Visual Merchandising Manager - Max Mara UK

Max Mara Fashion Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Max Mara Fashion Group in the United Kingdom seeks a Visual Merchandising Manager to deliver our brand image in stores and lead a local VM team across assigned locations.

You will lead day-to-day organisation, coordinate with HQ, and coach team members to develop their strengths while maintaining high standards of visual presentation. Travel to stores is required, with a focus on collaborative execution of VM activities.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Visual Merchandising within retail.
• Demonstrable experience leading and coordinating a team.
• Strong eye for detail and brand aesthetics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work to objectives and manage timings.
• Willingness to travel to assigned stores.
• Commitment to keeping your technical and professional knowledge up to date.

Responsibilities

• Lead the local VM team, managing their organisation, schedules and activities across assigned stores.
• Coordinate the team's work, ensuring HQ priorities and timings are met.
• Lead appraisal, development and growth of your team.
• Foster a collaborative, results-focused working environment.
• Create window displays and merchandising set-ups in line with brand guidelines.
• Support HQ in delivering the retail strategy through hands-on VM execution.
• Ensure activities are delivered to HQ-planned timings.

Skills

Visual Merchandising

Team Leadership

Planning & Organisation

Coaching & Training

Communication

Travel

Job description

Are you a Visual Merchandising professional who combines a strong eye for brand image with a genuine talent for leading and developing people?

We're looking for a Visual Merchandising Manager to deliver our brand image in store and lead a local VM team.

About the role

The Visual Merchandising Manager is responsible for delivering and maintaining our brand image across stores, in line with company guidelines. You'll be the point of reference for the local VM team, leading their day-to-day organisation, and you'll work in close partnership with HQ and the central team.

What you'll do

• Act as the lead for the local VM team, managing their organisation, schedules and the planning of activities across assigned stores.
• Coordinate the team's work, ensuring priorities and timings agreed with HQ are met.
• Lead the appraisal, development and professional growth of your team, helping each person build on their strengths and potential.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive and results-focused working environment.
• Create window displays and merchandising set‑ups in line with brand guidelines, commercial needs and the product available in store.
• Support HQ in delivering the retail strategy through hands‑on execution of VM activities (window rotations, re-merchandising, and so on).
• Ensure activities are delivered to the timings planned with the HQ Visual Merchandising Manager.

Store supervision & network relationships

• Supervise and monitor assigned stores, both on‑site and remotely, ensuring brand image standards are upheld.
• Track sales performance to assess the impact of VM activities and help shape the visual merchandising strategy.
• Share structured feedback with HQ on the needs of the retail network.

Training

• Develop in‑store training and coach store teams on visual merchandising techniques and principles, ensuring windows and displays are executed to standard.

What we're looking for

• Solid experience in Visual Merchandising within retail.
• Demonstrable experience leading and coordinating a team — organising, planning, and supporting people's appraisal and development.
• A strong eye for detail and brand aesthetics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a flair for coaching and training.
• The ability to work to objectives and manage your own timings.
• Willingness to travel to assigned stores.
• A commitment to keeping your technical and professional know-how up to date

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About Max Mara Fashion Group

Max Mara Fashion Group is recognized worldwide as a pioneer of modern prêt‑à‑porter fashion. Founded in 1951, the company’s mission has been to offer "haute de gamme" women’s clothing, produced through exceptional industrial processes.

Passion, commitment, and tradition have created a unique fashion style:

9 main brands

60+ fashion collections every season

14 million+ garments sold annually

2,500+ single‑brand stores

10,000+ multi‑brand shops

27 languages spoken across the Max Mara Fashion Group

5,500+ employees globally

Our ecosystem comprises 44 departments, including Fashion Design, Marketing & Sales, Operations, Retail, Stores, ICT, Architecture Design, Economics, BI, and more. The Digital Division, established in 2013, focuses on integrating the company’s digital assets, including e‑commerce solutions and digital marketing services.

Discover your potential and thrive with Max Mara Fashion Group, where work means passion, embracing challenges, learning from each other, and contributing to a shared vision. Join our team and make your career a success!

Max Mara Fashion Group is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. #JoinUs