Sr. Professional, Visual Merchandising in London

Values & Innovation

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Purpose of Role

Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising will increase store footfall by attractively displaying products and merchandise. Reporting to Visual Merchandising Manager, they maintain a retail store’s aesthetic ambiance to maximize profitability.

• Delivers and maintains excellent standards of store design & visual merchandising.
• Creates visual annual calendars and executes displays and visual strategies.
• Manages contractor relationships and records payment data.
• Negotiates prices with suppliers and processes purchase requests and orders.
• Ensures brand branches have consistent themes and visual turnover.
• Collaborates with marketing to create visual strategies and promotional events.
• Leads and motivates team members to complete jobs with high-quality standards and within target deadlines.

Responsible for rolling out the EMEA visual merchandising strategy in the UK.

• Liaises with the EMEA office to roll out global visual merchandising strategy and brand standards.
• Builds strong relationships with local functions and serves as the VM voice at discussion tables.
• Coordinates and trains third-party VM, provides regular feedback and identifies opportunities for further training.
• Leads VM space opening by creating VM plans of action and coordinates with merchandising, sales, retail marketing and accounts.
• Delivers guidelines for showroom set-ups.
• Conducts administrative tasks such as raising purchase orders, reports, KPI analysis and cross-functional communication.

Works in collaboration with category merch, GMM and account marketing planners to adopt the right range for strategic accounts.

• Supports GMM to create the best and most efficient range.
• Partners with wholesale account owners to deliver the business plan.
• Orders samples and sets up showrooms to support sell-in with GMM account owners.
• Maintains analytics/risk reports on sell-in and sell-through performance of the account.
• Provides floor-set guidance and direction to channel marketing for perfect execution and connectivity to seasonal imagery and marketing investments.
• Defines and implements the UA wholesale strategic accounts visual presentation standards for the region.
• Builds relationships with VM field promotors and the wholesale team.
• Develops planograms and visual merchandising plans for strategic accounts.
• Supports retail VM lead to train retail staff in visual merchandising standards.
• Provides regular updates of current visual presentation and feedback on what is successful and identifies areas for improvement.
• Leads the merchandising floor set and promotional calendar.

Qualifications

• All applicants: Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience, or 9 years of relevant work experience without a degree.
• Assistant Manager: Strong product knowledge, VM display/standard, bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field preferred, 5 years of visual merchandising experience, comprehensive portfolio of visual design work.
• Sr. Professional: Microsoft Office, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign basics, can read store floorplans and light plans, fluent in English.
• VM Space Planner / Field Promotors: 3+ years merchandising experience, fluent in English and Spanish, knowledge of non-US markets, superior presentation and communication skills, analytical skillset.

Workplace Location

• Location: Must reside within commuting distance from our office.
• Work Schedule: Hybrid role with 4 days in-office per week.
• Travel: None specified.
• Licenses/Certifications: None specified.

Sponsorship Eligibility

Under Armour does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based work authorization for this position at this time.

Relocation

No relocation provided.

Base Compensation

$394,190.28-$492,737.85 MXN. Initial placement within the salary range is based on the applicant’s relevant knowledge, skills and experience for the position. UA is committed to helping teammates succeed and advance in their careers. Base salary is only one component of our competitive Total Rewards package.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid "UA Give Back" Volunteer Days.
• Under Armour Merchandise Discounts.
• Competitive 401(k) plan matching.
• Maternity and Parental Leave for eligible and FMLA-eligible teammates.
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources to promote physical activity and well-being.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team via candidateaccommodations@underarmour.com.