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About the Role

The Retail & Merchandising Strategy Manager defines and owns strategic frameworks to enhance in-store execution, merchandising effectiveness, and retail performance across the dealer channel. This role establishes standards, playbooks, and insight-driven strategies for physical and digital retail environments, balancing long-term strategy with near-term execution in a build-phase environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and ongoing evolution of retail and merchandising strategy across the dealer channel.
• Define retail frameworks, standards, and performance models with clear decision rights and accountability.
• Identify, design, and lead pilot programs to test new retail concepts, tools, or merchandising approaches.
• Evaluate outcomes and determine when initiatives are refined, scaled, or discontinued.
• Establish adaptable merchandising principles, visual standards, and in-store experience guidelines.
• Develop playbooks, toolkits, and reference materials that translate strategy into practical guidance.
• Ensure standards are designed for adoption through value creation rather than enforcement.
• Lead the collection and synthesis of retailer feedback, in-store observations, consumer behavior insights, and competitive intelligence.
• Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable retail and merchandising strategies.
• Benchmark best-in-class retail and merchandising practices across premium, specialty, and adjacent categories.
• Use customer and competitive insights to inform product positioning, in-store education, and experiential priorities.
• Define how physical retail environments and supporting digital tools work together to improve the customer journey.
• Ensure retail and digital touchpoints are complementary and do not create channel conflict.
• Provide strategic guidance on integrating digital content, education, and tools into the in-store experience.
• Establish KPIs and benchmarks tied to retail effectiveness.
• Own retail performance reporting frameworks and regularly review insights with internal stakeholders.
• Translate performance data into actionable recommendations that drive measurable commercial outcomes.
• Lead change management efforts to drive adoption of retail strategies.
• Build feedback loops that incorporate retailer input and real-world performance into strategy refinement.
• Support rollout plans that balance consistency with flexibility and respect retailer autonomy.
• Equip sales, marketing, and dealer support teams with the tools and knowledge needed to reinforce retail strategy.
• Partner with training and dealer development teams to integrate retail standards into education and onboarding efforts.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment so retail strategies are consistently supported across the organization.
• Present retail strategies, pilot results, and performance insights to senior leadership.
• Provide forward-looking recommendations that inform long-term retail and channel planning.
• Operate as a trusted strategic partner to leadership on matters related to retail execution and development.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience in retail strategy, merchandising strategy, dealer development, or channel enablement roles.
• Proven experience building scalable retail frameworks in partnership with independent retailers or dealer networks.
• Strong understanding of retail economics, in-store execution, and performance analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and build-phase environments.

Location

• Valhalla, New York

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 8-12 years

Salary/Compensations

• $130,000 plus bonus depending on experience

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Paid Time Off

About the Company

• FUJIFILM North America Corporation is comprised of five operating divisions: Imaging, Electronic Imaging, Optical Devices, Business Innovation, and Industrial Products.
• The company offers a collegial culture and a flexible work environment.
• Global headquarters is in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments: healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging.
• The company's Group Purpose is “giving our world more smiles.”

Equal Opportunity

• Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.
• If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (hlushrteam@fujifilm.com).