Visual Manager- Bergen

Neiman Marcus Group is a relationship business that leads with love in everything we do—for our customers, associates, brand partners, and communities. Our legacy of innovating and our culture of Belonging guide our roadmap for Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences. Our brands include Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.

Your Role

As the Store Visual Manager, Visual Excellence, you will implement the visual strategy within your flagship store and report to the Director, Visual Merchandising. As a strategic partner, you will lead the execution of seasonal directives and concepts, merchandising guidelines, styling, and merchandising standards along with brand partner installations. You'll lead the development of the visual stylists to create an inspiring environment including merchandising and visual installations, contributing to our client experience. You will collaborate with functional partners, including corporate creative teams, regional teams, and store leaders to increase sales, productivity, and profitability.

What You'll Do

Develop the store visual stylists by communicating clear direction and timelines, reviewing quality of work, providing feedback and recognition. Ensure all store signing is current, keep mannequin presentations current, maintain weekly beauty set up’s, and implement photo assignments.

Recruit talent for open roles, retain talent and develop a bench for future growth in partnership with Visual Director.

Promote a customer-centric culture with performance in stores and through collaboration

Build relationships across multiple levels within and outside the organization, includingstore and corporate teams. Functional partners include, store leadership, brand experience, sales excellence, brand partners, and operations

Work with regional visual and complete seasonal and monthly creative directives,e.g. (Holiday campaigns, store windows, in-store installations, mannequin styling)

Oversee the accountability of daily store standards including signage, loss prevention protection standards, overall floor maintenance and stock fill in, in partnership with store leaders and brand partners

Communicate and follow up on brand partner merchandising guidelines, including monthly floor sets, photo review and daily maintenance, in partnership with store leadersand selling team members.

Manage the store visual supply budget, including store supplies and projects in partnership with the Sr RPSO

Ensure calendar timelines are met

Weekly store walk through with General Manager and attend all leadership meetings

What You Bring

3+ years of visual experience

2+ leadership experience

Be able to partner with all levels and areas of the organization, establish close working relationships, and support for improvement opportunities

Can identify operational improvement opportunities and work with others to identify solutions

Be able to propel advancement

Provide business expertise

Previous experience navigating complex business problems, collaborating with leads across multiple departments, presenting at the executive level. Implementing large-scale projects for your store

Advanced proficiency with MS Excel and Power Point

Certain roles may require standing, bending, climbing stairs, and lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds

• Associates must work a flexible schedule based on business need, which will include evenings, weekends, and holidays