Starting Salary : $38.95 / hour

The offered salary range is based on several factors, including, but not limited to, overall experience, relevant experience, education level, certifications, applicable skills and expertise, and location of the position.  

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, UNIQO does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Career Advancement Opportunities:

We offer competitive compensation for sales associates starting at $38.95 along with a clear path to promotion opportunities every 6 months based on individual performance!

Career advancement opportunities for driven team members who consistently deliver strong results.

Position Overview:
Reporting to the Visual Manager and General Manager, the Visual Assistant Manager will provide solutions to store specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards and corporate visual guidelines to maintain brand integrity. The Visual Assistant Manager will adapt corporate visual direction based on individual store need and inventory levels and drives sales through strategic merchandise placement and compelling displays.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create, order, train, and maintain brand standards for visual presentation, cleanliness, and organization throughout the store to ensure a consistent customer experience.
• Plan and execute new item deliveries to ensure they are quickly placed and all garments are represented on the floor in full size runs with proper signage where needed.
• Partner with store manager and visual manager to create, prepare for, and implement seasonal merchandising presentations and manage new visual merchandising initiatives.
• Strong understanding of company plans in order to create weekly planning with store managers and general manager for layout & in-store presentation.
• Partner with management to monitor merchandise sell-through and replenishment, utilizing sales reports.
• Partner with visual manager and store managers on key visual merchandising decisions that have an impact on store workload and sales.
• Ensure visually appealing and brand appropriate displays are created and updated to drive sell through and maximize the business.
• Ensure lighting and signage is to company standard to highlight merchandise and display.
• Support store management to ensure all store objectives are met (i.e.: customer service, operational initiatives, etc.)
• Manage customer needs and exceed expectations by utilizing the Uniqlo service standard.
• Provide product and brand knowledge to employees and customers.
• Exemplify and enforce company policy and procedure.
• Assist with special projects as assigned by management.
• Partner with store managers and corporate visual managers to identify and resolve issues in the store.
• Manage VMD in-store presentation budget and find most cost-effective ways to control budget.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Proven visual merchandising ability within a high volume vertical retailer
• Create and direct visual merchandising displays, manage priorities and execute initiatives
• Attention to detail
• Strong time management and organization skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill
• Understand, interpret, and delegate based on HQ visual merchandising tools and direct
• Offer solutions to store specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards and HQ direction as a guideline
• Identify potential visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards and HQ direction as a guideline
• Identify potential Visual Merchandising opportunities and provide create solutions
• Proven ability to create teams and partnerships
• Proven ability to train and develop a team
• Positive and professional attitude, flexible, and adaptable
• Prioritize tasks and react to changing priorities
• Effective communication with customers and store personnel

Physical Requirements:

• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, read computer terminals, push, pull, or move objects of at least 25 pounds
• Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom by repetitive bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, and climbing

Experience:

• 3-4 years retail visual merchandising or display experience

Benefits: 

Full-Time, hourly position: The Company provides:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & ADD, Short and Long Term Disability
• Flexible spending and commuter benefits accounts
• 15 days of paid vacation/personal leave and 9 days of sick leave per calendar year, pro-rated based on hire date;  
• 8 days of paid holidays and 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate for all hours worked on stated holidays
• 401K (with employer matching)
• Plum Benefits
• Gym Discounts
• 30% Employee Merchandise Discount 

Full-Time Availability Requirements:

• Maintain open availability at least five (5) days per week, averaging 32 hours or more per week based on business seasonality.  
• Have no more than two (2) days off in the same Monday-Sunday workweek.
• Limit scheduling restrictions to no more than three (3) days per week:
• Only one (1) restriction permitted Friday-Sunday.  

• At least one (1) restriction must be time-based.

The Company is committed to equal pay initiatives and will not ask candidates for their current or past salary.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Fast Retailing does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state or local law.