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About our client:
Global company focused on luxury beauty products. The company prioritizes sustainability and community support. Which combines artistry, science, and a deep understanding of their customers' desires to create products that are not only effective but also offer a luxurious experience, enhancing both beauty and well-being.
Job description:
This role is key within the Marketing Team, as this candidate will manage all visual merchandising projects for UK physical retail across the estate. The Architecture & VM Manager will devise the visual merchandising plan to drive aggressive business goals, customer loyalty toward the brand and a standard of excellence across the market. Working closely with brand, sales & marketing teams to ensure best in class execution of campaigns and local activations. It is imperative to balance commercial and brand. This individual will have a detail-oriented approach, a sharp understanding of visual merchandising and a passion for what drives customers to buy.
Experience:
• Excellent creative ability to work with commercial & brand teams to issue clear planograms creating a harmonious and consistent VM guideline across the UK retail estate, which includes but is not limited to Department stores and chains
• Work closely with Operational Marketing to ensure UK guidelines & toolkits are delivered in a timeline manor to support campaign launches
• Own the visual communications strategy for the UK adhering to brand and retailer timelines
• Ensure “always on” VM updates for evergreen & campaign assets, liaising with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and execution
• Review relevant planogram updates for UK market as briefed by UK commercial team, reviewing shelf productivity.
• CAPEX projects: lead local refit and new door openings from brief to execution.
• Manage the reporting of all UK VM budget trackers, alongside ensuring all relevant PO’s have been raised correctly and in a timely manner
• As part of the VM process ensure appropriate RFP (request for proposal) process has been followed to ensure best supplier for project has been chosen based on the goals for the project.
• Establish trust and build relationships to negotiate best cost and quality with suppliers to deliver on brand VM for our Retail partners in all permanent and temporary environments.
•Lead the weekly VM update meeting, providing status updates and clear status updates for projects, so all stakeholders have clear visibility on project status.
• Manage UK retailer VM approval processes, keeping internal stakeholders abreast of key updates.
• Manage the brand briefing process always being mindful of the brand timelines
• Manage prototype development and critical path for UK team with local suppliers.
• Ensure site survey are carried out by supplier and maintain a site and window database for future visibility and cost monitoring.
• Share best practice and competitor learnings from the UK market to educate the brand team and support future projects.
• Opportunity to build a visual merchandising team as the brand portfolio grows
Skills & specifications:
• Highly motivated and able to work autonomously
• Experience in Visual Merchandising ideally with a background in beauty
• Demonstrate excellence in project Management
• Organised, flexible and able to multitask
• Ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders internally & externally
• Passion & flair for creativity with a keen eye for detail
• Comprehensive brand and market/competitive knowledge across the UK
• Customer centric approach
• Previous experience leading a team