Field VM Associate I

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The Primary Purpose: The Field Visual Merchandiser will be the key liaison and trainer for Tapestry Global Visual Merchandising standards and be the resource for our retail, outlet & Wholesale locations.  The Field VM will partner with Global VM, Regional VM and Retail, Outlet & Wholesale management to ensure the store is always merchandised in line with VM Guidelines and correct standards. The position reports to the Senior Field Visual Merchandising Manager.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Visual Merchandising to…. 

Partnership

• Collaborate with Global VM, Regional VM and In-Store VM to support all VM workflows.
• Building relationships through training and sharing knowledge and skill sets/techniques.
• Continually generate new ideas while maintaining a collaborative and flexible mindset.

Training

• Training and developing In-Store VM to understand the store environment, customer flow, and product flow of the shop floor.
• Training on all VM trends for the season
• Training and developing In-Store VM on managing sell through while maintaining best in class VM presentations.
• Training and developing In-Store VM on being mindful of Global VM directives when supporting business objectives.

Visual Merchandising

• Communicating all seasonal VM Guideline messages and key ideas.
• Communicating the monthly flow ideas and how they translate for the region.
• Communicating styling and composition techniques to region when adapting VM Guidelines to architecture and assortment.

Organization & Time Management

• Planning all workflows in advance to ensure smooth and successful VM execution in region.
• Ability to react quickly with a strong sense of urgency.
• Ensuring workflows in region are executed in clear and transparent timelines.
• Working autonomously or in teams as needed to achieve the best results: ensuring the right people are involved at the right time.
• Executing the Store Visit Checklist and VM Audit in region

Communication

• Excellent communicator with the ability to interface with a diverse group.
• Championing the Global VM Guideline: being up to date on all VM initiatives and merchandising trends and techniques.
• Cascading seasonal messages down to all levels in the region.
• guidelines are understood and put into action across all stores where applicable.

  The Primary Purpose: The Field Visual Merchandiser will be the key liaison and trainer for Tapestry Global Visual Merchandising standards and be the resource for our retail, outlet & Wholesale locations.  The Field VM will partner with Global VM, Regional VM and Retail, Outlet & Wholesale management to ensure the store is always merchandised in line with VM Guidelines and correct standards. The position reports to the Senior Field Visual Merchandising Manager.

   

  The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Visual Merchandising to…. 

   

  Partnership

   

• Collaborate with Global VM, Regional VM and In-Store VM to support all VM workflows.
• Building relationships through training and sharing knowledge and skill sets/techniques.
• Continually generate new ideas while maintaining a collaborative and flexible mindset.

•  

  Training

   

• Training and developing In-Store VM to understand the store environment, customer flow, and product flow of the shop floor.
• Training on all VM trends for the season
• Training and developing In-Store VM on managing sell through while maintaining best in class VM presentations.
• Training and developing In-Store VM on being mindful of Global VM directives when supporting business objectives.

•  

  Visual Merchandising

   

• Communicating all seasonal VM Guideline messages and key ideas.
• Communicating the monthly flow ideas and how they translate for the region.
• Communicating styling and composition techniques to region when adapting VM Guidelines to architecture and assortment.

•  

  Organization & Time Management

   

• Planning all workflows in advance to ensure smooth and successful VM execution in region.
• Ability to react quickly with a strong sense of urgency.
• Ensuring workflows in region are executed in clear and transparent timelines.
• Working autonomously or in teams as needed to achieve the best results: ensuring the right people are involved at the right time.
• Executing the Store Visit Checklist and VM Audit in region

•  

   

  Communication

   

• Excellent communicator with the ability to interface with a diverse group.
• Championing the Global VM Guideline: being up to date on all VM initiatives and merchandising trends and techniques.
• Cascading seasonal messages down to all levels in the region.
• guidelines are understood and put into action across all stores where applicable.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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