Regional Visual Manager

Matalan; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Regional Visual Manager to enhance the customer experience through effective visual merchandising across stores. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in retail visual merchandising, a customer-first mindset, and strong collaboration skills. This field-based role involves significant travel across the North West, coaching store teams and implementing merchandising strategies to drive sales. The company offers competitive salary, benefits, and a supportive team culture.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Thrive Recognition Scheme

Wellbeing support

Life Assurance

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Creative leader with a commercial mindset.
• Ability to turn strategy into in-store reality.
• Experience in fast-paced fashion or homeware retail.

Responsibilities

• Lead impactful visual merchandising across stores.
• Work with team to enhance customer experience.
• Coach store teams and implement seasonal floor sets.

Skills

Visual Merchandising experience

Customer-first mindset

Collaboration skills

Resilience and adaptability

Passion for developing people

Job description

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About The Role

We're looking for a Regional Visual Manager to bring our brand to life across stores in your region. In this role, you’ll lead the delivery of consistent, impactful, and commercially effective visual merchandising that enhances the customer experience and drives sales. You’ll work hand‑in‑hand with Regional Managers, store leadership teams, and our Central VM team to set the standard and inspire teams to deliver.

This is a field-based role with a significant amount of travel across the North West, so you’ll need to be comfortable being on the move and spending plenty of time in stores. No two days will look the same, from coaching store teams, to implementing seasonal floor sets, to keeping a sharp eye on competitors and retail trends, you’ll play a key role in shaping how our customers experience Matalan.

About You

You’re a creative leader with a strong commercial mindset and a track record in visual merchandising within fast‑paced value fashion or homeware retail. You know how to balance creativity with strategy, making sure stores not only look inspiring but also deliver results.

You’ll bring:

• Extensive Visual Merchandising experience and the ability to turn strategy into in‑store reality.
• A customer‑first mindset, always looking for ways to make the shopping journey engaging and relevant.
• Strong collaboration skills to work cross‑functionally with regional and central teams.
• The resilience and adaptability to thrive in a fast‑moving retail environment.
• A passion for developing people, coaching store teams, and nurturing future VM talent.
• If you’re excited by variety, thrive on being out in the field, and want to make a tangible impact across a region, this role could be for you.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we also offer the below core benefits:

• 20% colleague discount, which increases with length of service
• Thrive Recognition Scheme
• Wellbeing support provided by the Retail Trust
• Life Assurance
• Retail Rewards platform offering discounts for other retailers
• Pension Scheme
• Access to a wide range of career development
• Additional benefits may apply depending on your role and area of the business

About Matalan

From humble beginnings to disruptive innovations in the retail industry, find out about how Matalan is ever‑evolving here on our careers site.

We know as a team, we are stronger together – we champion equality for all and make lasting connections that go beyond work. We thrive off our inclusive culture, encouraging our colleagues to bring their true selves to work and contributing to collective creativity, open‑mindedness and growth.

We want give every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the application and interview process and then ultimately in their role. If you require any adjustments during our recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.