Visual Merchandising Manager

Parfums Christian Dior; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury fragrance company in Toronto is seeking a Merchandise Manager responsible for executing visual merchandising strategies. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, particularly in luxury retail, and excellent skills in design and brand storytelling. This role offers competitive compensation tailored to expertise, with a salary range of CAD 85,000 to 100,000.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in visual merchandising, preferably in luxury retail.
• Proven track record in driving brand elevation.
• Excellent eye for design and brand aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Execute Visual Merchandising activities across all categories.
• Manage visual projects including in-store animation and guidelines.
• Drive training for best-in-class execution.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Brand storytelling

Analytical skills

Design and detail orientation

Tools

Sketchup 3D

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Position

PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR

From 1946, people of the House of Parfums Christian Dior in France and around the world embody the spirit of excellence, creativity, and the unique savoir-faire of its creator, the couturier-perfumer Christian Dior. Revolutionizing the codes of French elegance and luxury with its perfumes, combining tradition, and daring innovation in makeup and skincare, we reinvent every day the Dior style and affirm beauty and joy in its entirety.

Parfums Christian Dior is part of the LVMH Group and invites you today to join its North America team.

Job Description

The role of the Merchandise Manager is to support the execution of Merchandising activities and priorities with administrative responsibilities for Dior Canada. This person will take an active role collaborating with internal/external partners to support the company’s business strategy, including new product launches and consumer programs adhering to Global Corporate guidelines while identifying needs for the Canadian market.

The ideal candidate will be analytical, solution based and action oriented. A strong background in client facing POSM and retailer adaptations with the ability to create compelling narratives and support business decisions is required.

Responsible for planning and over-seeing the administrative responsibilities for the Merchandising department. Creating programs in line with company objectives to support sales and drive revenue through a deep understanding of the customer journey and the luxury beauty and fragrance space.

Key Accountabilities - Merchandising Strategy And Execution

• Execute Visual Merchandising activities across all categories, Fragrance, Skincare and Makeup for Canada.
• Manage all visual projects to include in store animation, primary visual weeks, posm launches, field guidelines and updates.
• Supports creation and refinement of brand and product placement, ensuring key messaging is consistent across all customer VM touchpoints.
• Drive consistency and excellence ensuring stores reflect the brands elevated image and esthetic.
• Work pro-actively and collaboratively with business partners to ensure standards are consistently adhered to, including training and support of field teams.
• Drive visual merchandising training to support best-in-class field execution. Partner with the Field teams to understand store needs and adapt visual merchandising plans accordingly.
• Maintain Visual Merchandising standards and guidelines to support Field team.
• Ensure accurate forecasts and allocations of all VM elements and orders for New Builds and manage replenishment of all POSM.
• Create/manage/track all PO’s for local/US/Global vendors.
• Seek out proficient processes and practices within the department and with partnering vendors to maximize efficiency and sustainability.
• Manage effectively multiple VM projects simultaneously with precision and financial accountability.
  
  

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in visual merchandising, preferably within the luxury or premium retail sector.
• Beauty industry experience preferred.
• Proven track record in driving brand elevation and retail excellence through innovative visual merchandising.
• Sketchup 3d or equivalent experience a plus, highly proficient in the use of multiple software packages including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MAC
• Excellent eye for design, detail, and quality with a deep understanding of brand aesthetics.
  
  

Key Competencies

• Creative and strategic thinker with a passion for brand storytelling.
• Results-oriented with a focus on flawless execution and retail excellence.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, results orientated team player.
• Multi-tasker with strong attention to detail and quality.
• Skilled at building relationships and driving cross-functional collaboration
  
  

Additional information

LVMH Inc. uses the published salary range as a guideline to provide our employees with market competitive pay while allowing for flexibility to recognize and reward various levels of expertise, performance and tenure.

While the published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, LVMH Inc. reserves the right to pay outside of the published salary range of $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 CAD.

This job description is intended to cover the core accountabilities of the position and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.