Adidas SENIOR VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER 

United Kingdom, England 

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Flagship Senior Visual Merchandising Manager

As our
Senior Visual Merchandising Managerat adidas, you’ll manage one of the most globally important stores for our brand, based on the iconic Oxford Street, London.

You’ll need to be a proven people manager, inheriting a team of 4 direct reports, with a total team of 8. Stakeholder engagement is also a focus for you, managing relationships at all levels.

Things to consider before you apply:

• You may need to travel – so the ability / desire to do this is important

• Retail includes working nights and away on projects, we’d rather you know this & consider this at the very start of your process with us.

• We need a true people leader, who can inspire, motivate and set clear goals for our VM team, if you’re not passionate about people, this might not be the role for you

• There’ll also be support for planning / coordinating VM activities outside of the Flagship eg showroom resets, events, store openings or and store remodels.

What you’ll do:

• You’ll take ownership of managing an extremely high-performing team of Visual Merchandisers to deliver an amazing consumer journey through VM and Styling, all with the aim of bringing our Brand to life & converting consumers at the point of purchase.

• You’ll lead the Visual Merchandising team to deliver the business strategic plan and contribute to our commercial targets

• Execute the Visual Merchandising standards according to the VM calendar

• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to ensure we’re adopting the correct use, implementation & presentation of product packages, store fittings, in-store communication material, campaigns and VM tools.

• Influence and negotiate with all key business partners for all VM subjects, considering key product launches, ensuring consistency within best practice guidelines to provide a leading brand experience for all customers.

• Develop best practice, standards and operational plans to support the implementation of Visual Merchandising standards and guidelines.

• Leverage tools and programs for planning of existing or new stores or brand spaces (e.g. stocking and space planning tools).

As if working for a legendary sports brand wasn’t enough, you can expect the following:

• Strong pension scheme
• Performance related bonus (store bonus received per month)
• 28 days holiday
• Bupa health insurance
• Generous Employee discount
• Westfield Health cash plan