Create an accountUNIQLO is an international clothing retailer that has a specialized knack for designing apparel that lasts. The simple, basics-inspired clothing created at UNIQLO continues to be successful trend cycle after trend cycle, season after season. The company was founded in Japan in 1984.
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 drive sales through strategic merchandise placement and compelling displays.
Key Responsibilities:
- Creates, orders, 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 corporate to create, prepare for, and implement seasonal merchandising presentations and manage new visual merchandising initiatives.
- Strong understanding of company plans in order to create monthly planning with store managers and general managers for layout & in-store presentation.
- Partner with management to monitor merchandise sell through and replenishment utilizing sales reports.
- Partner with store management 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, and following the UNIQLO Fundamental Principles.
- 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 the VMD in-store presentation budget and find most cost effective ways to control budget.
- Lead in-store visual team when Visual Manager is not present.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Proven visual merchandising ability within a high volume vertical retailer
- Manage priorities and execute initiatives
- Attention to detail
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Offer solutions to store specific visual and merchandising challenges, using brand standards and HQ direction as a guideline
- Ability to identify potential VM opportunities and provide creative solutions
- Proven ability to create teams and partnerships
- Ability to train and develop a team
- Ability to lead by example
- Positive to and professional attitude, is flexible and adaptable
- Ability to prioritize tasks and react to changing priorities
- Ability to effectively communicate with customers and store personnel
