Regional Visual Merchandising Assistant Manager

**Company Description** LVMH Beauty Division has been created few years ago to support each Perfumes and Cosmetic Houses development. Total 15 houses including prestigious one as Perfumes Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy. In this LVMH Beauty Division, a dedicated team to Travel Retail business, has been assigned to develop and to bring to Travel Retail customers a unique client experience with each one of our Maison’s DNA. All Houses are driven by the same values: a quest for excellence, creativity, innovation, and perfect mastery of their image. LVMH Beauty division to support Houses business development is implementing new IT tools to follow key business KPIs at Retail, sell out, sell in and P&L levels. **Job Description** THE CONTEXT **_____ Since 1947, the men and women of Parfums Christian Dior have embodied the founding "couturier-perfumer's" unique spirit of excellence, creativity and expertise, both in France and throughout the world. Our House is an open and highly-focused collective, a leader that thrives on the creativity of all its stakeholders. Our collective passion and our heritage, full of authenticity and dream, make us move forward and reinvent ourselves. By revolutionizing the codes of French style and luxury through perfumes, and combining tradition with daring makeup and innovative skincare, we are reinventing every day the Dior style and its compelling, joyful and absolute beauty. Our stimulating missions give our employees the opportunity to develop new skills, overcome spectacular challenges and reveal their talent. To go further, with Dior. **YOUR MISSION** **_____ The Regional Assistant Visual Merchandising Manager role is to support APAC Regions on their VM execution. She/He will support the markets in translating the marketing plan into a Visual Merchandising reality, by overseeing both VM execution in opening of new doors and new concepts, while ensuring a perfect follow up of the VM updates by issuing clear guidelines & building strong relationship with local VM teams. **MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES **_____ **REGIONAL VISUAL MERCHANDISING GUIDELINES** - Act as a brand guardian, make sure the brand standard will be followed in the very best way possible throughout. - To orchestrate & maximize the Visual Merchandising on Dior’s marketing launches & architectural projects - To collaborate closely with Central VM team, Regional Retail Design team & Marketing team to prepare the Regional Soft Merchandising Guidelines - Adapt the suitable guidelines to the APAC Regions to support the market sales - Ensure timely set up and high execution standard across counters. - Manage & Challenge the POSM menu for perfect VM adaptation & execution. **PLANOGRAMS & IN-STORE COMM** - Ensure brand vision and marketing strategy are translated with high visual merchandising standards across all touchpoints within counters. - Achieve the right balance between business objective, budget and visual/brand impact achievements. - To release planograms/ visual guidelines on monthly basis, dependent on the launches specified in the marketing calendar - Check & validate the visual update plan per door proposed by the local VMs - Consolidating and sharing all the technical information for the local execution - Support local VMs on the production of the common VM elements regionally and guide them in achieving the most qualitative and consistent in store presentation - Maintain photo report and records for presentation or review purpose - Conduct market visit in order to experience the execution and VM strategy and evaluate competition **NEW COUNTER OPENINGS** - Closely collaborate with Retail design teams on the store openings - In charge of the opening planograms for renovation/ new counters in the region - Optimize and adapt guidelines from central to region and channel specifics - Work with local VMs to help them implementing properly and communicate feedback - Act as a gate keeper to prevent from various counter configuration development and optimize existing configuration. **OTHER TASKS** - Maintain the Regional POS database / video spec database - To follow up the POSM forecast / consumption & to update the Regional budget file - Do markets visits / collect & check the pictures form the markets to ensure VM perfection on counter - Support in driving the VM community across markets **Qualifications** WHO YOU ARE** **_____ - Min. 5years of experience in Visual Merchandising function, preferably in Cosmetics or Retail - Appreciation of local VM experience - Proficiency in Adobe CS (Photoshop & illustrator) and Microsoft office / Ability to understand technical drawings with string project management skills - Sense of budgeting - Pro-active, able to come up with solutions and solve problems - Creative & passionate - Strong collaborative skills - Adaptable, positive mind-set and team player - Experienced working in fast-paced environments demanding strong organizational, technical and interperson