Visual Merchandising Manager - L’Oréal Designer Fragrances

The world leader in beauty, L’Oréal is present in 130 countries on five continents. Our 32 international brands have allowed us to devote ourselves solely to one business: beauty, with a mission to provide the best in cosmetics innovation to all women and men around the world. We want to bring beauty to all people. Our ambition by 2020 is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by creating the cosmetic products that meet the infinite diversity of their beauty needs and desires through continued digital innovation. L’Oréal encourages diversity and sustainable, ethical sourcing for all our products and we have reduced our emissions by approx. 50% since 2005.  Our brands are leaders in beauty, and we are looking for you to lead the change you want to see in L’Oréal.

What are key highlights of this role?

To create, support and shape the future success of the brand portfolio. Managing and bringing to life the visual brand identity of the brand portfolio on fragrance back walls, sites and in store promotional units

YOU WILL...

• ·         Define & create the brand retail and merchandising image/experience
• ·         Management of external suppliers, designers & production team
• ·         Partnering and building strong relationships with retailers
• ·         Partnering and building strong relationships with the DMI
• ·         Ownership & management of all international launches
• ·         Submit PLV books orders and track install and timings
• ·         Development and sourcing of local promotional units
• ·         Update VM trackers
• ·         Ownership of VM PPP with full tracking of PO’s
• ·         Create inspirational sites and installations
• ·         Guide and work the DMI to create new VM concepts that met the UK         needs
• ·         Work in close cooperation with RD to ensure a strong VM expression throughout all customer touch points
• ·         Work closely with marketing team colleagues and sales team to insure cross functional plans and strategy
• ·         Track Lightbox installs, within timings and budget
• ·         Strong organizational skills and ability to work to strict deadlines and in a time pressured environment
• ·         Negotiation, implementation and analysis across retailers/ internal stakeholders and suppliers
• ·         Attend installs
• ·         Work with illustrator, sketch up, power point, Photoshop
• ·         Strong technical and engineering knowledge to develop cost effective and engaging in store units/ sites
• ·         Ability to travel at key trading periods to attend high profile installations
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• What key skills are L’Oréal looking for?
• ·         Demonstrates entrepreneurship
• ·         Manages Complexity
• ·         Achieves results with integrity
• ·         Acts/Leads with human sensitivity
• ·         Displays sensitivity to the métier
• ·         Interacts effectively and Innovates

MASTER VISUAL MERCHANDISING FUNDAMENTALS

Expresses and decodes brand’s image/value & sense of purpose

Understands & Integrates Market ‘specificities

Understands customer path & shopper experience’s rules

Leads design innovation and approaches all projects with a creative eye

Works with Sketch up/ Adobe Creative Suite

ASSISTS THE RD TEAM WITH A 360 CUSTOMER CENTRIC RETAIL CONCEPT

Showcases and helps build the brand’s visual identity to build customer centric retail concepts

Creates and designs visual concepts to animate a consistent customer path, launches and catalogue

Defines & ensures high quality standards of animation items

Provides a 360 approach to launches considering all customer touchpoints within the customer journey and pathway to purchase

DELIVERS OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION WITH EXCELLENCE

Adapts the retail concept according to the distribution channel or customer profile

Ensures technical and legal compliance regarding the production

Cooperates with 360° internal & external stakeholders to guarantee consistent retail experience

Pilots & monitors animations to ensure these are in line with timelines and budget

ACT AS A BUSINESS DRIVER

Guaranties the ROI of POS in line with business objectives

Negotiates with retailers about staging and implementations

Monitors POS performance and drives it according to local strategy

LEADS WITH SENSITIVITY

Adapts to work across several brands at once

Masters the design fundamentals of each brand to deliver game changing visual merchandising for each brand

Assists & collaborates with the VM Assistant Manager and Retail Design Manager to ensure needs of the business are met, specifically at key trading periods and international visits

What are L’Oréal’s key competencies?