Manager, Visual Merchandising & Trade

Pandora A/S; Courbevoie; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pandora is seeking a Visual Merchandising & Trade Manager to lead and develop a small VM team in France. You will shape seasonal VM strategies, ensure flawless store execution, and collaborate with Retail, Marketing and Finance to optimize product presentation and campaigns.

The role requires extensive VM experience, managerial skills for at least three people, and fluency in English and French, with a focus on premium jewellery/fashion brands and international exposure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years retail experience in VM.
• Managerial experience of at least 3 persons.
• Experience in jewellery or fashion premium brands.
• Strong product styling ability with focus on commerciality.
• International experience in a global organisation.
• Fluent in English and French – both speaking and writing.

Responsabilités

• Develop and adapt seasonal and commercial VM strategies for the market, aligned with global brand standards.
• Drive and monitor the execution of VM strategies, campaigns, and store standards through visits, coaching, and remote support.
• Support implementation, testing, and rollout of new VM concepts and merchandising initiatives within France, providing feedback to global and regional stakeholders.
• Lead the execution of key commercial campaigns, window displays, and in-store activations across France, ensuring consistency and strong customer engagement.
• Partner with Retail, Marketing, and Commercial teams to optimize product presentation and maximize sales.
• Deliver VM training and coaching to store teams to maintain brand execution across the region.
• Monitor VM costs against budget with monthly reviews with Finance.

Connaissances

Retail experience

Visual Merchandising

Team management

English

French

Brand execution

Description du poste

Location: Paris

6 month CDD

Are you a passionate individual with strong Retail and Visual Merchandising experience ?Would you like to join Pandora ata very excitingtime for thebrand, whenresets are being made and where innovative thinking is highly encouraged? Then you might be our new Visual Merchandising & Trade Manager !

The key responsibilities of theVM teamare:

• Develop and adapt seasonal and commercial Visual Merchandising strategies, guidelines, and best practices for the market, ensuring alignment with global brand standards.

• Drive andmonitorthe execution of VM strategies, campaigns, and store standards across all stores through regular store visits, coaching, and remote support.

• Support the implementation, testing, and rollout of new VM concepts, store formats, and merchandising initiatives within the French region, providing feedback to global and regional stakeholders.

• Lead the execution of key commercial campaigns, window displays, and in-store activations across France, ensuring consistency, excellence, and strong customer engagement.

• Partner closely with Retail, Marketing, and Commercial teams tooptimizeproduct presentation, enhancethe customerexperience, and maximize sales performance.

• Deliver VM training and coaching to store teams, ensuring a high level of visual merchandising capability and brand execution throughout the region.

• Monitoring Trade and VM costs against the allocated budget, with monthly reviews and close collaboration with the Finance team.

The VM team consists of 3 VM Specialists with varying specialities. As the manager of this team, your role is to make sure each member has a good understanding of where the brand is going and how you see them being part of the journey, and a proud contributor to Pandora’s success.

In addition to the above, your key accountabilities as the VM Manager will be to:

• Develop, inspire, encourage and reward each team member, setting goals and measuring progress

Also, we hope to see:

• Minimum 7 years Retail experience in VM

• Managerial experience of at least 3 persons

• Experience in Jewellery and/or Fashion apparel, in high profile retail brands with focus on Premium execution

• Strong product styling ability with focus on commerciality

• Experience in developing and adapting comprehensive VM guidelines

• International experience working in a global organisation

• Good understanding of the consumer journey and retail (sales) operations in store

• Fluent in English and French – both speaking and writing

To succeed in this role, we hope to see that you have a strong sense of aesthetics and a true interest for design, fashion and art. You can easily express your thoughts and ideas through visual references. You have a structured work style, an outgoing personality and the ability to generate conceptual ideas and share these with leaders at all levels.

About Pandora

Pandora is the world's largestjewellerybrand,specialisingin the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxuryjewellerymade from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningfuljewellery. Pandorajewelleryis sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 37,000 people worldwide and crafts itsjewelleryusing only recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 31.7 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) in 2024.Recognisedby the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Best Workplaces and ranked #1 among Danish companies, Pandora is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that reflecting the diversity of society in how we engage with our customers is essential to fulfilling our purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We are dedicated to nurturing a culture where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive.