About the role

The Planning Manager will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling project schedules across all interior design-and-build projects. The role requires close coordination with design, procurement, project execution, vendors, and client stakeholders to ensure project milestones are achieved efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning & Scheduling
- Own and publish comprehensive baseline project schedules for all active design-and-build projects, covering design, procurement, execution, and handover phases.
- Develop detailed, activity-level schedules that clearly identify critical path, dependencies, and float.
- Build master schedules and rolling look-ahead plans that surface risks and constraints weeks in advance, enabling proactive recovery.
- Maintain and update all schedules as actuals roll in, keeping them alive and credible as the project's source of truth.

2. Schedule Monitoring & Control
- Track actual progress against planned schedules on a weekly basis; flag delays, acceleration, and deviations immediately.




- Conduct detailed variance analysis, dig into the why behind every slip: is it design approval, procurement, execution, or resource constraints?
- Produce weekly project status reports and monthly scheduling reviews for management; articulate impact on project delivery dates and cost implications.
- Ensure zero misses on timelines, hold the line on milestones and escalate deviations that threaten delivery.

3. Risk & Recovery Management
- Proactively identify schedule-related risks, design delays, vendor lead times, resource constraints, site conditions, and develop transparent mitigation strategies.
- Monitor inter-dependencies between projects and functions to flag conflicts and resource contention early.

4. Cross-Functional Coordination
- Partner closely with Design, Procurement, Execution, and Site teams to understand realistic timelines, identify bottlenecks, and drive schedule alignment.
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