Retail Visual Merchandising Lead

ALO; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employee discount

Wellness club membership

401K with company matching

Monthly Store Incentives

Clothing Allowance

Free yoga classes

Job summary

ALO is seeking a Visual Manager to join the store leadership team. You will drive visual and product strategy, oversee operational and merchandising processes, and use data to enhance product placement and stock levels.

The role requires moving around the store, coaching teams, and ensuring customer-ready presentation throughout shifts. You will plan visual changes, manage payroll-driven floor updates, and collaborate with the General/Store Manager to meet budgets and timelines.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of retail or related industry leadership experience.
• Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Agile with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a changing environment.
• Independent work ethic, time management skills, and personal accountability.
• Aligns with and embodies ALO’s Guiding Principles.
• Requires constant movement in and around all areas of store.
• Ability to lift, push, carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• 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 partnership of General/Store 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
• Represent the business in meetings and on conference calls, in partnership with General/Store 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
• Future planning workflow business needs to protect optimal performance
• Ensure that the Visual team exudes ALO’s mission and guiding principles to effectively communicate to our guests
• Leads a team through accountability, continuous coaching, development of talent, and elevating effective communication throughout the Operations and Visual team
• Establish internal & external pipeline through succession planning and recruitment strategy
• Oversees the execution of deliverables on sales floor, achieving KPI’s, while protecting operational efficiency and visual sets
• Collaborates and implements General/Store Manager’s vision and work cross-functionally with business partners, as directed, to support organizational goals and to achieve visual and sales floor KPI’s
• Demonstrate an ability to navigate the organization with a balance of business need and brand culture

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal

Agile

Time management

Accountability

Guiding principles

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

ALO is seeking a Visual Manager to join the store leadership team. You will drive visual and product strategy, oversee operational and merchandising processes, and use data to enhance product placement and stock levels.

The role requires moving around the store, coaching teams, and ensuring customer-ready presentation throughout shifts. You will plan visual changes, manage payroll-driven floor updates, and collaborate with the General/Store Manager to meet budgets and timelines.