LACOSTE WRENTHAM is hiring: Visual Lead in Wrentham

The visual lead is responsible for driving the brand and maximizing profitability through visual merchandising.

Essential Job Responsibilities:
• Define and implement the visual merchandising strategy.
• Through strong merchandise presentation help to draw footfall and conversion.
• Create appealing and eye-catching visual displays that lead the customer through the entire store.
• Produce window displays, signs, interior displays, floor plans and special promotions displays.
• Identify key messages and set a clear image of the end result.
• Brainstorm, revise and present design ideas with the visual merchandising team
• Act in alignment to the organization’s global directive, products, image and target market.
• Monitor costs and work within budget.
• Implement proper markdown execution, compliance in hard marking clearance items, signage placement, and investment in moving through aged inventory to keep clean inventory
• Oversee the production on arranging displays.
• Change displays to promote new product launches and reflect festive or seasonal themes.
• Liaise with suppliers and source elements.
• Research lifestyle, demographics and design trends.
• Perform all other duties as assigned and required.

Requirements/Qualifications:
• Prior experience in a retail environment a plus.
• Must be able to lift, carry or otherwise move objects weighing up to 30 pounds when unloading shipment, merchandising sales floor, and using ladders or stairs.
• Solid experience in field visual merchandising, including window displays, signs, interior displays and space utilization.
• Knowledge of current visual merchandising trends and best practices
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Good communication skills required.
• Individual must be a team player, outgoing, well-organized, and able to prioritize assigned tasks.
• Able to perform a wide variety of tasks, often changing assignments on short notice.
• Must be able to overcome obstacles and deal with customers in a fast-paced, high-volume and competitive environment.

Core Values and Traits:

Accountable:
• Providing answers to questions
• Propose solutions
• Integrating our role as a global economic player

Collaborative:
• Succeeding together
• Working together
• Sharing information
• Trusting each other

Caring:
• Respecting our people
• Caring for customers
• Different points of view
• Diversity
• Concerned by others

Audacious:
• Taking risks
• Being creative & innovative
• Following the less taken path
• Creating value

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. They can be changed orally or in writing at any time by the discretion of management. We as Lacoste associates must always ensure that all functions of our position are represented with our core values being: Accountable, Collaborative, Caring, Audacious.