UNIQLO Visual Area Manager

FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

UNIQLO, a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., is seeking a Visual Area Manager to oversee four MA/RI store locations, ensuring brand standards and compelling displays while adapting to inventory levels.

The role reports to regional managers and requires at least 3 years of visual merchandising experience, strong communication, and the ability to travel between Chestnut Hill, Natick Mall, South Shore Plaza, and Providence Place to drive sales through strategic merchandising.

Qualifications

• 3+ years visual merchandising experience in a high-volume retail environment.
• Create and direct visual merchandising displays following HQ direction.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Create, order, train, and maintain brand standards for visual presentation, cleanliness and organization throughout the store to ensure a consistent customer experience.
• Plan and execute new item deliveries to ensure placement and proper signage.
• Collaborate with corporate to plan seasonal merchandising and initiatives.
• Monitor merchandise sell-through and replenishment using sales reports.
• Maintain visually appealing displays that drive sell-through and reflect brand standards.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Brand standards

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Position Overview

Starting wage : $34 - $38 / hour This role will oversee four store locations in MA/RI (Chestnut Hill, Natick Mall, South Shore Plaza, and Providence Place). The ability to commute to these worksites (including multiple worksites in one day if needed) is an essential function of employment for this position. Reporting to the Visual Regional Manager, Store Area Manager and Store General Managers, the Visual Area Manager will provide solutions to store specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards and corporate visual guidelines to maintain brand integrity. The Visual Area Manager will adapt corporate visual direction based on individual store need and inventory levels and drives sales through strategic merchandise placement and compelling displays.

Key Responsibilities

• Creates, orders, train and maintain brand standards for visual presentation, cleanliness and organization throughout the store to ensure a consistent customer experience.
• Plan and execute new item deliveries to ensure they are quickly placed and all garments are represented on the floor in full size runs with proper signage where needed.
• Partner with corporate to create, prepare for and implement seasonal merchandising presentations and manage new visual merchandising initiatives.
• Strong understanding of company plans, to create Monthly Planning with Store Managers/GM for layout & In-store presentation
• Partner with management to monitor merchandise sell through and replenishment utilizing sales reports.
• Partner with store management on key visual merchandising decisions that have an impact on store workload and sales.
• Ensure visually appealing and brand appropriate displays are created and updated to drive sell through and maximize the business.
• Ensure lighting and signage is to company standard to highlight merchandise and display.
• Support store management to ensure all store objectives are met (i.e.: customer service, operational initiatives, etc.).
• Manage customer needs and exceed expectations by utilizing the UNIQLO service standard, following the UNIQLO Fundamental Principles and saying the 6 standard phrases.
• Provide product and brand knowledge to employees and customers.
• Exemplify and enforce company policy and procedure.
• Assist with special projects as assigned by management.
• Partner with Store Managers, and Corporate Visual Managers to identify and resolve issues in the store.
• Manages VMD in-store presentation budget and find most cost effective ways to control budget
• Maintain the highest in store visual standards across entire area
• Share best practices from your area stores to total company

Required Skills and Abilities

• Proven visual merchandising ability within a high volume vertical retailer- at least 3 years experience
• Create and direct visual merchandising displays, manage priorities and execute initiatives
• Attention to detail
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understand, interpret, and delegate based on HQ visual merchandising tools and direction
• Offer solutions to store specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards and HQ direction as a guideline
• Ability to identify potential Visual Merchandising opportunities and provide creative solutions
• Proven ability to create teams and partnerships
• Ability to train and develop a team
• Leads by example and is hands on
• Positive and professional attitude, is flexible and adaptable
• Ability to prioritize tasks and react to changing priorities
• Ability to effectively communicate with customers and store personnel

Physical Requirements

• Lift and carry up to 50 lbs
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, read computer terminals, push, pull or move objects of at least 25 pounds
• Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom by repetitive bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, and climbing

Schedule Requirements

• Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs.

Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 3 – 4 years retail visual merchandising or display experience

The Company is committed to equal pay initiatives and will not ask candidates for their current or past salary.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Fast Retailing does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, 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 applicable federal, state or local law.

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang.

Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.

UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand.

Today the company has a total of more than 2,500 UNIQLO stores across the world, including Japan, Asia, Europe and North America.

The total number of stores across Fast Retailing's brands is now over 3,600.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere.

For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.

For additional information regarding Uniqlo Careers please visit our Global Career Page.

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