Manager, Visual Merchandising
Core
Leads the Visual Merchandising team to translate strategies into executable planograms, optimizing assortment, shelf allocation, and sales across store formats.
Role type
Manager, Visual Merchandising
Builds
Operationally executable planograms, shelf strategies, and visual presentation standards for core and alternate store formats.
Domain
Retail / Visual Merchandising / Space Planning
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features (planograms)
Required skills
Team leadership and coaching, planogram strategy development, space-planning software proficiency, data analytics for assortment optimization, cross-functional partnership, quality control processes, store operations collaboration.
Preferred skills
Value retail experience, multi-format retail, high-SKU environments, planogram automation, assortment localization, AI-assisted merchandising.
Technologies
Blue Yonder, Spaceman, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access, reporting and visualization tools.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop 3–5 Planogram Analysts; define category shelf strategies and translate them into planograms; optimize assortment and shelf allocation using sales and margin metrics; partner with Space Planning and Store Operations on store concepts and execution; establish quality-control processes and approve planograms before distribution.
Seniority
Manager, people-leadership