The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with 10,500 direct employees, 12 production plants and more than 2,704 boutiques in 60 countries around the world. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewelry, home interiors, fragrances and cosmetics under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, and Armani Exchange.
As a Regional Visual Manager, you will provide guidance on visual presentation and merchandising strategies. Your frequent presence on the sales floor will provide you with the opportunity to understand the business on the front line, and you will have the opportunity to use the insights to improve the store's business. You will help shape and execute store strategies to build a store environment that represents the brand and provides an excellent client experience to drive revenue. In addition, you will be accountable for ensuring appropriate communications are cascaded throughout your teams.
Overview of Critical Duties:
Drive sales to achieve or exceed sales plans and profitability expectations for the store through strong visual merchandising
Plan, direct, and implement all corporate and local visual merchandising directives
Analyze business to recommend strategic merchandising moves in partnership with the Commercial Sales Team leveraging business reports and sell-through data
Cultivate strong relationships with GMs, RSMs, department managers and Visual Managers
Implement merchandising strategies that maximize store sales and support action plans to achieve commercial goals
Ensure visual presentation and store environment represents brand standards and provides an excellent client experience
Support a client centric sales experience that is representative of the brand and achieves Key Performance Indicators
Manage preparation of merchandise for floor set execution including merchandise maps
Ensure visual merchandising and presentation reflects brand standards and compliance to directives
Managing remote stores through various forms of communication (email, video, text) to ensure proper and constant lines of communication are established
Travel to key store accounts and/or free-standing retail stores in the covered territories
Provide in-store and market trainings to ensure strong growth and development in VM decisions and executions
Must be able to work alone department store environment
Background/Experience
Previous retail experience in a comparable role is required
Strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated passion for working as a team
Able to work a flexible schedule, including holidays, nights and weekends (if needed)
Retail systems knowledge is preferred
High School diploma/GED preferred
The appointed candidate will be offered a salary range of $85,00-$115,000 based on experience, plus the opportunity for a bonus, a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, various paid time off programs, employee discount/perks and retirement plan with employer contributions. Salaries will be negotiated based on relevant skills and experience.