Visual Merchandising Expert- Gurgaon

Overview

Drive the execution of Visual Merchandising standards across all Points of Purchase, ensuring alignment with global guidelines, market activation plans, and brand objectives.

What you'll do

• Manage VM implementation across all Points of Purchase, ensuring alignment with global guidelines and local market requirements.
• Provide campaign feedback and post-campaign evaluations, highlighting local adaptations to the Senior VM Manager.
• Develop, approve and implement store layout and product placement plans with Retail Planning and Store Teams, in line with campaign schedules, market activation plans and category priorities.
• Deliver VM training and coaching for store teams across all channels and maintain a network of VM Specialists within each MOB.
• Conduct regular store visits and VM audits, providing recommendations to improve execution quality, consumer experience and compliance with brand standards.
• Manage the forecasting, ordering and distribution of VM tools, fixtures and display elements for campaigns, activations and new store openings.
• Monitor VM budget expenditure and maintain the VM database, including VM assets, store information and deployment tracking.
• Support key brand activations, including brand presentations, PR events and other consumer-facing initiatives.
• Identify and resolve operational challenges with regional and central teams, and monitor market and competitor activities to identify trends and opportunities to improve visual merchandising.

What you'll need

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Art, Design, Visual Merchandising or a related field.
• 4–6 years of overall work experience, including at least 2 years in a similar Visual Merchandising role, preferably in the consumer goods or retail industry.
• Good knowledge of computer applications and Microsoft Office.
• Experience in budget tracking and management, with good problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills, with good command of written and spoken English.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, India.
• Willingness to travel frequently.