About L’Oréal Luxe
L’Oréal Luxe is the L’Oréal division responsible for luxury fragrance, makeup and skincare. It operates beauty houses including Lancôme, Kiehl’s and Aesop, and develops products under licence for fashion houses including Prada and Giorgio Armani.
The Assistant Visual Merchandising Manager reports to the Head of Visual Merchandising and leads in-store initiatives, managing activations, store-opening and refurbishment logistics, budgets, databases, and supplier relationships. The permanent, full-time role also includes direct oversight and visits to top London doors for 5% to 10% of the role, with detailed feedback reporting.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead visual merchandising initiatives that support in-store retail excellence and create customer-centric experiences.
- Manage the implementation of in-store activations and adapt point-of-sale navigation to align with brand strategy.
- Spend 5% to 10% of the role directly overseeing and visiting top doors in London, providing detailed feedback reports.
- Coordinate logistics for new store openings, refits, and refurbishments, including ordering point-of-sale materials, testers, and visuals.
- Manage and control visual merchandising costs and PPP budgets, preventing overspending in line with Group guidelines.
- Maintain the lightbox database, visual merchandising counter master plan, and visual merchandising calendar.
- Partner with Retail Design, Marketing, and Zone teams to deliver seamless online-to-offline customer journeys.
- Build strong supplier relationships to ensure animations are installed correctly and on time.
Qualifications
- Deep understanding of luxury design concepts and the ability to translate them into premium, eye-catching in-store experiences.
- Ability to coordinate multiple refits, store openings, and launch timelines simultaneously with close attention to detail.
- Ability to optimise PPP budgets and maintain a cost-conscious approach across brand activities.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to align external suppliers with multi-functional internal teams.
- Close awareness of luxury consumer behaviour and how exceptional in-store execution drives commercial success.
- Collaborative, organised, and detail-oriented, with a strong aesthetic eye and a drive to challenge the status quo.
Skills
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This position is based in London, England, UK.
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Benefits
Money-saving offers, free mortgage advice, share options, an enhanced pension plan, up to 60% off selected brands, private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, onsite mental health support, enhanced family leave, up to 4 weeks of paid fertility leave, role-specific learning and skills development, leadership programmes, and monthly expert talks.
Culture
Some roles serve a single house or counter. Others span several houses, from advisors who present more than one fragrance line to planners who coordinate stock across the division.
About Cerulean
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Frequently Asked Questions
The luxury industry is characterised by a diverse and nuanced nomenclature. Esteemed houses frequently employ proprietary terminology, and even within a single organisation like L’Oréal Luxe, titles may vary across global markets to reflect local conventions. To ensure absolute clarity, Cerulean assigns a standardised, industry-coherent canonical title to every listing. However, it is worth noting that this role is functionally synonymous with «Assistant Retail Merchandising Manager», «Assistant Visual Presentation Manager», «Assistant Store Design and Display Manager», «Assistant Visual Merchandising Lead», and other variations. Our sophisticated search architecture anticipates these variations, ensuring that inquiries using related terms will seamlessly yield the exact roles you desire.