
Field Visual Merchandising Manager
VF Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $60,000 - $75,000 per year
About the role
- Travel extensively (4+ days/week) to retail locations to implement seasonal floor sets, windows, and brand campaigns, adapting directives to store-specific layouts and inventory levels.
- Train and mentor Store Managers and in-store teams on visual merchandising principles, directive interpretation, and campaign storytelling to build long-term capability and consistency.
- Collaborate with District Managers to align visual execution with business goals, ensuring stores deliver a cohesive and elevated brand experience.
- Ensure each brand’s identity is reflected through thoughtful product placement, fixture usage, and visual storytelling that resonates with customers.
- Lead visual merchandising efforts for store openings, remodels, and high-priority activations, setting the standard for brand presentation and execution.
- Offer immediate coaching and feedback during store visits, helping teams make adjustments and improve execution on the spot.
- Capture high-quality visuals of completed setups, document compliance, and share trends and insights with cross-functional partners to inform future planning.
- Flex across Vans, TNF, and Timberland retail environments, adapting to diverse aesthetics and merchandising strategies while maintaining brand integrity.
- Serve as a key liaison between marketing and store teams, ensuring directives are clearly understood, effectively implemented, and continuously improved.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in visual merchandising, retail operations, or brand presentation
- Deep understanding of visual merchandising principles and how they translate into consumer engagement and commercial success.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across retail, marketing, and brand teams.
- Operational excellence mindset, with experience developing and implementing scalable processes, tools, and standards.
- Analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to interpret field insights and performance data to inform future direction.
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly articulate vision and feedback.
- Creative problem-solving abilities, especially in dynamic, fast-paced retail environments.
- Experience with global brand environments and translating global strategies into local execution (preferred).
- Proficiency in visual planning tools or retail execution platforms (preferred).
Benefits
- You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
visual merchandisingretail operationsbrand presentationconsumer engagementcommercial successanalytical thinkingstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingprocess developmentperformance data interpretation
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationinfluencing stakeholdersoperational excellenceexceptional communicationcreative problem-solving