Visual Merchandise Manager
FDE LLC, d/b/a Ashley Northeast · Brooklyn, NY · 1 mo ago
Marketing$58k–$62k/yrFull-time
Essential Functions
- Mercandising/Visual
- Engage guests with enthusiasm, professionalism, and in-depth product knowledge
- Organize and conduct store meetings with effective communication and clear action steps
- Implement all corporate visual merchandising directives and strategies
- Lead assortment walkthroughs, analyze sales data, and follow up with actions to optimize store assortments
- Ensure proper signage and presentation of all displays, fixtures, and collections
- Maintain showroom and warehouse cleanliness and organization
- Cookordinate facility maintenance, upgrades, and repairs to enhance the guest experience
- Operations
- Maintain high peer-to-peer accountability and ensure compliance with all visual, operational, guest experience, finance, delivery, and payroll processes
- Improve processes and eliminate waste, leading and conducting biannual inventories with the Store Operations Team
- Maintain effective communication with corporate office, property management, and store teams
- Proficient in company software, including Word and Excel
- Sales Generation
- Support the sales team by following store operating procedures
- Coach team members to deliver exceptional guest experiences and share product knowledge
- Collaborate with Regional and Marketing teams to maximize special events such as VIP nights and Grand Openings
- Customer Service
- Ensure all team members follow standard operating procedures for guest experience
- Resolve pending guest situations quickly and effectively with collaborative communication
- Cookordinate facility maintenance and repairs to maintain high store standards
- Human Capital
- Onboard and train team members to align with company values and performance standards
- Deliver performance appraisals, identify strengths, and place team members in roles suited to their skills
- Address conflict constructively and privately to build stronger working relationships
- Drive engagement through team member benefits, recognition programs, and celebrations
- Participate in manager and cross-training programs to support leadership growth
- Full-time: Minimum 40 hours per week
- Additional hours during market events, holidays, peak seasons, and for vacation coverage
- 25–50% travel within the region to support multiple store locations
- BA or BS in retail management, visual merchandising, graphic design, interior design, marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum 5 years of experience in retail visual merchandising or design (furniture retail preferred)
- 3-5 years of supervisory experience