Director, VISUAL MERCHANDISING----Cosmetics, Beauty Industry

New York based corporate cosmetics manufacturer is seeking a DIRECTOR, VISUAL MERCHANDISING, for Prestige Brands. The primary role of the Director is to develop and ensure that all aspects of merchandising are consistent and representative of the Brands throughout all global In-Store and Travel Retail environments. This positions works closely with other creative staff, while maintaining positive working relationships and open communication with store design, marketing and sales teams. The overall goal is to ensure that a consistent look and feel is carried out at counter and the overall image continues to evolve, ensuring a strong Brand presence ina highly competitive marketplace. This position is responsible for design, development and execution of tester and merchandising units related to permanent and seasonal programs for the Brands, and for issuing Merchandising and New Door Guidelines globally. The Director, Visual Merchandising, must have a strong ability to render and communicate ideas, flexibility of vision, responsiveness to creative input, and great visual sensibilities. This position plays a key role in arriving at fresh and compelling way to showcase the Brand's products in a functional and practical manner, while creating a dynamic and friendly at-counter experience for all of the retail customers globally.

+End-to-end management/execution of all visual merchandising requests, overseeing all phases of projects in order to meet deadlines.

+Initiate and participate in development sessions with upper management, as well as marketing and sales to discuss objectives for projects and ensure consistency to launch programs and marketing strategies.

+Provide sample or prototype units for sales and marketing meetings. Create site specific one-off merchandising units, approve vendor construction documents and vendor required dimensioned drawings.

+Demonstrate an understanding of materials, cost, and time requirements on projects. Interact with various departments to resolve issues of function, performance, manufacturing, cost and scheduling during design development and production phases of projects. Must possess understanding of shelf, accessory and componentry materials and manufacturing processes.

+Maintain awareness of current trends in visual arts and merchandising, travel as necessary and complete in-store site visits to observe counter action.

QUALIFICATIONS

+8+ solid years experience in Cosmetics or Fashion Industry, in VISUAL MERCHANDISING, STORE PLANNING.

+Computer skills; On Mac platform; Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, In-Design, Maya or equivalent 3-D drawing program, all Microsoft Office programs.

+Exceptionally creative and innovative and able to articulate thoughts and ideas clearly.

+Must be able to work well and effectively in a cross-functional environment.

+Stellar organizational skills to handle the details of many projects simultaneously with ability to juggle many pressing priorities with ease in a super fast-paced environment.

+Solid understanding of current Fashion/Retail trends, with ability to translate trends in the industry and the consumer marketplace.

+Thorough knowledge of all digital formats and their best-practice applications.

 

To learn more about this opportunity, please email your resume in MS Word format to; sschrage1@nyc.rr.com

All inquiries will be kept confidential.