Visual Lead - Madison Ave

ALO; New York (NY); On-site; USD 33,062 - 38,572; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Insurance plans

401K matching

Clothing allowance

Yoga classes

Job summary

ALO is seeking a Visual Lead in New York, NY to drive store sales and profitability through expert visual merchandising in partnership with the Visual Manager. You will lead material handling, floor set updates, and stock management while collaborating with Operations & Visual Manager to optimize performance.

As a Visual Lead, you will supervise a team, plan visual changes, manage payroll-related decisions for the floor, and leverage metrics to guide merchandising strategies.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of client-centric, sales environment experience.
• Proven leadership capabilities demonstrating good decision making.
• Values feedback and loves giving/receiving feedback.
• High energy, upbeat, and enthusiastic with teamwork.
• Self-motivated with a drive to achieve results.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution of shipment, receiving, processing, and floor replenishment.
• Maintain strategic product presentation and merchandising per directives with Visual Manager.
• Plan visual floor changes with payroll considerations and business needs.
• Execute visual direction from planning through to meeting company budgets and timelines.
• Use reporting tools with management to spot opportunities in product placement and stock levels.

Skills

Client-centric sales

Leadership

Feedback oriented

Communication

Energetic

Self-motivated

Team player

Job description

WHY JOIN ALO?

Mindful movement. It’s at the core of why we do what we do at ALO—it’s our calling. Because mindful movement in the studio leads to better living. It changes who yogis are off the mat, making their lives and their communities better. That’s the real meaning of studio-to-street: taking the consciousness from practice on the mat and putting it into practice in life.

OVERVIEW

The Visual Lead is responsible for achieving store sales & maximizing profitability through Visual Merchandising in partnership with the Visual Manager. The Visual Lead will work closely with the Operations & Visual Manager in initiating, delegating work, and providing feedback to the team to achieve optimal results supporting total store operations.

Visual Leader

• Manage execution of key operational functions including shipment, receiving and processing, reverse transfers, sales floor recovery, intra-day sales floor replenishment, floor set updates, and supply management
• Maintains strategic product presentation and merchandising by ensuring product recovery, restock, destock, and making visual merchandising change in accordance with directive and with partnership of the Visual Manager
• Effectively plans Visual floor changes with the management team through payroll management and adapting the zone and visual support to the needs of the business.
• Executes and maintains 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

Business Leader

• Partner with Operations & Visual Manager to manage reporting, budgets, expenses, inventory control, supplies, vendor relationships, technology, and facilities to ensure maintained and maximized
• Demonstrate strong business acumen by leveraging metrics to support business-driving strategies
• Move dynamically on the retail floor to assess and fulfill the needs of the business, team and guests

People Leader

• Leads by example and inspires staff in daily operations and guest experience
• Partner with management to provide coaching, guidance and direction to Associates; responsible for recruitment and development of talent
• Use company performance tools to evaluate each operations associate and provide constant feedback to drive individual growth and improvement in partnership with the store leader

Business Partner

• Collaborate with Operations Lead to ensure cross-functional training, and Sales & Service Lead to ensure the business is well-executed
• Execute company-level operations-focused directives, projects and initiates, in partnership with the Operations & Visual Manager (e.g. from the SCC)
• Open and close the store in accordance to visual standards

Visual Lead Qualifications:

• 2+ Years prior work experience in a client-centric, sales environment
• Proven leadership capabilities demonstrating excellent decision making
• Values feedback, receptive to receiving feedback and eager to provide
• High energy, upbeat and enthusiastic with the ability to integrate fun and work
• Self-motivated with a desire to achieve results and excel individually, and as a team
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Aligns with and embodies ALO’s guiding principles
• Job Level: Associate

The Visual Lead is full-time and requires 32-40 hours per week fulfilling the job description as stated above. To build a balanced schedule that supports the needs of the business and our teams, we expect all full-time employees to have openavailability and are expected to work variable shifts including peak days and weekends.All employees without exception are expected to be able to work during the company’s Blackout period, from the week of American Thanksgiving (including Black Friday and Thanksgiving weekend) through the end of the holiday season (the 1st week of January).

JUST SOME OF THE PERKS

• Generous employee discount for Bella+Canvas, ALO, and free membership to ALO Wellness Club, with access to hundreds of streaming fitness and yoga classes with top instructors
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plan options, and enhanced additional benefits such as free virtual access to mental health providers and new parent support for employees and dependents (Full-Time Employees)
• 401K with company matching (Full-Time Employees)
• Monthly Store Incentives
• Clothing Allowance
• Free yoga classes at any of our Sanctuaries

The Company’s Lead base pay ranges from $24.00 - $28.00/ hour in New York, NY. Please also note, Leads are eligible to participate in the Company’s Monthly Store Incentive bonus program, which may result in bringing the total compensation to a higher range. Further, the range listed is just one component of the Company’s total rewards package for retail employees. Other rewards may include: clothing allowance, employee discount, 401K, competitive medical, dental, and vision plans, commuter benefits, and ALO Wellness Club.

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