Visual Manager - Easton Town Center

Alo Yoga; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Visual Manager, where you will play a vital role in executing visual merchandising strategies and ensuring the store is always customer-ready. This position requires a dynamic leader who can manage a team, analyze performance data, and maintain exceptional visual standards. You will be responsible for implementing visual changes, collaborating with store management, and driving operational efficiency. With a focus on continuous improvement and talent development, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a vibrant retail environment. If you have a passion for visual storytelling and retail excellence, this could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Generous employee discount

Free membership to Alo Moves

Competitive medical, dental and vision plans

401K with company matching

Monthly Store Incentives

Clothing Allowance

Free yoga classes

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of retail leadership experience required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee visual merchandising and maintain strong visual standards.
• Lead and develop the visual team to align with company principles.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Agility in Task Handling

Independent Work Ethic

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Role Objective:

The Visual Manager is a critical member of the store leadership team accountable for bringing Alo’s visual and product strategy to life in the store. This individual is passionate about planning, product knowledge, analyzing reporting and visual execution – all with a lens on driving efficient and effective visual merchandising. This role’s north star is pointed at ensuring that the store is customer-ready at all times. Duties require constant movement in and around the store, including the sales floor and back of house. When not actively assisting guests, this position takes initiative to perform other tasks, as needed, to keep the store clean, safe, inviting and operating efficiently.

Visual Leader

• Oversee and support execution of key operational and visual processes
• Champion strong visual standards for the sales floor by leveraging business performance data
• Lead strategic product presentation and merchandising by ensuring product recovery, restock, destock, and making visual merchandising changes 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

Business Leader

• 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 (e.g., quarterly business review and sales planning)
• Future planning workflow business needs to protect optimal performance

People Leader

• Ensure that the Visual team exudes Alo's mission and guiding principles to effectively communicate to our guests who we are, what we do and why we do what we do
• 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

Flow Experience Leader

• 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 works 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

Visual Manager Qualifications

• 3-5 years of retail or related industry leadership experience
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• 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 the store
• Ability to lift, push, carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to lift, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and/or twist, and safely climb up/down a ladder
• Ability to stand and move for an entire shift

Visual Manager Schedule

To build a balanced schedule that supports the needs of the business and our teams, we expect all full-time employees to have open availability 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).

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Alo 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.

JUST SOME OF THE PERKS

• Generous employee discount for Bella+Canvas, Alo Yoga, and free membership to Alo Moves, 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