VP Visual Merchandising
XXL Sport & Villmark
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Join XXL as our new VP Retail Visual Merchandising!
XXL is on a "Rest & Rethink" transformation journey, and a lot is happening rapidly. We are now seeking a new VP Retail Visual Merchandising. You will be responsible for assuring the best assortment presentation in our Retail Channel, by developing VM capabilities within the organization including ways of working, routines, guidelines, role definitions, and follow-up practice. You will work collaboratively across functions to deliver optimal value to our customers, company, and employees.
Main responsibilities and tasks:
The key purpose of this role is to develop and implement assortment presentation methods that consider all input factors. This will foster more systematic and aligned operations across our stores and countries, driving sales and productivity through effective commercial execution.
Visual Merchandising capabilities:
- Define required, company-specific visual merchandising capabilities across the organization
- Define competencies needed within the central organization, countries, and stores to deliver these capabilities
Visual Merchandising guidelines and best practices:
- Develop generic guidelines and collect best practices that enable the most optimal product presentation
- Responsible for following up the guideline introduction in the stores through close collaboration with the country's Managing director, operations, and sales managers
Visual Merchandising Operations:
- Responsible for executing our stores' commercial calendar activities, such as campaigns, seasonal activities, cross-seasonal shifts, etc.
- Collaboration with Marketing and Category to define product presentation standards
- Through product presentation, ensure that our customers understand XXL identity, our key products, desired price perception, and our offers across categories and campaigns
Key Collaboration areas:
- Together with Merchandising and Category management develop and act on the annual commercial calendar
- Develop and implement planograms in our stores together with respective colleagues from Category
- Collaborate with different brands and execute joint marketing activities in stores
- Work closely with Merchandising to understand available products in stores, and to manage available space in the most optimal way
Qualifications:
- Minimum bachelor's degree in business administration, architecture, or any other area related to sales and operations
- Education can be replaced with sufficient experience in the role of similar characteristics
- Experience in developing VM capabilities and organization in a large, multinational retail company, with a presence in all sales channels
- Minimum 6 years of experience working in a retail store of big format in the sports goods and/or apparel industry
- Minimum 4 years experience as Head of VM, or similar, in a medium/large retail company
- Experience in the development of planograms
- Plus if you have experience using Revit, Autocad, or similar programs
- Experience from retailer offering goods of multiple brands in their sales channels
- Fluent in English, verbal and written
- Flexible to travel according to ongoing projects. If not based in Oslo, you must be present at our HQ in Oslo at least 2 days a week.
Skills and personal traits:
- Ability to work with various levels of available product
- Hands-on approach, ready to work side by side with store managers and store sales representatives to test and implement new presentation solutions
- Lead by example, with an open mind, and advocate for feedback culture
- Result-oriented and great execution skills
- Highly commercial approach with a focus on sales
- ability to develop design esthetics and excellence in product matching
- Great communication, cross-functional collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Why join XXL?
You get to be a part of XXL's turnaround and new strategy "Reset and Rethink". This is a great opportunity to put your mark on the in-store concept at the largest sports retailer in the Nordic region. We are a team with high ambitions and we are ready for our new VP Retail Visual Merchandising to join!
Are you the one we're looking for?
Then we look forward to receiving your application!
Please note that we only process applications submitted through our online application form. Apply for the position using the "apply here" button. We have chosen to replace the cover letter with screening questions. When applying for the position, you will be asked to upload your CV and answer our questions.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact COO, Dawid Gosciniak, +46721731903.
Om arbeidsgiveren
- Nettverk: LinkedIn
- Sektor: Privat
- Sted: Strømsveien 254, 0668 Oslo
- Hjemmekontor: Delvis hjemmekontor
- Bransje: Butikk og varehandel, Grossisthandel import/eksport, Markedsføring og annonsering
- Stillingsfunksjon: Arkitekt og planlegging, Butikksjef, Design
- Arbeidsspråk: Norsk, Engelsk
Nøkkelord
Visual Merchandising, Oslo, XXL, Visual Merchandiser, Retail
- FINN-kode 358894954
- Sist endret