Senior Manager, Visual Merchandising

Launched in 2015, SOL DE JANEIRO is an award-winning, fast-growing premium global lifestyle beauty brand inspired by the beauty rituals and attitude of the beaches of Rio. Our brand purpose is to spark endless self-celebration and joy through the power and warmth of the Brazilian spirit. This philosophy extends from our products to our corporate culture. We are leaders, permanently inquisitive, category obsessed, incredibly diverse, self-demanding, true team players, and we are all Brazilian in Spirit.

Headquartered in New York and launched as a digitally native brand, we have expanded globally with teams in Rio, Paris, London, and Germany. Our commitment to excellence has earned us prestigious honors, including TIME100's 2024 Most Influential Company, Fast Company's 2024 World's Most Innovative Companies and 2023 Brands that Matter, Allure's 2024 Readers' Choice Awards, and WWD's 2023 Beauty Inc Award in the Prestige category. These accolades highlight our dedication to being a leading brand in the beauty industry and an exceptional workplace.

The position will be **based in our Paris office** and report to the **Regional Design Director - International.**

**Role Overview**
- The Senior Manager, International Visual Merchandising will manage the day-to-day workflow of the International VM team and provide tactical and strategic support for visual merchandising needs of International regions (EMEA, DACH/NL/PL, APAC, SEA) while adapting global VM guidelines and brand standards to regional business objectives and market nuances.

The Senior Visual Merchandising Manager will play an integral role managing the implementation of the Visual Merchandising strategy and driving in-store excellence for Sol de Janeiro in International regions. This role will be responsible for analyzing visual merchandising needs by region and interpret creative briefs to implement effective merchandising solutions in close collaboration with Regional Commercial teams and Global VM teams based in New York. You must be a professional experienced in managing VM teams and navigating the International beauty retail landscape. You will guide and mentor the VM teams to balance good design with operational needs to achieve in-store excellence, productive and customer-centric executions in line with the business needs and global brand standards and guidelines.

Sol de Janeiro firmly believes that a positive work culture makes all the difference. The celebration of everybody that we promote to our consumers, we also promote in our offices. We are collaborative team players who know that individual growth is just as important as company growth. We lead with kindness and with respect. We set goals to elevate our individual performance within the company AND we lead to nurture growth in our direct reports and cross-functional partners.

**Overall Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for managing VM managers and workflows to create consistent International Visual Merchandising executions (both permanent and temporary/trade activations) and consumer event activations aligned to the International Marketing calendar and regional priorities.
- Work closely with International Design Director and Global VM teams to ensure that all International in-store initiatives are strategically aligned with the Global brand vision and Regional business objectives.
- Mentor and inspire teams to perform at the top of their abilities and foster growth in the overall collective ability of the team to think differently and more broadly about their work
- Champion creative problem solving and develop a reputation for being a collaborative and solutions-oriented team
- Manage day-to-day VM team workflows by collaborating closely with Regional commercial/sales teams, International marketing team and VM managers on new retailer launches and door openings, while leading the review and approval process with Global and International stakeholders.
- Deep dive into marketing briefs, regional insights, and opportunities to lead teams to effective ideas and concepts
- Along with VM Managers, lead and execute VM strategy and programs in International regions from briefing to roll-out in a creative, effective, and professional way to optimize budgets and timelines.
- Ensure timelines and process for VM workflow aligns to on counter dates.
- Develop strong relationships with retailers and suppliers to ensure best in class executions while acting as a brand ambassador and fostering collaborative relationships and building trust within International and Global VM teams

**Job Requirements/Qualifications**:

- 10+ years of experience working in Visual Merchandising, beauty experience is a plus.
- Experienced people manager, inspiring mentor, and proven team builder.
- Background in Industrial Design, Merchandising, Architecture and/or Art Direction.
- Elevated taste, keen design sensibilities to meaningfully contribute to the expanding material, spatial and merchandising fixtures langu