Visual Merchandising Manager

Dyson GmbH; Malmesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Visual Merchandising Manager to shape the global VM strategy. In this pivotal role, you will drive impactful retail execution, collaborate with diverse teams, and innovate to enhance customer experience. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and a creative approach to problem-solving. Join a dynamic team that values resilience and creativity, and contribute to delivering a unique in-store narrative that aligns with brand positioning and business objectives. This opportunity promises to be both challenging and rewarding, offering a chance to make a significant impact in a global retail environment.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus scheme

Life assurance

Discounts on Dyson machines

Free bus travel to campus

Generous holiday allowance

Free on-site parking

Free on-site lunches

Access to on-site sports centre

Private medical insurance

Digital GP services

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior visual merchandising role.
• Strong understanding of retail environments and VM impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the Global VM Strategy.
• Create VM guidelines and training materials.
• Lead VM strategy for store openings and seasonal campaigns.

Skills

Visual Merchandising

Communication Skills

Creative Thinking

Collaboration

Commercial Acumen

Job description

Dyson is a global technology company with a unique philosophy - to solve problems that others ignore, first. It transforms every category it enters with radical and iconic re-inventions that work, perform, and look very different.

Our culture is unique; The mindset is geared to constant change and Dyson’s pace brings constant challenge. Dyson suits people with the courage and resilience to find their own way, spotting opportunities where others don’t, and having the self-belief to persevere where others give up.

About The Role

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Visual Merchandising Manager to join our Global Retail Design team. This role will be pivotal in shaping and delivering the global VM strategy, ensuring consistent, impactful, and brand-aligned retail execution across all markets. The successful candidate will act as a strategic partner to global market teams, offering expert guidance, tools, and frameworks to elevate our in-store storytelling and customer experience.

You will:

•Develop and own the Global VM Strategy: Define and evolve the overarching visual merchandising strategy in line with brand positioning, product launches, seasonal campaigns, and business objectives.

•Market Enablement & Support: Partner closely with markets and retail delivery teams to align execution with global direction whilst ensuring local requirements and cultural nuances are represented to central.

•Guidelines & Toolkits: Create clear, compelling VM guidelines, toolkits, and training materials to support consistent implementation across all store formats.

•Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Retail Design, Marketing, Business Units, and Store Operations teams to ensure a seamless end-to-end brand and product narrative in-store.

•Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of visual merchandising trends, retail innovation, and competitor activity to continually refine our VM approach.

•Performance & Feedback: Support the measurement of VM impact in-store, using customer insights and retail KPIs to guide continuous improvement.

•Store Openings & Rollouts: Lead VM strategy and support for key store openings, refurbishments, and seasonal campaigns.

About You

You will have:

•Proven experience in a senior visual merchandising role, ideally within a global or multi-market retail environment.

•Strong understanding of retail environments and how VM drives customer engagement and commercial performance.

•Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and guide diverse stakeholders.

•A collaborative mindset with the confidence to lead, coach, and inspire others.

•Creative thinking combined with strong commercial acumen.

•Experience developing and delivering guidelines, training, and toolkits.

•Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

Performance-related bonus scheme

Life assurance

Discounts on Dyson machines and retail purchases

Free bus travel to and from campus (from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, and Swindon)

Lifestyle

Generous holiday allowance of 27 days (plus bank holidays)

Free on-site parking

Free on-site lunches, fruit, and hot drinks

Access to on-site sports centre, gym, hair salon, and lifestyle assistance

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

Option to purchase additional holiday days

Health

Private medical insurance and dental insurance

Employee assistance programme

Digital GP services

On-site physiotherapy and GP services

Prescription service

Fertility treatment support

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At the Dyson campus in Malmesbury we’ve got an English Electric Lightning, an early British supersonic fighter jet, hanging from the ceiling of our canteen. Pilots have described flying it like “being saddled to a skyrocket.”