Retail Design & VM Manager - Travel Retail Middle East

Puig; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent beauty brand is seeking a Retail Design & VM Manager in Dubai to shape how travelers experience their products. You will lead design initiatives, oversee store projects, and manage a team, ensuring the brand's image is delivered flawlessly in airport retail environments. Candidates should have a degree in design, retail design experience, and expertise in relevant design tools.

Benefits

Creative work culture

Learning opportunities

Growth potential

Competitive compensation & benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in space/retail design, ideally within the beauty sector.
• Team management experience.
• English proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of all retail design and visual merchandising initiatives.
• Deliver the brands image across all Airport point of sales.
• Manage the budget and ensure strong communication of risks & opportunities.
• Build relationships and collaborate with global brands teams.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Organization

Understanding of consumer behaviors

Sensitivity to local culture

Education

Degree in design related field

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

The Opportunity

Reporting to the TR Middle East GM, the Retail Design & VM Manager plays a key role in in bringing Puig’s brands to life across the Middle East region’s travel retail environments. From impactful animations and pop-ups to permanent counters and immersive brand spaces, this role shapes how travelers experience our brands

You’ll lead the end-to-end planning and execution of all retail design and visual merchandising initiatives.

As a hands-on leader of two Retail Design & VM Executives, you’ll guide, support and inspire your team to ensure a seamless delivery of excellent brands experiences across the region

What you'll get to do

• Deliver and implement the brands image across all Airport point of sales including permanent, semi-permanent, pop ups, and temporary spaces for all Puig brands.
• Project manage and coordinate the fit out for new stores opening and ongoing refits/refurbishment projects.
• Oversee product launches and in-store animations, ensuring seamless execution and retail excellence.
• Manage and deliver the budget, including CAPEX, ensuring strong communication of risks & opportunities.
• Build relationships and collaborate with the global brands teams. Influence brand teams to deliver a design in line with market and retailer needs.
• Create briefs to enable clear communication with global brands teams and local suppliers.
• Liaise with the global brands team on the Middle East personalization plan.
• Manage suppliers to ensure highest quality production and installations meeting projects deadlines and brand expectations.
• Act as expert in material specifications and recommendations, signing off technical plans and samples, making sure that quality is assured.
• Liaise with retailers to get the approvals on renders and technical drawings, making sure brand image is not compromised.
• Conduct field visits to ensure perfect implementation of brand image, identify best practices and analyze competition activities.

We'd love to meet you if you have

• Experience in space/retail design, ideally within the beauty sector, with project management and team management experience
• Degree in design related field
• English proficiency
• Strong leadership, autonomy and organization skills
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to manage complexity and handle multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of sensitivity to local culture and luxury
• Ability to understand consumers ‘shopping behaviors ideally in an airport environment.
• Expertise in AutoCAD, Sketch up, Autocad and Adobe applications (Illustrator, Photoshop)

A few things you'll love about us

• An entrepreneurial, creative and welcoming work culture
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• An international company with plenty of opportunities to grow
• A competitive compensation & benefits package