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Visual Merchandising Manager
Burberry
Beijing, , China
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INTRODUCTION
Founded in 1856, Burberry today remains quintessentially British, with outerwear at its core. Digital luxury positioning and intensive focus on design innovation, quality and heritage icons ensure continued brand purity and relevance globally across genders and generations. Burberry believes that in order to be a great brand it must also be a great company and constantly leverages the energy of its compassionate and creative thinking culture to continually innovate and drive the brand forward. Headquartered in London, Burberry is a design, marketing and retail led business with a global reputation for innovative product design, digital marketing initiatives and dynamic retail strategies.
JOB PURPOSE
Partnering with the merchant teams and corporate VM team to ensure the alignment of product with core VM principles from the showroom to all points of sale.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Core
• To Implement Corporate Visual Merchandising policies and standards throughout retail, wholesale, outlets and travel retail sites with the region for all windows, seasonal and in store product changes.
• To lead and manage the Visual team within the region including hiring (in conjunction with the VM director), supervising, training and developing.
• To work as an important part of the Retail operations team to maximize the bestselling of the stores. To actively participate with store management team to make the best visual decisions for stores whilst maintaining the corporate visual standards.
To manage all visual spending of region within annual budget- Including:
• Window and in-store displays.
• Props.
• Flowers and sundry decoration.
• Travel (all team).
• All other expenses.
• To organize and conduct in-store training sessions on visual merchandising guidelines and visual merchandising standards to store staff . To train and develop the in store VM specialist for the region, ensuring that they are motivated and full aware of corporate guidelines and strategy.
• Brand Execution
• Drive productivity and profitability e.g. conversion rates, LFL sales, UPT, AUR etc
• Oversee the execution of Wholesale brand and revenue.
• Oversee and strengthen the relationship with the wholesale customers.
• Drive compliance with global standards and excellent product knowledge across the region
• Ensure consistent execution of visual standards
• Operational Excellence
• Drive execution of company initiatives
• Communicate clear action plans and priorities to achieve operational excellence
• Act as the primary liaison between Home Office and the region
• Work in conjunction with regional representatives for Operations, HR and Marketing & Comms, to achieve alignment between corporate strategies and regional needs.
• Work in conjunction with other Area Managers to share best practice and build consistent ways of working
Talent Management:
• Build an inclusive high performing team
• Coach, develop and maximize the success of all reports
• Attract, identify and retain top talent. Develop bench strength in the team.
• Inspire others to trust and follow.
• Lead and influence change.
PERSONAL PROFILE
• Regional directors
• Store managers
• Merchandise and Planning teams
• Marketing
• APP
• Store Design
• IT
• Human Resource
• Feedback on good/ bad performance. Implement agreed activity and communicate all developments during installation.
• Work closely ensuring stores remaining profitable while adhering to Burberry brand guidelines.
• Being aware of floor set and new product strategies, implement new layouts and feeding back on product issues.
• Implementation of events and activity.
• Ensuring compliance with business standards.
• Implementation on new stores, refits and fixtures moves.
• Ensuring connectivity within team and regionTeam and talent development.
FOOTER
Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.