stakeholders simultaneously
• Manage assets within the market, including equipment selection, asset audits and BER/disposals processes alongside our equipment warehouse
• Raising multiple POs per project, ensuring budgets are met, documenting and tracking budgets and spending. Having weekly budget catchups with the Head of Launch
• Communicating and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on active projects, Ad-Hoc projects and timelines, including contractors, restaurant partners, operations, commercial, compliance & R&M
• Overight of documentation and folders relevant to the job role, including “Editions Site Guide”, POs, Quotes, Kitchen Layouts, Equipment Documentation, HVAC Plans and Documentation
• Support the R&M team with escalations asset replacement processes, including using equipment from the warehouse and best practices

Requirements:

• You’re proactive, dependable, and organised; you have F&B or project management experience.
• Ability to work at pace quickly prioritising tasks
• Knowledge of the Google G suite of applications and the ability to interpret CAD layouts and drawings is desirable.
• Knowledge of CAFM systems, as well as strong Microsoft Excel skills
• You have experience in planning, maintaining and reporting on budgets
• Professional external vendor management experience