Visual Merchandiser

Merchandising & Visual Merchandising Project Manager

Travel Retail West & Emerging Hub

Job Summary

In this exciting role, reporting to the Marketing & Retail Director, you will achieve retail excellence and brand relevancy by managing MEAI shops’ merchandising and visual strategy for your scope (brand and/or retailer).

Your Role & Responsibilities

Merchandising

• Build Category/ Brand retail strategy in line with DMI, TR Zone and TRE objectives and priorities
• Manage Category/ Brand POSM from budget, retro planning, supplier brief, production, shipping to follow up and reports
  
  

• Manage Category/ Brand visuals and movies from budget, retro planning, supplier brief, printing, shipping to follow up and reports
  
  

• Create how-to documents to guide field managers and BAs in implementing new retail expression
• Create planograms for all stores configurations
  
  

• Update and optimize databases
• Follow up stock
• Ensure correct shops attribution: assign POSM and visual productions to shops
  
  

• Gather pictures and feedback from the field to enhance retail excellence in our top shops
• Build strong relationships with field teams and suppliers to ensure smooth roll out
  
  

• Agility and entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to manage complexity
• Strong cross-cultural communication skills and international experience
• Retail expertise
  
  

• Product merchandising : Creating and implementing the brand retail design and sustainable merchandising strategy in order to implement the brand image and identity in stores, reinforcing brand visibility.
• Visual merchandising: Creating and implementing a sustainable visual merchandising strategy during key events and animations.
• Brand local adaptation: Tailor global brand strategies to resonate with local market nuances.
• Retail literacy: Understanding business, brand, categories challenges and use cases to assess risks and opportunities, accordingly, mastering the key concepts of end-to-end retail, customer services and related innovations and trends.
  
  

• Attention to details, organization and rigor are a must have
• Retail knowledge and brand sensitivity
• Previous experience in merchandising and a good knowledge of the merchandising know-how (materials, production techniques) are mandatory