Retail Coordinator

Puig; Oakville; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Hybrid work environment

Career opportunities

Job summary

Puig Canada seeks a Retail Coordinator to join our Retail & Visual Merchandising team, supporting launches and elevating in-store experiences across Canada. You’ll collaborate with Field Sales, Brand, Education, and Commercial teams to deliver tools, training, and launch support.

With 1–3 years in trade marketing or visual merchandising, you’ll manage budgets, calendars, planograms, and vendor partnerships while maintaining premium brand standards. Occasional travel within Canada is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Merchandising, Marketing, or a related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in trade marketing, visual merchandising, or retail marketing, preferably in beauty, fashion, luxury, or consumer goods.
• Strong understanding of omnichannel retail and luxury brand execution.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision capability.

Responsibilities

• Execute in-store activations, retail events, promotions, and consumer engagement initiatives.
• Develop merchandising tools, training materials, and launch support for field teams and partners.
• Track ROI, analyze results, and provide insights to optimize future retail efforts.
• Coordinate with agencies, vendors, and partners for brand visibility and budgets.
• Manage budgets, purchase orders, and retail calendar coordination.
• Develop and maintain planograms and retail execution standards.
• Visit stores and collaborate with retailers, field teams, and vendors to ensure flawless execution.

Skills

Trade marketing

Visual merchandising

Retail marketing

Omnichannel retail

PowerPoint

Excel

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Design/Merchandising/Marketing

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

We are seeking a Retail Coordinator to join our Puig Canada Retail & Visual Merchandising team, helping bring Puig's prestige brands, including Carolina Herrera, Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Nina Ricci, to life across all consumer and retail touchpoints. As a key member of the team, you will collaborate closely with local and global stakeholders to support product launches, elevate retail experiences, and ensure visual merchandising excellence across Canada's retail landscape. This is an exciting opportunity for an organized, creative, and business-minded individual with strong project management skills who is looking to grow within the luxury beauty industry.

What You'll Get to Do:

Retail Marketing

• Partner with the Field Sales team to execute in-store activations, retail events, promotional programs, and consumer engagement initiatives
• Collaborate with Brand, Education, and Commercial teams to deliver merchandising tools, training materials, and launch support for field teams and retail partners
• Track ROI, analyze results, and provide actionable insights and recommendations to optimize future retail initiatives
• Coordinate with external agencies, vendors, and retail partners to ensure seamless execution and strong brand visibility
• Support budget tracking, purchase order management, and retail calendar coordination
• Identify opportunities to improve execution, processes, and the overall retail experience
• Partner with the Visual Merchandising Manager and Global teams to adapt and implement visual merchandising strategies that align with global brand guidelines while meeting local market needs
• Ensure consistent and elevated brand representation across all retail environments, delivering premium consumer experiences at every touchpoint
• Coordinate the production and installation of visual merchandising elements, including displays, fixtures, graphics, testers, animations, and retail event materials
• Develop visual presentations and merchandising communication tools to support retailer and vendor execution
• Collaborate with vendors and suppliers to manage project timelines, budgets, production quality, and installation schedules
• Support the negotiation and administration of vendor agreements and project scopes
• Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of planograms, merchandising guidelines, and retail execution standards
• Conduct store visits and partner with retailers, field teams, and vendors to ensure flawless execution, identify opportunities, and maintain brand standards
• Monitor retail environments, consumer trends, and competitive activity to provide recommendations that continuously enhance the consumer experience and visual impact

We'd Love to Meet You If You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Merchandising, Marketing, or a related field
• 1-3 years of experience in trade marketing, visual merchandising, retail marketing, or a related function, preferably within beauty, fashion, luxury, or consumer goods
• Strong understanding of omnichannel retail, consumer marketing, and luxury brand execution
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Strong organizational and project management skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills
• Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and insights to support decision-making
• Creative, proactive, and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving
• Passion for luxury beauty, fragrance, fashion, and retail excellence
• Fluency in English is required; French language skills are considered an asset
• Willingness to travel within Canada for store visits, retail activations, and events as needed
• This role requires regular handling of materials, including lifting and transporting heavy boxes in accordance with safety guidelines

Compensation

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $65,000.00 - $70,000.00. Various factors are considered when extending offers, such as relevant skillset, training, years of experience related to the current job description, education, and our organizational structure. In addition to the base salary, PUIG offers a competitive benefits package that includes health and dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K, paid holidays, a generous paid time-off policy, hybrid work environment, and career opportunities within a dynamic team.

• health and dental insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• 401K
• paid holidays
• a generous paid time-off policy
• hybrid work environment
• career opportunities within a dynamic team

EEOC

Puig is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment

At Puig, we are continually looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our team. We believe that creating an inclusive environment in which you feel welcomed, valued, engaged, and empowered strengthens our business and fosters a culture where we are inspired to work hard, challenge ourselves, and be innovative in our thinking. Additionally, we believe that the diversity of our employees makes us a stronger company and better able to serve our customers around the world.

About Puig

Puig creates unique and highly desirable beauty and fashion brands that empower people to reinforce their self-esteem and find their own expression in a family-owned company that aims to leave a better world for the next generation.

Our brand portfolio is structured in three divisions: Beauty and Fashion, with the owned brands Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten, Penhaligon’s, Byredo, Dr. Barbara Sturm, and L’Artisan Parfumeur; the licenses of Christian Louboutin and Comme des Garçons perfumes; and Lifestyle fragrances, among them Adolfo Dominguez, Antonio Banderas, Shakira, and Benetton. The Charlotte Tilbury division, which includes the luxury makeup brand and the Derma division, with the Apivita, Uriage and Isdin brands. We sell products in 150 countries and operate 26 subsidiaries.

At Puig we honor the values and principles put in place by three generations of family leadership. Today we continue to build on that legacy, through conscious commitments in our ESG agenda (environmental, social, and governance) aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.