Visual Merchandising Manager, NorthPark Center - The Neiman Marcus Group Inc
Dallas, TX
About the Job
Description
Neiman Marcus Group is a relationship business that leads with love in everything we do—for our customers, associates, brand partners, and communities. Our legacy of innovating and our culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences. Our brands include Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.
Your Role
As the Store Visual Manager, Visual Excellence, you will implement the visual strategy within your flagship store and report to the Director, Visual Merchandising. As a strategic partner, you will lead the execution of seasonal directives and concepts, merchandising guidelines, styling, and merchandising standards along with brand partner installations. You'll lead the development of the visual stylists to create an inspiring environment including merchandising and visual installations, contributing to our client experience. You will collaborate with functional partners, including corporate creative teams, regional teams, and store leaders to increase sales, productivity, and profitability.
What You'll Do
• Develop the store visual stylists by communicating clear direction and timelines, reviewing quality of work, providing feedback and recognition. Ensure all store signing is current, keep mannequin presentations current, maintain weekly beauty set up’s, and implement photo assignments.
• Recruit talent for open roles, retain talent and develop a bench for future growth in partnership with Visual Director.
• Promote a customer-centric culture with performance in stores and through collaboration
• Build relationships across multiple levels within and outside the organization, includingstore and corporate teams. Functional partners include, store leadership, brand experience, sales excellence, brand partners, and operations
• Work with regional visual and complete seasonal and monthly creative directives,e.g. (Holiday campaigns, store windows, in-store installations, mannequin styling)
• Oversee the accountability of daily store standards including signage, loss prevention protection standards, overall floor maintenance and stock fill in, in partnership with store leaders and brand partners
• Communicate and follow up on brand partner merchandising guidelines, including monthly floor sets, photo review and daily maintenance, in partnership with store leadersand selling team members.
• Manage the store visual supply budget, including store supplies and projects in partnership with the Sr RPSO
• Ensure calendar timelines are met
• Weekly store walk through with General Manager and attend all leadership meetings
What You Bring
• 3+ years of visual experience
• 2+ leadership experience
• Be able to partner with all levels and areas of the organization, establish close working relationships, and support for improvement opportunities
• Can identify operational improvement opportunities and work with others to identify solutions
• Be able to propel advancement
• Provide business expertise
• Previous experience navigating complex business problems, collaborating with leads across multiple departments, presenting at the executive level. Implementing large-scale projects for your store
• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel and Power Point
• Certain roles may require standing, bending, climbing stairs, and lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds
• Associates must work a flexible schedule based on business need, which will include evenings, weekends, and holidays
Qualifications
Our Inclusive Benefits
We offer an inclusive and comprehensive range of benefits to our valued associates, including:
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Disability Benefits
• Paid Parental Leave, Paid Family Leave, and Adoption Support
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) and Life Insurance
• Financial Solutions
• NMG Associates Core Discount of 30%
• Personal and Professional Development Opportunities
For more information, please click “Our Benefits” section on our career site or reference the link here: https://www.neimanmarcusgroup.com/benefits
About Neiman Marcus Group
As one of the largest multi-brand luxury retailers in the U.S., with 3,000+ of the world's most desirable brand partners, we're delivering exceptional products and intelligent services enabled by our investments in data and technology. Through the expertise of our associates, we deliver and scale a personalized luxury experience across our three channels of in-store, eCommerce, and remote selling. Our NMG|Way culture, powered by our people, combines individual talents into a collective strength to make life extraordinary.
Our legacy of innovation and culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences. As a female-founded, female-majority organization that outpaces the U.S. population in racial and ethnic diversity, our people are at the heart of our progress, and we take great care to protect and empower them.
We're committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our Talent Acquisition process. If you need assistance or would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to us at ApplicantSupport@NeimanMarcus.com.
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