Head of Visual Merchandising - Fashion

• Define and drive overall VM strategy for China, integrating brand & image, storytelling, people and market dynamics. 
• Champion the brand's image and push forward fashion energy across all VM touchpoints.
• Drive innovation in VM concepts and execution, ensuring vitality, agility, and a forward-thinking approach.
• Oversee the execution of VM plans in boutiques and across the collection journey, ensuring consistency and high standards.
• Manage VM agility to respond rapidly to market trends and business needs.
• Oversee VM production teams to deliver innovative, high-quality, and brand-driven visual merchandising solutions.
• Lead annual budget planning, T&E planning, VM buy process to align with VM goals.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including retail, marketing, merchandising, styling, to create cohesive and impactful VM solutions from upstream to downstream & beyond.
• Strike balance between brand image and business growth, ensuring VM initiatives enhance the client journey and support business sensibility.
• Optimize SOH presentation, BNWN opportunities, and KEM actions for business effectiveness.
• Establish and maintain strong connections with global and regional VM counterparts to ensure consistent brand execution.
• Provide support to realize 3 regions, city-based & OBOS synergies & initiatives.

• Elevate the VM team's expertise in luxury fashion, creative storytelling, and brand & client centric approaches.
• Drive continuous improvement in creative capability and agility to anticipate and respond to current & prevailing context.
• Support collaboration and insightful exchanges that enhance the brand’s visual identity across the organization.

• Continuously refine & upgrade VM organization to adapt to new challenges.
• Identify, Develop and nurture team managers with robust capabilities.
• Build strong talent pipeline for VM communities in different layers to sustain talent supply.
• Establish a team culture that emphasizes learning, active listening, and sharing, fostering a strong sense of team spirit.
• Maintain significant influence among other teams and stakeholders to ensure seamless project management and safeguard client experience.

KEY REQUIREMENTS & COMPETENCIES (what you can bring to the team)

• Passionate about Luxury & Fashion: Deep understanding and enthusiasm for luxury fashion and brand heritage, with a commitment to staying ahead of creative trends.
• Brand advocacy: Serve as the champion of the brand’s image, ensuring all VM initiatives reflect and amplify its singularity and emotional appeal.
• Sense of Aesthetics: Exceptional ability to harmonize color, detail, and spatial design, consistently delivering visually impactful and brand-aligned presentations
• Strong Leadership:  Proven ability to inspire and develop creative teams dedicated to brand excellence.
• Strategic Thinking:  Ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining a clear vision for VM’s future direction and long-term goals.
• Orchestration & Connecting the dots:  Identify and leverage connections between different aspects of the business to create cohesive strategies. Find synergies across departments to enhance overall performance & make impact.
• Agility & Open-minded: Be innovative and demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness to swiftly adapt to clients' demands and market changes.
• Influencing Stakeholders: Ability to effectively influence and engage with key stakeholders to align their support and drive strategic initiatives. 

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