Are you looking for a new challenge as a Visual Merchandising Manager? Are you enthusiastic about people, fashion, and creativity with excellent attention to detail? Then this is the role for you.
About the role
As the Visual Merchandising Manager, you will be the gatekeeper of the Fenwick creative vision in York. You will lead your team to develop, present, and maintain our high standards across all the departments. You will build strong partnership skills and work collaboratively with the store teams, as well as our central creative, buying, and merchandising functions.
Our aim is to provide the best customer experience, surprising and delighting all our customers with our Fenwick hospitality. This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone ready for a new challenge and wants to be part of a business on an exciting journey!
We are offering a salary up to £32,000 (experience depending) and a benefits package which includes:
* 25% Colleague Discount (across most areas)
* 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 33 days (pro rata for part-time colleagues)
* Birthday day - 1 additional day off in the month of your birthday
* Holiday Purchase Scheme option to buy up to 5 days leave.
* Business Dress Loan Scheme - interest-free loan to buy clothes for work.
* WeCare - a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme, and more.
* Perks - a great way to get discounts, exclusive deals, and cashback on a range of products and leisure activities.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
* Pension scheme.
About the candidate
We look for an experienced VM Manager, who is adaptable, courageous, innovative, and goal-oriented to grow with us. As well as these key characteristics, this role also requires specific skills and experience to succeed:
1. A proven history in Visual Merchandising at Manager Level within a similar business.
2. A comprehensive Retail background.
3. Strong People Management Experience.
4. Proficient in visual merchandising software and tools.
5. A strong collaborator with a wider management team.
6. Innate diligence and the ability to make commercial decisions.
7. Current and relevant product knowledge and market awareness.
8. Excellent communication skills at all levels.
9. The ability to guarantee high standards of visual merchandising throughout the stores according to company/corporate guidelines and marketing plans.
About Fenwick
Opening our first store in 1882, Fenwick is rich with heritage and history as the UK’s largest family-owned department store group. We are on an exciting journey, transforming the business to exceed the expectations of our customers, and we are always on the lookout for talent to join us.
We have eight stores across the UK, differing in size and offering, specific to their local community. We are fortunate enough to say four of our stores also house our functional teams, allowing for a truly collaborative approach.
In 2018, we launched our first eCommerce website and have been building on this ever since, setting up our historic business for a multichannel future. With exciting growth plans ahead of us, this is indeed a place of innovation, excitement, and opportunity.
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