Define and lead the field visual merchandising strategy, influencing enterprise visual direction to ensure alignment with brand vision and business goals
Translate HQ visual direction into scalable, actionable frameworks for field execution
Establish consistent visual standards, priorities, and success metrics across all store formats and markets
Leverage customer insights and business data to inform merchandising decisions and optimize impact
Serve as the primary connector between HQ Visual, Stores, and Field Leadership
Create structured feedback loops to influence HQ strategy, tools, and processes based on field insights
Partner cross
functional ly to ensure strategies are executable and optimized for stores
Lead and develop a multi
level field visual organization across multiple regions, formats, and market dynamics.
Build a strong talent pipeline through coaching, capability building, and succession planning
Define and uphold organizational structure, ways of working, and performance expectations across regions
Drive consistent, high
quality execution of visual standards while enabling market
level localization when appropriate
Establish routines and tools to assess execution, monitor performance, and continuously improve outcomes
Ensure alignment of visual execution with business priorities and store operations
Drive measurable impact on sales, conversion, customer satisfaction, and productivity through visual merchandising strategy and execution.
Influence enterprise initiatives, prioritization, and investment decisions as part of Stores leadership team.
Act as the senior field voice in shaping visual and store experience strategy.
Solve complex, ambiguous problems and drive innovative, scalable solutions.
Lead change management for new visual strategies, tools, and ways of working across the field organization.
Requirements
12 – 15+ years of progressive retail leadership experience, including multi
unit and field
based roles
Deep expertise in visual merchandising, field operations, and strategy development
Proven ability to translate creative vision into scalable, operational execution
Strong leadership capability with experience leading leaders and large, distributed teams
Exceptional communication and influencing skills with the ability to partner at senior (VP+) levels
Strong business acumen with the ability to connect visual strategy to financial outcomes.