Manager, Visual Merchandising & Trade

Location: Paris

6 month CDD

Are you a passionate individual with strong Retail and Visual Merchandising experience Would you like to join Pandora ata very excitingtime for thebrand whenresets are being made and where innovative thinking is highly encouraged Then you might be our new Visual Merchandising & Trade Manager !

For this role we are looking for an excellentteam leader with great abilities in product styling ideally injewellery. You will head up our Visual Merchandising (VM)teamwhich isa part of theWestern EuropeVM team.

The key responsibilities of theVM teamare:

• Develop and adapt seasonal and commercial Visual Merchandising strategies guidelines and best practices for the market ensuring alignment with global brand standards.

• Drive andmonitorthe execution of VM strategies campaigns and store standards across all stores through regular store visits coaching and remote support.

• Support the implementation testing and rollout of new VM concepts store formats and merchandising initiatives within the French region providing feedback to global and regional stakeholders.

• Lead the execution of key commercial campaigns window displays and in-store activations across France ensuring consistency excellence and strong customer engagement.

• Partner closely with Retail Marketing and Commercial teams tooptimizeproduct presentation enhancethe customerexperience and maximize sales performance.

• Deliver VM training and coaching to store teams ensuringa high levelof visual merchandising capability and brand execution throughout the region.

• Monitoring Trade and VM costs against the allocated budget with monthly reviews and close collaboration with the Finance team.

The VM team consists of 3 VM Specialists with varyingspecialities. As the manager of this team your role is to make sure each member has a good understanding of where the brand is going and how you see them being part of the journey and a proud contributor to Pandoras success.

In addition to the aboveyourkey accountabilitiesas theVM Managerwill be to:

• Develop inspireencourageand reward each team member setting goals and measuring progress

• Createadministrateand organize meetings and walkthroughs with varying levels of management

• Establish a close collaboration with Merchandising and align with them on the key commercial drivers and stories to tell for each campaign

• Partner with Retail Excellence to coordinate the pilot and roll out phases of new concepts and to define the associated KPIs and ways to measure them

• Follow up on campaign implementations in the marketsfrominitialplan to final executionin ordertopromote consistency

To succeed in this role we hope to see that you havea strong senseofaestheticsand a true interestfordesignfashionand art. You can easily express your thoughts and ideas through visual references. You have a structured work style an outgoingpersonalityand the ability to generate conceptual ideas and share these with leaders at all levels.

Also we hope to see:

• Minimum 7 yearsRetailexperience in VM

• Managerial experience of at least3persons

• Experience inJewelleryand/orFashion apparel in high profile retail brands with focus on Premium execution

• Strong product styling ability with focus on commerciality

• Experience in developingand adaptingcomprehensive VM guidelines

• International experience working in a globalorganisation

• Good understanding of the consumer journey and retail (sales) operations in store

• Fluent in English and French both speaking and writing