Michael Kors District Visual Merchandiser

About Michael Kors

Michael Kors is an internationally recognized luxury fashion brand and lifestyle label, marketed globally across apparel, accessories and fragrances. As part of Capri Holdings, Michael Kors operates within a portfolio of premium fashion houses and emphasizes design-led product, elevated retail experiences and a fast-paced, customer-centric retail network.

Role & Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate monthly visual merchandising execution across all stores in the district, providing guidance, training, and commercial strategy recommendations to retail business partners whilst collecting feedback and photographic documentation
• Deliver comprehensive administrative deliverables monthly, including photo decks, store visit reports, activity logs, and weekly feedback summaries to the Regional Visual Manager
• Submit weekly recaps and feedback to senior management; contribute monthly creative CompShop concepts to the Regional Visual Manager
• Participate in weekly team conference calls hosted by Senior Visual Management and lead assigned cross-functional projects in partnership with VM team members, marketing departments, and external partners such as department stores and suppliers
• Host and lead monthly store walkthroughs in collaboration with store management, and support the annual visual merchandising summit organised by the Senior EU VM team
• Plan and execute seasonal market campaigns across EU showrooms for both mainline and Collection lines, collaborating with merchandising, buying, planning, and sales functions; provide photo documentation to all stakeholders
• Support new store openings and relocations during both planning and installation phases, leading visual execution during the handover week
• Organise and deliver regular visual merchandising training for base stores and the district, planning structured training-focused store visits and establishing feedback and follow-up processes
• Provide ongoing training refreshers during weekly District Managers conference calls and collaborate on VM training programme development, contributing best practices and content
• Identify and mentor visual merchandising talent within the district to build a succession pool; support store management with recruiting and onboarding in-store VM staff
• Analyse base store performance on a weekly basis, tailoring product placement to commercial needs and supporting all Store Managers with data-driven product positioning strategies
• Conduct regular joint visits with District Managers to identify key visual merchandising and product opportunities; support quarterly District Manager business strategy by creating and overseeing tailored visual strategies
• Collaborate to identify business opportunities within existing store layouts, including department relocations, expansion potential, and grading reviews
• Propose annual fixture review improvements, collecting insights and collaborating with all departments on planning and rollout
• Tailor brand visual merchandising directives to relevant markets with a local-market focus; deliver innovation projects centred on new display techniques for EU and global rollout
• Support retail business through market-specific projects including seasonal concept doors, pop-ups, product trials, and showroom setups
• Incorporate monthly creative concepts into model store launches and collaborate with the Senior VM team on new ideas for props, fixtures, sustainability initiatives, and display techniques

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar district or regional visual merchandising role, or managing visual merchandising in a flagship store
• Demonstrated experience with trend-led, premium fashion-focused retail businesses
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects across multiple locations
• Strong ability to partner and collaborate effectively with other retail functions and departments
• Proven capability to deliver visual merchandising training to store teams both in-person and virtually
• Experience analysing key performance indicators and developing actionable plans from data insights
• Fluency in English (mandatory); proficiency in additional languages is advantageous
• Willingness to travel approximately 60% of the time, with remaining time based in the home city
• Demonstrated awareness of industry trends and market-specific customer profiles
• Proven creative, commercial, and people-focused competencies
• Passion for creative excellence and consistent ability to deliver visual standards in retail environments
• Commitment to continuous professional development and interest in a career path within retail
• Sound IT proficiency including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Adobe Photoshop

Skills

Experience

Minimum 3 years of professional experience in visual merchandising at district, regional, or flagship store level within premium fashion retail. Direct experience managing visual consistency across multiple store locations, executing brand standards, and training visual merchandising teams is essential. Background in trend-led, luxury fashion businesses with demonstrated success in balancing creative vision with commercial performance metrics is required.

Education

No specific educational qualification is mandated; however, candidates with formal training in visual design, merchandising, retail management, or fashion studies are advantageous.

Workplace

Culture

Michael Kors fosters a design-driven, service-oriented retail culture that blends creative energy with commercial discipline. Teams work in a fast-paced, international environment where collaboration, attention to detail and polished client service are highly valued.

About Cerulean

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