Job Detail

MAIN MISSIONS

• Be a key contributor to International Retail business results & growth via the creation and support of an efficient visual merchandising strategy for retail stores


• Build the visual merchandising strategy of the future focusing on a strong Omnichannel Customer Experience and an easy and intuitive navigation


• Bring back entertainment, enchantment and experience in stores via innovative tools


• Work very closely with BUs in order to serve them the best with the International tools delivered to stick to their business needs. Help countries to leverage visual merchandising as a conversion tool


• Participate in the construction of the 360° International Brand Strategy


• Manage, lead and develop the International Visual Merchandising Team


• Report to the International Retail & Omnichannel Director


• 25% time of travel

Content

• Identify business needs by analyzing weekly results and KPIs


• Lead the Visual merchandising strategy & projects, from vision to project management and deployment


• Focus all tools and developments on the objective of creating an innovative, omnichannel and ultimate customer experience in store


• Lead, manage & develop a strong International Visual Merchandising team, by infusing the strategy, setting priorities, ensuring deadlines, developing team competencies and maintain good relationship with key departments of the organization


• Manage and run the assortment related merchandising guidelines in order to increase in store turnover and conversion


• Lead the pop up strategy and work alongside BUs to test, try and pilot to be constantly innovative on disruptive retail topics


• Manage the windows development in close collaboration with Creative department


• Participate in the International Brand strategy 360° by building the visual merchandising vision for campaigns and permanent animations in stores to maximize conversion


• Work hand in hand with Concept, Communication, Design, Retail and Training department in order to create the most commercially efficient and customer centric tools for our retail stores


• Continuous improvement and questioning of the strategy and tools to stay best in class and create competitive advantage in VM matters.


• Manage department budget in a pragmatic yet opportunistic manner.


• Focus on finding the right “glocal” model to move away from the one size fits all mindset


• Strong country presence in order to best know their needs.


• Constant identification & reporting of competition best practices

Education & Experience

• Bachelor degree with at least 10 years experience in visual merchandising


• Fluent English, French would be highly appreciated


• Outlook, PowerPoint, excel, word

Competencies

• Passion for Retail, KPIs and results


• Deep expertise & experience in designing and implementing effective visual merchandising tools


• Strong project management skills, organization, autonomy, good at reaching decisions quickly in a focused manner


• Ability to identify the big picture without losing the attention to details


• Important leadership skills to guide a team towards success


• Intercultural capabilities to work in an international environment and adapt to local cultures and behaviors


• Ability to connect with colleagues, customers, partners & suppliers across functions to achieve significant results