Position Overview

La Senza is seeking a Visual Merchandising Lead. This role will create and execute the Visual Merchandising Strategy and provide thought-partnership to ensure that we meet our sales expectations and bring growth opportunities in Canada. The Visual Merchandising lead has significant cross-functional collaboration with Merchandising, Creative, and Store Operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead product presentation planning for all seasonal floor sets and account for variances across store prototypes.
• Collaborate on new stores & renovations to ensure departments expand/contract in a consistent manner which minimizes variances across the fleet.
• Determine signage needs and integrate into presentations, brief Signage and Brand Creative teams on requests.
• Oversee the creation of floorset documents for in-store execution in collaboration with Visual Coordinator.
• Create a visual floorset strategy and collaborate with cross-functional partners on execution details ie: hours, assets, delivery timelines
• Bring new ideas to keep evolving our visual merchandising strategies to reflect trends in the marketplace and the evolving needs of our customer.
• Identify fixtures, accessories, props, and creative materials for displays for floorsets or seasonal presentations
• Understand the upcoming product & promotional plans to ensure these activities are reflected into the visual plans.
• Update visual standards and create training tools for stores to operationalize presentations across store prototypes. Provide ongoing training across field leadership & stores.
• Keep abreast of industry and market trends that will inform presentations and keep La Senza competitive and relevant in the ever-evolving retail landscape.
• Lead the seasonal mapping strategy, assessing store navigation, key investments in collaboration with DMs, signing off on all maps.
• Support stores with floorset execution, leverage time to train and coach store teams in collaboration with DMs. 

Skills

• A portfolio of work showcasing experience in concepting window concepts, and building visual presentations for fashion retailers.
• 5+ years of Visual Merchandising management experience with proven ability to train and develop others
• Ability to travel across Canada for training and store execution, as well as travel to Columbus, Ohio to collaborate with home office teams.
• Strong business management skills; demonstrated ability to lead important strategic initiatives and multi-task.
• Proven team management and leadership skills; can inspire and motivate teams to bring future state vision to life.
• Ability to source and execute store concepts include props and other elements to bring storytelling to life.
• Strong presentation skills required, with ablility to collaborate across all levels of the organization to achieve objectives.
• Adaptability to affect change in a rapid, read-and-react environment.
• High degree of integrity and confidence in one’s abilities as a business and visual leader.
• Thrives in a high growth, ambiguous environment with an entrepreneurial, can-do attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills supporting a team environment
• Bilingual English & French verbal communication; bilingual written communication an asset
• Proven track record for building brands and achieving outstanding results
• Open ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including evenings and weekends
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
• Some travel required for store visits & training and to home office – 10-20%.

This role reports to the VP Marketing and will manage one direct report.