Regional Visual Merchandising Manager, North America

Company Description

Are you looking for a company that pushes the boundaries and creates a community inclusive of everyone? We are currently recruiting a Regional Visual Merchandising Manager, North America.

Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, North America and based out of our office in New York*, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone with multi-unit Visual Manager experience to help shape the future growth of COS, build brand awareness, and elevate our customer experience, contributing to our ambition to establish COS as a Sustainable International Power Brand in North America.

The Regional Visual Merchandising Manager will serve as a strategic partner to the Regional Sales Manager. The Regional Store Sales Controller will be responsible for driving the region's visual standards to maximize selling potentials, maintaining brand integrity and creating a unique experience with local customers with global strategy in mind. If you’re creative, strategic, and are passionate about elevating the customer experience through an inspirational store set up, we’d love to have you on our team!

About COS: Since our launch in 2007 we have opened stores and sell online in over 40 countries worldwide. Our collection offers elevated essentials, iconic pieces and innovative design. The creative soul of the brand is visualized through our storytelling, seasonal runway shows and connect with contemporary culture to create an experience beyond the expected. From the beginning, our design ethos has always put lasting style, quality and sustainability first. Today 92% of the materials in our collection are more sustainably sourced. 

Job Description

Core Responsibilities includes but is not limited to**

• Responsible for driving and executing the global VM strategy, adapting to the region where necessary in order to maximize selling potential.
• Responsible for overseeing COS Visual Merchandising standards in line with global visual information, selling tools and weekly updates.
• Collaborate with all functions in your Regional Team, contributing to an efficient--and informative-- workflow towards the set long and short-term goals
• Ensure the growth of the Regional and Area VMs to grow the business, guiding through the whole employee life cycle (recruitment, performance, appraisal, reward, development, exits) and work with talent management to secure succession planning
• Connect central and local VM departments, developing a network of highly effective Area VMs
• Coach the region's Visuals to take ownership of their markets and drive informed local actions like market specific events & collaborations to support the needs of the business
• Collaborate with Merchandising, analyzing and sharing feedback, as well as setting actions accordingly
• Influence a regional and market specific collection and presentation, setting KPIs, collecting feedback and reacting accordingly.
•  Support new openings regarding VM standards, store experience & collection presentation.
• Responsible for overseeing regional VM budget and the purchase and maintenance of all display materials, following the global direction

Qualifications

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement, and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.

• Previous experience in Multi -Unit Visual Merchandising Management 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Excellent analytical abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships
• Proven planning and decision-making abilities

Additional Information

COS, alongside Aket, Monki, Weekday, Afound, & Other Stories and H&M, is one of several unique brands that make up the H&M group. The H&M Group employs over 170,000 people in 74 markets across the globe, and we are the 2nd largest fashion company in the world. Since launching COS in 2007, we have opened more than 200 stores worldwide.

Job Status: Salary, Exempt

EEOC Code: OFM

Compensation: Hiring range is $99,000-$111,000 annually***

Benefits

We believe in putting people first and at COS we know our colleagues are our greatest assets; this is why we are fully committed to investing in you. We offer: