About the Role
The Visual Manager is a key member of the store leadership team, responsible for executing ALO's visual and product strategy. This role focuses on driving efficient and effective visual merchandising to ensure the store is always customer-ready.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and support the execution of key operational and visual processes.
- Champion strong visual standards for the salesfloor by leveraging business performance data.
- Lead strategic product presentation and merchandising, including product recovery, restock, destock, and visual merchandising changes.
- Effectively plan Visual floor changes through payroll management and adapting visual support to business needs.
- Own visual direction from planning through execution, meeting company expectations, budgets, and timelines.
- Utilize reporting tools to identify business opportunities with product placement, outfitting, and stock levels, making necessary changes.
- Represent the business in meetings and conference calls.
- Review, monitor, and manage budget, reporting, and other business data, including metrics and informing planning processes.
- Plan future workflow business needs to protect optimal performance.
- Ensure the Visual team embodies ALO's mission and guiding principles.
- Lead the team through accountability, continuous coaching, talent development, and effective communication.
- Establish internal and external pipelines through succession planning and recruitment strategy.
- Write effective schedules that prioritize business strategy.
- Oversee the execution of deliverables on the ALO Sales and Service Model, protecting operational efficiency.
- Collaborate and implement the General/Store Manager's vision and work cross-functionally with business partners.
- Demonstrate an ability to navigate the organization with a balance of business need and brand culture.
Requirements
- Prior experience of leadership within retail or a related industry.
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Agile with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a changing environment.
- Highly motivated by driving business in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
- Business owner mindset with an entrepreneurial spirit.
- Independent work ethic, time management skills, and personal accountability.
- Aligns with and embodies ALO's Guiding Principles.
- Ability to lift, push, carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to lift, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and/or twist, and safely climb up/down a ladder.
- Ability to stand and move for an entire shift.
- Proof of the right to live and work in the UK.
Skills
- Visual Merchandising
- Product Presentation
- Merchandising
- Business Performance Analysis
- Reporting Tools
- Budget Management
- Team Leadership
- Coaching
- Talent Development
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Leadership experience in retail or related industry
About the Company
- Mindful movement is at the core of ALO's mission, believing that mindful movement in the studio leads to better living and positively impacts individuals and their communities.
- ALO's 'studio-to-street' philosophy emphasizes taking the consciousness from yoga practice and applying it to everyday life.
Equal Opportunity
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, ALO does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, colour, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by statutory law.
- ALO is committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Flexible working is available.
