Responsibilities

• Drive creation of Visual Merchandizing guidelines/principles for all US stores in collaboration with trading, operational and property teams. Lead execution of VM guidelines for all US stores.
• Define and execute planograms across all retail locations: recommend optimum range count for each store to maximize trading density; create product layouts and store-specific planograms to ensure optimized sales and consistent execution across all stores.
• Working closely with US Marketing & Retail teams and UK-based in-house studio, lead briefing, development, and execution of all in-store marketing materials (POS, digital screen content, menu boards, etc.)
• Support and consult the US team on retail marketing technology requirements such as digital screen CMS and applications
• Lead visual merchandizing for all new store openings: Lead the briefing, development and execution of marketing materials for new store openings, balance seasonal campaigns with new store introduction
• Collaborate with US Retail team, store teams, operations, and demand planning to ensure alignment on stock packaged and VM minimums for store launches.
• Collaborate with UK creative team, US teams, and US store fit design partners on fixtures and fittings to ensure the store is set up for success
• Recommend optimum seasonal range count for each store each season to maximize trading density
• Create seasonal product layouts and store-specific planograms, ensuring the product & POS placement is in line with campaign objectives, sales, bestsellers and hero products

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience in Retail Visual Merchandising and range planning and execution in a multi-site retailer
• Experience of the retail environment and customer experience within physical retail
• Previous experience working with a planogram software tool and Microsoft Office suite
• Experience in leading the creation and execution of retail Marketing assets
• Experience in writing strong creative briefs and leading creative development through agencies / in-house teams
• Demonstrable experience of working with in-house or agency creative teams
• Comfortable at operating at pace in a busy trading environment
• Strong communicator – comfortable in engaging in the right way with of all levels
• Incredibly organized with meticulous attention to detail

Preferred

• Experience working with luxury or premium brands across both retail and food & beverage sectors

Benefits

• A competitive salary and Incentives based on performance
• 50% unlimited staff discount to treat yourself and your friends and family
• 70% discount off a stay in our Hotel in St Lucia
• flexible working – we are open to discussions around flexible working
• A chance to work in an exciting, innovative and expanding company