Job Description

Role Mission

The Regional Visual Manager – Southwest ensures the visual display to attract consumers, optimize business and increase market share in alignment with the Company’s creative direction. While reporting to the Senior Manager, Visual for the West coast, the Regional Visual Manager leads collaboration with the Retail Market Director of the Southwest and is a primary business partner for the store leadership. Ensuring the best synergy of visual directives with business needs with consistency across markets. The Regional Visual Manager empowers and drives commitment to excellence in display and collaboration within the Retail network.

Key Accountabilities

• Follow all visual directives via photographs /company Visual Campaign Book when executing store set-ups. Empower team to adapt/substitute in a brand appropriate manner to make Visual Merchandising suitable to regional needs;
• Provide PowerPoint recaps from all store visits to be shared with Company Headquarters in Italy;
• Implement and maintain visual displays/merchandising to ensure maximize store business;
• Ongoing training of Visual Ambassadors and Store Directiors in visual merchandising standards in line with Retail Excellence objectives;
• Coordinates windows, merchandising and special events throughout region;
• Remain aware of the competition in retail/visual industry standards in the marketplace;
• Partner with Retail District Managers and Store Managers to effectively support current business trends with visual needs as they arise;
• Travel required throughout district to support visual needs;
• Manage expenses like travel, materials and freelancers as budgeted by corporate team.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in Visual Merchandising and at least 2 years managing a team;
• Must be very flexible with hours of work. Must be comfortable with ever changing priorities in a fast paced environment;
• Available to work adhoc overnights and weekends to meet urgent deadlines;
• Experience shaping point of view with information and opinions from various sources;
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and across different cultures and management styles;
• Strong attention to detail and passion to work quickly/efficiently to meet deadlines;
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines;
• Candidate should be open to regular travel as needed within the market to support the visual team as needed. Adhoc travel at short notice may be required several times throughout the year;
• Proficiency with Powerpoint and basic photography skills;
• Multi store experience preferred but not required.

Key Behaviors

Explore

Considerate Thinker

• Sees the big picture and understands how own actions and decisions impact others and the organization as a whole

Solutions Developer

• Actively scans the environment for new approaches, blending different ideas to come with creative yet effective solutions

Deliver

Accountable Achiever

• Actively gets things done, raising the bar for performance, and taking accountability for own actions

Agile Advocate

• Driven by the sense of urgency, promotes change and takes smart risks in pursuit of goals

Connect

Connection Builder

• Builds trust-based relationships across boundaries and encourages collaboration
• Adapts own style to communicate impactfully

People Enabler

• Empowers others by providing autonomy and encouraging self-expression, valuing, and amplifying each person’s uniqueness

Build

Continuous Learner

• Is self-aware, curious to learn and seeks feedback from others to continuously grow, always putting improvement over comfort

Talent Builder

• Provides constructive and on-going feedback, coaches and helps others to achieve their full potential

Work Authorization

• Qualified candidates must have the proper work authorization to work in the United States

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