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The Team
The Visual Merchandising (VM) team shapes impactful brand experiences across DTC eCommerce and wholesale channels aligned with CKs global vision and commercial goals. We elevate Calvin Kleins brand voice by adapting global seasonal strategies and partnering with local VM teams to ensure seamless on-brand storytelling. Through close collaboration with Retail Marketing and Buying teams we bring campaigns to life across in-store and digital environments creating consistent and compelling consumer touchpoints.
The Position
As the Full Price VM Manager you will bring energy enthusiasm and tenacity to drive and influence Calvin Kleins brand image across the EMEA this role you will be responsible for delivering visual excellence across all Wholesale channel stores crafting and conducting channel-specific visual merchandising trainings within Hub stores and designing impactful toolkits and communications. Your work will play a key role in ensuring brand consistency and elevating the Calvin Klein experience throughout the Outlet channel.
Key Responsibilities:
Seasonal Campaign Adaptation: Lead the adaptation of global seasonal Wholesale VM campaigns into EMEA-specific guidelines. Ensure alignment with store tiering and campaign calendars in collaboration with Hub teams to support local execution.
Toolkit & Guideline Development: Drive the development of comprehensive Wholesale VM toolkits calendars and implementation guides tailored for the outlet environment. Partner with Global and EMEA VM teams to ensure relevance and usability across Hubs.
Training Program Development: Design and support VM training initiatives for Brand Experience Managers within Hub teams. Focus on enhancing capability and consistency in visual merchandising across EMEA Wholesale.
Visual Merchandising Communication: Ensure clear and timely dissemination of VM communication materials. Adapt global content to meet regional needs enhancing comprehension and adoption across diverse markets.
Retail Team Collaboration: Partner with Hub VM and Wholesale teams to refine visual merchandising strategies that support commercial objectives. Provide guidance feedback and training to elevate in-store product presentation.
VM Standards Definition: Define and evolve VM standards for the Wholesale channel across EMEA. Ensure consistent brand representation and execution quality across all hubs.
Campaign & Initiative Analysis: Assess VM campaign performance and execution impact through data analysis and store feedback. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share insights to inform future strategy.
Refinement of strategy: Collaborate with Global and Buying teams to adapt and refine global VM strategies for the Wholesale context. Ensure regional relevance while maintaining brand consistency and commercial alignment.
Measures of Success
Campaign execution and timeliness: High on-time execution rate of seasonal VM campaigns and promotional rollouts across Wholesale stores aligned with regional calendars and global direction.
Sales impact and conversion uplift: Positive correlation between VM initiatives and uplift in key trading KPIs including conversion rate basket size and sell-through of featured products.
Visual compliance and consistency: High visual merchandising compliance scores across Wholesale network based on store visit audits VM checklists and photographic reporting.
Speed to floor: Reduced lead time from delivery of VM assets to full implementation in-store ensuring fast impact of seasonal and promotional messaging.
The Ideal Candidate
Minimum 5 years experience in fashion retail with a strong focus on Wholesale environments and visual merchandising execution across varied store formats.
Proven track record in leading seasonal campaigns and creative projects from concept through to in-store implementation.
Skilled at collaborating cross-functionally with Buying Planning Retail and Creative teams across regions.
Strong understanding of how visual merchandising drives traffic and sales with a commercially focused mindset.
Excellent visual and design sensibility with the ability to translate creative direction into clear in-store execution.
Fluent in English and at least one European language.
Proficient in MS Office; familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and project tools such as Trello or Asana.
Bachelors degree in Visual Merchandising Graphic Design Fashion Business or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Willingness to travel regularly across the region to support stores and ensure consistent VM standards.
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behaviours we expect from our people:
ENTERPRISE FIRST we act in the best interests of PVH and its consumers beyond our own team brand region or market.
DRIVE CHANGE we lead by example and are optimistic about change. We challenge the status quo but fully commit once a decision is made.
CREATE CLARITY we are diligent in providing context and setting our priorities so we can be productive quickly.
INSPIRE TRUST we create safe spaces for debate and deliver on what we promise so people can learn to depend on us.
TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY we focus on work with the biggest business impact and give candid feedback to each other.
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
In the heart of Amsterdam PVH is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein.
Wellbeing:exclusive onsite gym and fitness classes personal training meditation studio sports clubs in-house physio and receive access to our nutritional and wellbeing programs
Campus:extensive food and beverage offerings top-notch restaurant barista coffee bars sky bar monthly social events weekly Thursday drinks game nights and campus-themed activities that will keep your social life busy
Develop your career: whether you lead a team or contribute your own expertise everyone is a leader at PVH. PVH University curates and delivers training programs for you to continuously develop your professional and personal goals
Be at the forefront:stay closely connected to our brands CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER and be a part of seasonal market launches sample sales and receive employee discounts!
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About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach we are driving fashion forward for good as one team with one vision and one plan. Thats the Power of Us thats the Power of PVH.
One of PVHs greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued and every voice is heard and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary (PVH) is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race ethnicity color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin citizenship status sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability military status or any other characteristic protected under federal state or local addition to complying with all applicable laws PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill ability educational background work quality experience and potential.
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Manager