Visual Merchandising Manager - Max Mara UK

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Visual Merchandising Manager

Are you a Visual Merchandising professional who combines a strong eye for brand image with a genuine talent for leading and developing people?

We're looking for a Visual Merchandising Manager to deliver our brand image in store and lead a local VM team.

About the role

The Visual Merchandising Manager is responsible for delivering and maintaining our brand image across stores, in line with company guidelines. You'll be the point of reference for the local VM team, leading their day-to-day organisation, and you'll work in close partnership with HQ and the central team.

What you'll do

Team leadership & people development

• Act as the lead for the local VM team, managing their organisation, schedules and the planning of activities across assigned stores.
• Coordinate the team's work, ensuring priorities and timings agreed with HQ are met.
• Lead the appraisal, development and professional growth of your team, helping each person build on their strengths and potential.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive and results-focused working environment.

Visual Merchandising & execution

• Create window displays and merchandising set-ups in line with brand guidelines, commercial needs and the product available in store.
• Support HQ in delivering the retail strategy through hands-on execution of VM activities (window rotations, re-merchandising, and so on).
• Ensure activities are delivered to the timings planned with the HQ Visual Merchandising Manager.

Store supervision & network relationships

• Supervise and monitor assigned stores, both on-site and remotely, ensuring brand image standards are upheld.
• Track sales performance to assess the impact of VM activities and help shape the visual merchandising strategy.
• Share structured feedback with HQ on the needs of the retail network.

Training

• Develop in-store training and coach store teams on visual merchandising techniques and principles, ensuring windows and displays are executed to standard.

What we're looking for

• Solid experience in Visual Merchandising within retail.
• Demonstrable experience leading and coordinating a team — organising, planning, and supporting people's appraisal and development.
• A strong eye for detail and brand aesthetics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a flair for coaching and training.
• The ability to work to objectives and manage your own timings.
• Willingness to travel to assigned stores.
• A commitment to keeping your technical and professional know-how up to date

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About Max Mara Fashion Group

Max Mara Fashion Group is recognized worldwide as a pioneer of modern prêt-à-porter fashion. Founded in 1951, the company’s mission has been to offer "haute de gamme" women’s clothing, produced through exceptional industrial processes.

Passion, commitment, and tradition have created a unique fashion style:

• 9 main brands

• 60+ fashion collections every season

• 14 million+ garments sold annually

• 2,500+ single-brand stores

• 10,000+ multi-brand shops

• 27 languages spoken across the Max Mara Fashion Group

• 5,500+ employees globally

• Our ecosystem comprises 44 departments, including Fashion Design, Marketing & Sales, Operations, Retail, Stores, ICT, Architecture Design, Economics, BI, and more. The Digital Division, established in 2013, focuses on integrating the company’s digital assets, including e-commerce solutions and digital marketing services.

  Discover your potential and thrive with Max Mara Fashion Group, where work means passion, embracing challenges, learning from each other, and contributing to a shared vision. Join our team and make your career a success!

  Max Mara Fashion Group is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. #JoinUs

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