Senior Field Visual Merchandiser – House of Sport

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Ensure the consistent implementation of the brand’s visual strategy across designated districts.

• Advocate for visual merchandising as a key contributor to sales, margins, and inventory turnover.

• Enhance the effectiveness of game plans, brand standards, product flow, space planning, and seasonal product transitions.

• Analyze store KPIs and financial data to inform commercial decisions and recommendations.

• Develop merchandise presentations that align with brand standards, utilizing strong design principles and attention to detail.

• Facilitate effective seasonal product flow and address regional space limitations.

• Provide support to stores through classroom, virtual, and practical visual merchandising training.

• Mentor new managers and assist in CORE visual merchandising training initiatives.

• Strengthen field capabilities through focused training, coaching, sharing best practices, and reinforcing standards.

• Collaborate with partners to address specific visual merchandising challenges within stores.

• Offer field leadership and maintain visibility for documented, sustainable updates.

• Foster partnerships and align stakeholders to enhance brand positioning across districts.

• Assist with new concepts, growth strategies, new store openings, remodels, and concept evolution.

• Organize and coordinate game plans, transitions, launches, and new store initiatives.

• Convert visual direction into actionable plans through cross-functional collaboration and documentation.

• Tackle real-time challenges related to space, inventory, and operations while ensuring brand consistency.

• Utilize feedback, photographs, and business outcomes to enhance execution quality and market performance.

• Directly oversee, coach, and develop Field Visual leaders and Dedicated Store Visual Leaders.

• Manage recruitment, onboarding, coaching, ongoing development, succession planning, and retention of field visual talent.

• Set expectations and priorities for accurate, consistent, and high-quality execution.

• Communicate visual standards, performance insights, and development priorities effectively.

• Reinforce accountability through coaching, validation of execution, and readiness planning.

• Oversee workloads and deliverables of direct reports.

• Provide timely and consistent feedback to direct reports.

• Drive talent selection and ensure comprehensive training and onboarding for direct reports.

⛳️ Requirements

• Candidates must be residents of Los Angeles or San Diego, CA.

• Associate's Degree in Business Management, Retail Management, or Visual Merchandising is required.

• 7–10 years of management and visual merchandising experience, ideally in softlines.

• Proven understanding of customer and retail merchandising strategies.

• Capability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, work independently, and remain adaptable.

• Strong analytical problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent conflict management and negotiation skills.

• Outstanding training and facilitation capabilities.

• Knowledge of customer service principles is essential.

• Ability to manage execution responsibilities and direct report workloads to meet deliverables on time and with quality.

• Capacity to provide timely and regular feedback that supports the development and growth of associates.

• Ability to establish succession plans with a 0–2 year timeline and secure Director support.

• Ability to meet proposed staffing objectives.

• Drive talent selection for open direct report positions.

• Ensure that direct reports receive adequate training and onboarding.

• Cameras must be turned on during virtual interviews.

• Use of AI tools is prohibited during any phase of the interview process.

• Job offers are contingent upon a satisfactory background check, which may include identity verification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package

• Incentive opportunities

• Equity participation

• Comprehensive benefits

• Compliance with state-paid leave requirements

• Generous suite of benefits