Visual Merchandising Manager

Saje Natural Wellness; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading wellness company as a Visual Merchandising Manager, where you'll bring brand stories to life in retail environments. You'll collaborate with various teams to optimize product placement and enhance customer experiences. This role offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for personal growth.

Benefits

Annual bonus program

Flexible work hours

Wellness days

Health benefits

Generous product discount

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Product training

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Visual Merchandising role.
• Strong understanding of retail merchandising principles.
• Ability to analyze sales data and translate insights.

Responsibilities

• Translate product vision into actionable planograms.
• Drive conversion and sell-through of products.
• Manage timelines and budgets for visual activities.

Skills

Collaboration

Creativity

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Tools

MockShop

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Job description

We welcome interested candidates based in the Greater Vancouver Area and Greater Toronto Area.

Overview:

At Saje Natural Wellness, we're nature's original farmacy, blending the superpower of plants so you can remedy real life, naturally. And like nature, we're continually growing! As we continue to build our team, we're seeking talented people to join us: in our stores, support offices, and distribution centres. We are a purpose-driven, people-first organization where collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurial mindsets thrive.

We look for individuals who have drive and warmth, agility and passion, and keep customer experience at the centre of everything they do.

At Saje, you’ll connect with a dynamic community and make a positive impact. Join our team and grow your career, alongside the most talented, hard working, and kind-hearted people out there.

The impact you'll make:

Reporting to the Sr Manager of Visual Merchandising, the Visual Merchandising Manager is responsible for bringing our brand, campaign and product stories to life in Saje’s Retail and third-party retail environments. This role informs the strategy and drives the execution of visual planograms, fixturing and displays to optimize the product, price, placement and promotion of Saje’s iconic assortment.

The Visual Merchandising Manager is embedded within the Retail Leadership team and is a close cross-functional partner with Marketing, Creative, Product, Operations and Finance. The impact of the Visual Merchandising Manager is to drive conversion and sell-through of our SKUs through VM and synergistically with our overall brand and commercial strategy.

All Saje Team Members are responsible for contributing to Saje’s culture and maintaining a positive environment for themselves and their peers.

What you'll do:

Visual Merchandising Planograms:

• Translate the vision of Product and Marketing into clear, simple and actionable planograms for campaigns, launches, and seasonal programsin both Own and Partner Retail.
• Localize and adapt planograms to meet individual store needs, and provide the basis for continuous improvement with each new directive.
• Actively drive a closed-loop process to receive feedback from stores regarding merchandising effectiveness, to eliminate barriers and scale successes.

Fixturing & Displays:

• Contribute the thought leadershiprequired to ensure all product displays are world class and set Saje apart in the area of visual merchandising and store experience.
• Ideate on and contribute to the sourcing of fixturing, propping and signage displays that enhance customer experience and grow conversion.

Reporting & Budgeting:

• Analyze sales results and rationalize all in-store product placements in partnership with the product, marketing and retail teams.
• Provide structure, manage timelines and budgets for all store visual activity.

Retail Strategy:

• Aid in the annual planning and budget process for the visual merchandising department.
• Communicate cross-functionally with all business partners to ensure maximum understanding, buy-in and commitment to maintaining the Saje Community Member Experience

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Previous experience in a Visual Merchandising role, within a support office/head office.
• Strong understanding ofretail merchandising principles(product, price, placement, promotion).
• Proficiency invisual merchandising software and digital planograms (e.g., MockShop, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp).
• Proven experience in developing and executing planograms, fixturing, and in-store displays.
• Ability to analyzesales dataand translate insights into actionable merchandising strategies.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Experience withbudget managementand project timelines.
• Ability to translate brand and marketing strategies into compelling in-store experiences.
• Creative mindset with a strong eye for aesthetics, design, and storytelling.
• Innovative thinking in fixturing and display ideation to enhance customer engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and drive results independently.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, prioritization, and execution.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic retail environment.

Why Saje?

Here at Saje, we understand that joining a team is an important decision to make, so we want to be sure you're supported to do your best work.

The compensation range on average for this position is from $75,000 - $85,000 annually. Base pay is dependent on market location and mayvary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity.

In addition to your base, we offer:

• Annual bonus program
• A hybrid way of working
• Flexible work hours based on business needs
• Wellness days to ensure you're taking care of you mental and physical health
• Health benefits - comprehensive health, vision and dental packages
• Paid sick days
• Generous product discount
• Full onboarding plan and onboarding buddy to help you settle in
• Employee Assistance Program - 24/7 support, resources, and information available to you and your family
• GRSP programs
• Paid time off to ensure you're resting & recharging
• Product training to help you learn about the benefits and efficacy of our 100% natural products to support your own wellness journey

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

Join our team!

If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply in the link below. Not sure you're 100% the right fit? We encourage you to apply even if you don't have all of the listed qualifications. We offer a thorough onboarding experience to set you up for success, learning and development support, and help you to integrate seamlessly.

Saje provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and believe the best teams are made up of diverse perspectives and people. We offer reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and will work with you to ensure you are supported while working at Saje.