Dr. Barbara Sturm, one of the most sought-after aesthetic doctors in the world, drew on two decades of anti-inflammatory research and practice to create her high performance, ingredient science-focused skincare regimens. Her unique products have achieved cult status with skincare devotees worldwide, and her philosophy of healing the skin has challenged both aggressive approaches and conventional wisdom.

Dr. Sturm has built more than a brand—she has built a lifestyle based on bettering oneself through education and self-care, focusing on your own beliefs and ambition and taking every challenge as an opportunity. Our community and customers are at the core of everything we do and their voices, opinions, and ideas inform each decision we make. Join us and become part of #TeamSturm.

The Opportunity:

As a Visual Merchandising Manager for Dr. Barbara Sturm, you will play a pivotal role in implementing and enhancing the brand's visuals strategy, ensuring impeccable execution, visibility, and brand image across all retailers. This dynamic role encompasses visual merchandising and store design project management, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to the brand's success in the highly competitive luxury beauty market.

What you’ll get to do:

Evolve the visual representation of the brand in all Points of Sales across the US
Elevate the brand experience with enhanced merchandising elements and tools; including, event animation elements, counter animation elements, launch elements
Coordinate with visual merchandising team, creative, marketing and sales to develop cohesive brand design identity
Have ownership of end-to-end process for campaigns, collateral, new door openings, counter relocations, etc.
Management of all VM production, communicating dates to the wider team and ensuring deadlines are being met internally and externally
Partner closely with global to manage the process from design and development to delivery and payment
Global to Local: Adapt the renderings from global at a local level for each respective retailer
Partner with Global VM team to ensure global soft merchandising development meet the North America market needs & requirements
Be well-versed in the visual merchandising strategies for seasonal projects and help innovate visual merchandising details and displays at flagship locations
Deliver on brand installations, ensuring sign off by the appropriate leadership teams
Partnering with agencies and large production companies when necessary
Develop a visual merchandising database with information for each retailer store
Maintain and cultivate relationships with retail partners' Visual teams
Create database of key contacts per retailer
Partner with the gondola vendor for the design and implementation of launch updates
Partner with the Global VM team to develop DBS flagship counters and coordinate all project management aspects for construction and installation
Review all design and construction documents pertaining to each project
Establish timetables and drive all parties to complete phases as scheduled
Coordinate bid process with VM team
Review shop drawings with Global VM team
Provide on-site construction supervision
Work with internal teams to provide proper merchandising elements for installations

What you’ll get to do:

You will have demonstrable experience in Visual Merchandising, within a similar Head Office position, ideally within Beauty
Hands-on professional with 8+ years of visual merchandising and store design experience in a similar or related industry
Project management experience; successfully partnering with agencies and external vendors.
You have a strong creative eye, with exceptional attention to detail skills with the ability to think commercially
Highly organized and detail oriented
Exhibit a keen ability to be proactive as well as handle a multitude of projects at one time
Manage high volume workload and prioritize project requirements effectively
Great Design Software and Project Management skills. You are able to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines with ease
An excellent communicator: confident and comfortable presenting, able to influence and effectively articulate your point of view. You have exceptional organizational skills and can manage multiple stakeholders with ease
Flexible with travel requirements on an as needed basis

Your areas of knowledge and expertise:

A deep passion and experience in retail/luxury design
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to manage the global relationships
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Microsoft Office
A keen awareness of current visual merchandising trends and best practices, with a commitment to staying ahead of industry developments

Compensation:

As required by New York State's salary transparency law, effective November 2022, the expected base salary for this position ranges from $95,000.00 - $115,000.00. Various factors are considered when extending offers, such as relevant skillset, training, years of experience related to the current job description, education, and our organizational structure.

EEOC:

Puig is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment:

At Puig, we are continually looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our team. We believe that creating an inclusive environment in which you feel welcomed, valued, engaged, and empowered strengthens our business and fosters a culture where we are inspired to work hard, challenge ourselves, and be innovative in our thinking. Additionally, we believe that the diversity of our employees makes us a stronger company and better able to serve our customers around the world.

About Puig:

Puig creates unique and highly desirable beauty and fashion brands that empower people to reinforce their self-esteem and find their own expression in a family-owned company that aims to leave a better world for the next generation.

Our brand portfolio is structured in three divisions: Beauty and Fashion, with the owned brands Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten, Penhaligon’s, Byredo, Dr. Barbara Sturm, and L’Artisan Parfumeur; the licenses of Christian Louboutin and Comme des Garçons perfumes; and Lifestyle fragrances, among them Adolfo Dominguez, Antonio Banderas, Shakira, and Benetton. The Charlotte Tilbury division, which includes the luxury makeup brand and the Derma division, with the Apivita, Uriage and Isdin brands. We sell products in 150 countries and operate 26 subsidiaries.

At Puig we honor the values and principles put in place by three generations of family leadership. Today we continue to build on that legacy, through conscious commitments in our ESG agenda (environmental, social, and governance) aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Dr. Barbara Sturm

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