Vice President, Visual Merchandising & Store Design

The role

The Vice President, Visual Merchandising & Store Design will lead the global VMSD department. This leader will drive operational excellence, scalable growth, and design across global retail channels.

What you will do

• Optimize the operating model for the global VMSD department
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team across VMSD functions
• Implement brand design initiatives for visual merchandising and architectural store design
• Lead global VMSD operational planning for brand expansion and new door openings
• Build partnerships with global cross functional partners and regional teams
• Evaluate departmental workflows and cross-functional processes for efficiency
• Manage priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations
• Oversee end-to-end processes for seasonal visual merchandising updates and new store openings
• Manage VMSD departmental financial accountabilities and global budget
• Meet with commercial teams to plan resources, workload and timelines

Required qualifications

• Minimum 12 years' experience in Visual Merchandising, Store Design or related retail operations field
• Experience leading teams and managing direct reports
• Proven experience leading global development, execution and post-market care processes for visual merchandising updates with a beauty or prestige retail brand
• Deep familiarity reading and managing planograms across retail channels
• Proven experience owning and managing a global departmental budget, including vendor negotiation and value engineering
• Proven success building, scaling and leading process improvement across a global organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Sketchup, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Excel and Smartsheet
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities, with experience presenting to senior leadership
• Must be able to work from the Corporate Office at least 60% of the time

Nice to have

• Beauty Industry a plus
• Prestige/luxury brand experience strongly preferred

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• accident insurance
• critical illness insurance
• disability insurance
• retirement savings plans and company match
• paid family leave
• education-related programs
• paid holidays
• discretionary vacation time

About the company

Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand. It became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017.