Area Visual Merchandising – East Full Time NEW

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YOUR MISSION:

Reports to: Senior Regional Visual Merchandiser (West and East).

Location: Pune

Position Summary: To ensure enhancement of visual representation of the store by continuously updating the look and feel of the store.

• Maintaining RESEC Campaigns, Zoning and Key initiative roll-out
• Elevated shopping experience and customer readiness of stores focus on store visits and audit
• Fostering VM creativity at stores – Focus on VM training to guide store team to understand brand guidelines and help create an attractive, engaging store environment. Enhancing brand image, improve customer experience and drive sales
• Responsible for sharing monthly beat plan covering all formats of stores
• Innovation and creativity for the lighthouse stores

Key Objectives:

• Provide support through regular physical & virtual audits and trainings to store teams to ensure brand and visual merchandising standards are understood and consistently upheld
• Order and coordinate installation of VM supplies for seasonal / monthly changes for all stores in the region.
• Train Store Management and Support teams on merchandising standards, proper fixture utilization and techniques
• Organizing and sending weekly/monthly reports to the Head Office and implementing feedback
• Maintain/ building a vendor base for various branded supply elements for the region
• Fostering VM creativity at stores through VM training, competition, store audits and VM captains
• Supporting Key initiatives roll outs by covering all store formats.
• Effective budget allocation / Align with over all business goals.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Net Sales
• Stock Cover
• Budget efficiency
• Constant upliftment of look & feel of stores

Organizational relationships:

• Internal: Visual Merchandising Team, Sales Ops Team, Projects team and Merchandising Team
• External: Hangers Vendors, Mannequin Vendors and Print media vendors

YOUR TALENT:

Eligibility Criteria And Functional Competencies Required:

• Proven work experience as a Visual Merchandiser or Visual Manager
• Demonstrable visual design skills with a strong retail merchandising portfolio
• Solid experience in field visual merchandising, including window displays, signs, interior displays and space utilization
• Proficiency in Microsoft presentation & excel, Photoshop, Illustrator and other visual design tools
• Knowledge of current visual merchandising trends and best practices
• Knowledge of photography
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Ability to analyze sales merchandising reports and survey results
• Bachelors/Masters degree in visual merchandising, fashion merchandising, exhibition design, visual communications or similar
• Acing Number game- analyzing and tracking of the executions done
• A proficient communicator.

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