Senior Visual Merchandiser

Water Oasis Co Ltd; Hong Kong Island; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Water Oasis Co Ltd is seeking a senior Visual Merchandiser to lead seasonal and regular concepts aligned with brand identity and commercial goals across the store network.

You will own guidelines, design window displays, coordinate production with external vendors, and ensure on-schedule and on-budget installations. Collaborate with marketing and operations, manage stock of display materials, and coach store teams to maintain presentation standards.

Qualifications

• Higher diploma or above in visual merchandising, fashion design, interior design, marketing or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in visual merchandising within Retail or Beauty environments.
• Solid command of Photoshop, Illustrator and SketchUp; able to produce display mockups, planograms and installation drawings.
• Strong aesthetic judgement with commercial awareness; interpret sales data and space constraints.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English together with Cantonese; Mandarin is a plus.
• Less experience candidates will be considered for Visual Merchandiser.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of seasonal and regular visual merchandising concepts aligned with the brand identity and commercial goals.
• Own visual merchandising guidelines plus planogram standards for the store network and maintain brand presentation.
• Design window displays and sales floor layouts for new product launches, promotions and seasonal campaigns; coordinate production and installation.
• Partner with marketing, administration and operations to plan the display calendar and stock availability.
• Take ownership of stock and inventory management of display materials across stores; ensure timely replenishment.
• Maintain visual standards through store visits, audits and coaching sessions for store teams.
• Analyze sales performance and customer feedback to evaluate effectiveness of displays and guide future merchandising decisions.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Planograms

Display mockups

Installation drawings

External vendor coordination

English and Cantonese

Mandarin a plus

Education

Higher diploma in visual merchandising

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

SketchUp

Job description

Lead the development of seasonal and regular visual merchandising concepts aligned with the brand identity together with the commercial goals of the Company and translating business priorities into compelling visual stories across every store or special/seasonal Event.

Own the visual merchandising guidelines plus planogram standards for the store network and maintaining a consistent brand presentation whilst giving store teams clear direction for daily execution.

Design window displays as well as sales floor layouts for new product launches, promotions plus seasonal campaigns and coordinating production together with installation via external vendors to open every display on schedule and within budget.

Partner with the marketing, administration and operations teams to plan the display calendar, keeping every campaign aligned with product priorities and promotion schedules together with stock availability.

Take ownership of stock and inventory management of display materials across the store network, keeping accurate records and timely replenishment as well as allocation of props together with materials to align every store presentation with visual plans.

Maintain visual standards through regular store visits, audits as well as coaching sessions and equipping store teams to uphold presentation quality between visits.

Analyse sales performance together with customer feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of each display and producing insight reports that guide future merchandising decisions.

Requirements :

Higher diploma or above in visual merchandising, fashion design, interior design, marketing or a related discipline.

Minimum 5 years' experience in visual merchandising within Retail or Beauty environments, preferably gained in fashion, lifestyle, beauty related or retail chain operations.

Solid command of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator as well as SketchUp or similar visualization tools, together with the ability to produce display mockups, planograms plus installation drawings.

Strong aesthetic judgement combined with commercial awareness plus a flexible mindset towards evolving beauty concepts, able to interpret sales data, customer insights as well as space constraints when planning displays.

Highly motivated with a sharp eye for detail, taking ownership of stock and inventory management without hesitation whilst collaborating comfortably with store teams as well as external vendors under tight campaign deadlines.

Proficiency in written and spoken English together with Cantonese, with Mandarin as an added advantage.

Less Experience candidate will be considered to Visual Merchandiser.

Water Oasis Group has developed rapidly to become one of the leading skincare and beauty groups in the region since 1998. With exclusive distribution rights to the renowned “~H2O+” brand skincare product range in Greater China, Taiwan and Singapore. In 2009, the Group was also awarded sole distributorship of a legendary Hungarian dermatologist skincare brand, “Erno Laszlo”, in Hong Kong and Mainland China. In April 1, 2010, the Group launched its first self-owned cosmetic brand “JM Make Up” to target the mass market in Mainland China.