Senior Visual Merchandising Manager

adidas; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

As the Senior Visual Merchandising Manager at a leading sports brand in London, you will oversee a talented team and ensure the best customer experience through innovative visual strategies. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead, inspire, and drive brand excellence in one of the world’s most iconic shopping destinations.

Benefits

Performance related bonus

28 days holiday

Westfield Health cash plan

Qualifications

• Proven people manager with experience in visual merchandising.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills at all levels.
• Desire and ability to travel for projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a high-performing team of Visual Merchandisers.
• Ensure compliance with Visual Merchandising standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance store presentation.

Skills

People Leadership

Creativity

Problem Solving

Job description

The opportunity:

Are you ready for the most high-profile role within VM in London?

As our Senior Visual Merchandising Manager at adidas, you’ll manage one of the most globally important stores for our brand, based on the iconic Oxford Street, London.

You’ll need to be a proven people manager, inheriting a team of 4 direct reports, with a total team of 8. Stakeholder engagement is also a focus for you, managing relationships at all levels.

We’re looking for creative doers & natural problem solvers who’ll bring a solution-based mindset to our high performing team.

Fancy contributing towards driving our brand strategy, winning consumers at the point of purchase with premium visual excellence? Read on.

Things to consider before you apply:

• You may need to travel – so the ability / desire to do this is important
• Retail includes working nights and away on projects, we’d rather you know this & consider this at the very start of your process with us.
• We need a true people leader, who can inspire, motivate and set clear goals for our VM team, if you’re not passionate about people, this might not be the role for you
• There’ll also be support for planning / coordinating VM activities outside of the Flagship eg showroom resets, events, store openings or and store remodels.

What you’ll do:

• You’ll take ownership of managing an extremely high-performing team of Visual Merchandisers to deliver an amazing consumer journey through VM and Styling, all with the aim of bringing our Brand to life & converting consumers at the point of purchase.
• You’ll lead the Visual Merchandising team to deliver the business strategic plan and contribute to our commercial targets
• Execute the Visual Merchandising standards according to the VM calendar
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to ensure we’re adopting the correct use, implementation & presentation of product packages, store fittings, in-store communication material, campaigns and VM tools.
• Influence and negotiate with all key business partners for all VM subjects, considering key product launches, ensuring consistency withinbest practice guidelines to provide a leading brand experience for all customers.
• Develop best practice, standards and operational plans to support the implementation of Visual Merchandising standards and guidelines.
• Leverage tools and programs for planning of existing or new stores or brand spaces (e.g. stocking and space planning tools).

As if working for a legendary sports brand wasn’t enough, you can expect the following:

• Performance related bonus (store bonus received per month)
• 28 days holiday
• Westfield Health cash plan

We'd love to hear from you, please hit apply now before our closing date of 30.06.25

**Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we may close our advert early, so please apply before missing out.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE:Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
• OWNERSHIP:Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.