Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising

The Opportunity:

As the Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising for Carolina Herrera, you will play a pivotal role in implementing and enhancing the brand's retail strategy, ensuring impeccable execution, visibility, and brand image across all points of sales (POS). This dynamic role encompasses both permanent and temporary projects, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to the brand's success in the highly competitive luxury beauty and fragrance market.

What you’ll get to do:

Temporary Visibility

• Collaborate in the flawless execution of Retail Excellence initiatives for temporary spaces.
• Liaise with the Global team to ensure alignment with the brand's launch concept and guidelines, guaranteeing that executions meet Carolina Herrera's exacting standards.
• Develop, produce, and maintain detailed fixture specifications for Puig Brands.
• Prepare comprehensive Retail Excellence guidelines for visual elements, coordinating closely with the Marketing team.
• Provide support for local in-store initiatives and events, ensuring cohesive brand representation.
• Utilize SketchUp to create compelling 3D renderings for presentations and meetings.

Visuals

• Craft and disseminate Merchandising and Visual guidelines to ensure consistent brand presentation.
• Manage the layout and production of in-store visuals, meticulously adhering to brand guidelines.
• Collaborate with the Field Team to identify and capitalize on new visual opportunities.
• Permanent Visibility
• Oversee the production and placement of in-store signage and visual wall graphics, reinforcing retail messaging in line with brand guidelines.
• Conduct contractor training sessions during market visits, ensuring adherence to stand construction guidelines.

Administration & Reports

• Assume ownership of the stand budget and investment in POS materials, optimizing resource allocation for maximum impact.
• Develop comprehensive distribution list documents to streamline communication processes.
• Generate detailed store check reports as needed, providing valuable insights for ongoing optimization.
• Conduct bi-annual Competitors Analysis, continuously monitoring key benchmarks and activities to inform strategic decision-making.

We’d love to meet you if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• A deep passion for retail/luxury design, coupled with expertise in high-quality materials, furniture, fixtures, finishes, and sustainable design principles.
• Demonstrated creative prowess with at least 3 years of experience in a creative/design or related role.
• Agility and flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to juggle multiple priorities effectively.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office; familiarity with Photoshop and AutoCAD is highly advantageous.
• A keen awareness of current visual merchandising trends and best practices, with a commitment to staying ahead of industry developments.

Compensation:

As required by New York State's salary transparency law, effective November 2022, the expected base salary for this position ranges from $75,000.00 - $85,000.00. Various factors are considered when extending offers, such as relevant skillset, training, years of experience related to the current job description, education, and our organizational structure. In addition to the base salary, PUIG offers a competitive benefits package that includes health and dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K, paid holidays, a generous paid time-off policy, hybrid work environment, and career opportunities within a dynamic team.

EEOC:

Puig is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment:

At Puig, we are continually looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our team. We believe that creating an inclusive environment in which you feel welcomed, valued, engaged, and empowered strengthens our business and fosters a culture where we are inspired to work hard, challenge ourselves, and be innovative in our thinking. Additionally, we believe that the diversity of our employees makes us a stronger company and better able to serve our customers around the world.

About Puig:

Puig creates unique and highly desirable beauty and fashion brands that empower people to reinforce their self-esteem and find their own expression in a family-owned company that aims to leave a better world for the next generation.

Our brand portfolio is structured in three divisions: Beauty and Fashion, with the owned brands Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten, Penhaligon’s, Byredo, Dr. Barbara Sturm, and L’Artisan Parfumeur; the licenses of Christian Louboutin and Comme des Garçons perfumes; and Lifestyle fragrances, among them Adolfo Dominguez, Antonio Banderas, Shakira, and Benetton. The Charlotte Tilbury division, which includes the luxury makeup brand and the Derma division, with the Apivita, Uriage and Isdin brands. We sell products in 150 countries and operate 26 subsidiaries.

At Puig we honor the values and principles put in place by three generations of family leadership. Today we continue to build on that legacy, through conscious commitments in our ESG agenda (environmental, social, and governance) aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.