Field Visual Merchandiser - Latham NY & Johnson City NY

DICK'S Sporting Goods•Johnson City, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a multi-unit Field Visual Merchandiser to oversee Visual Merchandising in our Latham, NY (Latham Farms) and Johnson City (Oakdale Commons) House of Sport stores! This role promotes Visual Merchandising as a key contributor to sales, margin and turn by maximizing the impact of game plans, brand standards, productivity of product flow, escalating space issues, and seasonal movement of product. The Field Visual Merchandiser evaluates and understands store KPIs to make commercial decisions and recommendations based on sound financial judgment. They support stores at the region, district and store level through training, to ensure that game plan integrity is followed for major strike points and flexed for stores with unique space constraints. This role also supports company visual training and brand excellence through classroom training, virtual visits and hands-on training within store visits, including supporting new manager development and training at CORE for visual merchandising. The Field Visual Merchandiser collaborates with critical partners to find and provide solutions to store-specific visual merchandising challenges based on game plan direction, brand standards, store's unique architecture, and sales performance. They ensure that all updates have field leadership and CSC visibility, updates are maintainable/sustainable, and documented. Additionally, they support company new concepts and growth initiatives by partnering with the CSC visual team and New Store Team to understand company merchandising strategies, adjacency relevance, game plan tactics, and to act as the "voice of the field" during set development through to execution. The Field Visual Merchandiser participates in Regional/District weekly conference calls to drive planning, understanding, and execution of brand excellence and visual standards.

Requirements

Associate's Degree in Business Management, Retail Management, or Visual Merchandising
3-5 years of multi-unit management experience
Multi-Unit Management Experience
Visual Merchandising Experience (preferably in softlines)
Store technology functions
A demonstrated understanding of customer and retail merchandising strategies
Strong problem solving skills based on analytics
Engaging training and facilitation skills
Ability to be flexible and prioritize multiple projects while meeting deadlines and working independently
Ability to demonstrate strong conflict management and negotiate resolution
Knowledge of customer service and selling principles

Responsibilities

Promotes Visual Merchandising as a key contributor to sales, margin and turn by maximizing the impact of game plans, brand standards, productivity of product flow, escalating space issues, and seasonal movement of product.
Evaluates and understands store KPIs to make commercial decisions and recommendations based on sound financial judgment.
Supports stores at the region, district and store level through training, to ensure that game plan integrity is followed for major strike points and flexed for stores with unique space constraints.
Supports company visual training and brand excellence through classroom training, virtual visits and hands on training within store visits.
This would also include supporting new manager development and training at CORE for visual merchandising.
Collaborates with critical partners to find and provide solutions to store specific visual merchandising challenges based on game plan direction, brand standards, store's unique architecture and sales performance.
Ensures that all updates have field leadership and CSC visibility, updates are maintainable / sustainable and documented.
Supports company new concepts and growth initiatives partnering with the CSC visual team and New Store Team to understand company merchandising strategies, adjacency relevance, game plan tactics and to act as the "voice of the field" during set development through to execution.
Participates in Regional / District weekly conference calls to drive planning, understanding and execution of brand excellence and visual standards.