Visual Merchandiser

Why Join Us?

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent - that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you the autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn’t that beautiful?

Key Responsibilities

OPENINGS

• Assist the Retail Design Manager in completing the visual merchandising aspects of a new counters by preparing the planogram, category organization and visual elements of the counter.
• Assist the markets in sourcing and ordering of merchandising elements, manage the production processes, timeline, and quality.
• Align market’s needs with regional direction in the presentation of products and visuals.
• Preparation of comprehensive and clear store opening fitting guide for markets to follow.

ANIMATION & PRODUCT LAUNCHES

• Align the brand direction for each launch with the regional vision to ensure relevant visual merchandising outcomes that supports the marketing strategy.
• To consolidate and submit forecasting of launch POSM on behalf of markets based on regional marketing priorities and budget.
• Design and create visual merchandising displays that are relevant to the region’s assortment and marketing needs and manage the production and delivery to markets.
• Manage and plan the visual merchandising execution based on the diverse retail channels needs and limitations.
• Update planograms for all channels and formats by working with product marketing on the long-term assortment plans and track cost spending with every launch.
• Preparation of visuals for various formats utilizing brand guidelines and manage vendors in the process.
• Preparation of comprehensive and clear launch fitting guide relevant for all markets to follow.
• To support the Retail Design Manager to provide asset creation and graphic layout for all launches and related market event setup.
• Consolidate launch reports from markets for submission to brand HQ.
• To submit assortment and planograms to SEPHORA for every launch changeover.

FORECASTING & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

• To manage long-term planning for planograms based on the product assortment plan to identify POSM needs and allocation between all markets in the region.
• To consolidate and submit forecasting of generic and permanent POSM based on above, while validating warehouse stock levels to ensure accurate forecast.
• Track status of orders and ensure timely delivery of POSMs to each market.
• Work with logistics team to align allocation plans for markets and ensure healthy POSM stock levels.
• Manage local production to fulfil market needs where necessary.

MARKET SUPPORT

• Guide and support markets to ensure up-to-date and compliance of brand guidelines and visual merchandising strategy.
• Assist in solving of discrepancies and provide technical advice to maintenance needs and store upkeep.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in visual merchandising, fashion merchandising, exhibition design, visual communications or similar with 1 to 2 years of proven work experience working in retail, product development and/or merchandising. 
• 3-5 years of visual merchandising/product design/graphic design or related experience preferred.
• Creative eye for aesthetic design; overseeing production and managing the design process from concept through to final product.
• Practical experience using design programs including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Sketchup and Office 365 application (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc)
• Excellent command/highly proficient in spoken and written English
• A firm grasp of market trends and consumer preferences.
• Strong project management skills and attention to details.