Visual Manager - Covent Garden, London

Aloyoga; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

AloYoga is seeking a Visual Manager to lead store presentation and drive the brand's visual strategy on the sales floor. You will partner with the General Manager to translate merchandising directives into customer-ready displays and inventory plans.

The role requires strong leadership, collaboration, and the ability to use data to shape product placement, floor sets, and staffing. AloYoga emphasizes inclusion, flexibility, and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in retail or related industry.
• Strong MS Office knowledge (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Able to manage multiple tasks in a changing environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with personal accountability.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Willingness to stand and move throughout the shift.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and support execution of operational and visual processes.
• Champion strong visual standards using business performance data.
• Lead product presentation and merchandising with restock/destock activities.
• Plan visual floor changes and manage payroll-related staffing needs.
• Own visual direction from planning to execution within budgets and timelines.
• Use reporting tools with management to optimize product placement and stock levels.

Skills

Leadership experience

MS Office

Interpersonal communication

Agile / multitasking

Entrepreneurial mindset

Independent work ethic

Lift 50 pounds

Stand/walk entire shift

Brand culture alignment

Job description

OVERVIEW

The Visual Manager is a critical member of the store leadership team accountable for bringing ALO's visual and product strategy to life in the store. This individual is passionate about planning, product knowledge, analyzing reporting and visual execution - all with a lens on driving efficient and effective visual merchandising. This role's north star is pointed at ensuring that the store is customer-ready at all times.

Visual Leader

• Oversee and support execution of key operational and visual processes
• Champion strong visual standards for the salesfloor by leveraging business performance data
• Lead strategic product presentation and merchandising by ensuring product recovery, restock, destock, and making visual merchandising change in accordance with directive and with partnership of the Visual Manager
• Effectively plans Visual floor changes through payroll management and adapting visual support to the needs of the business.
• Own visual direction from planning through executing to meeting company expectations, budgets, timeline
• Utilizes reporting tools in partnership with management to identify business opportunities with product placement, outfitting, and stock levels. Makes changes as necessary

Business Leader

• Represent the business in meetings and on conference calls, in partnership with General Manager
• Review, Monitor and partner with General Manager to manage the budget, reporting and other business data; including metrics (e.g. Expenses, Sell-Thru) and inform planning processes (e.g., quarterly business review and sales planning)
• Future planning workflow business needs to protect optimal performance

People Leader

• Ensure that the Visual team exudes ALO's mission and guiding principles to effectively communicate to our visitors who we are, what we do and why we do what we do
• Leads a team through accountability, continuous coaching on a regular basis, development of talent, and elevating effective communication throughout the Operations and Visual team
• Establish internal & external pipeline through succession planning and recruitment strategy
• Writes an effective schedule that prioritizes the best business strategy, in partnership with the General Manager

Business Partner

• Oversees the execution of certain deliverables on the ALO Sales and Service Model, protecting operational efficiency
• Collaborates and implement General/Store Manager's vision and work cross-functionally with business partners, as directed, to support all-level organizational goals
• Demonstrate an ability to navigate the organization with a balance of business need and brand culture

Visual Manager Qualifications:

• Prior experience of leadership within retail or related industry
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Agile with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a changing environment
• Highly Motivated by driving business in a fast-paced, innovative environment
• Business owner mindset with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Independent work ethic, time management skills, and personal accountability
• Aligns with and embodies ALO's Guiding Principles
• Ability to lift, push, carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to lift, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and/or twist, and safely climb up/down a ladder
• Ability to stand and move for an entire shift
• Proof of right to live and work in the UK

Visual Manager Schedule

The Visual Manager role is a full-time role with a 40-hour workweek (5 days) consisting of 75% of those hours managing the retail floor and coaching and developing the team. In an effort to build a balanced schedule that supports the needs of the business and our teams, we expect all full-time employees to be available for opening, closing and weekend shifts, which may be subject to change.

Diversity and Inclusion statement

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, ALO does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, colour, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by statutory law. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

Interview Process adjustments

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application or by emailing [e-mail] will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.