Visual Merchandising Manager

The Visual Merchandising Manager leads visual standards and execution across all five Bailey's locations, ensuring a consistent, elevated, and commercially effective client experience. Based in the Village District flagship store, this role develops standards where vendor guidance does not exist and partners with the Chief Merchandising Officer, Merchandising Team, and Store Leadership.

• The Director of Store, Village District oversees daily scheduling, attendance, and Village District operations.
• The Chief Merchandising Officer directs company wide visual standards, store visit priorities, assortment analysis, stock balancing recommendations, and inventory productivity initiatives.
• When visiting another location, the manager coordinates daily execution with that store's leadership while remaining accountable for Bailey's company wide visual and commercial merchandising standards.

• Develop, maintain, and update visual standards, case layouts, photographic examples, and training resources for brands, categories, seasonal changes, and new product introductions.
• Train and coach store teams so approved standards are maintained between visits.
• Lead seasonal transitions and recommend fixtures, props, and display materials needed to support consistent execution.

• Visit each store approximately once per month to audit standards, remerchandise showcases, support resets, and evaluate merchandise through a visual and sales lens.
• Identify assortment holes, missing categories and price points, aging or stagnant merchandise, over concentration, and underrepresented sales opportunities.
• Recommend interstore transfers and stock balancing when merchandise may benefit from fresh exposure, a different client base, or stronger alignment with another store.
• Use available sales, inventory, aging, and sell through information to support recommendations and review the impact of significant merchandising changes when practical.
• After each visit, provide a concise report covering key observations, transfer or assortment recommendations, fixture needs, responsible partners, and followup actions.

• Maintain visual excellence at the Village District flagship, including placement of new merchandise, filling gaps from back stock, monitoring program representation, and maintaining fixtures and props.
• Lead visual setup, merchandise coordination, reconciliation support, and breakdown for Village District trunk shows and special selling events; assist other locations when needed.

• Serve as the primary liaison between Store Leadership and the Merchandising Team regarding presentation needs, assortment opportunities, inventory gaps, stock balancing, and product placement challenges.
• Balance brand consistency and client experience with inventory productivity, sell through, and sales opportunity.
• Take ownership of company wide visual execution so Store Leadership can devote more time to selling, clienteling, and managing their teams.

• Support physical inventories, major floor moves, new designer launches, store openings, remodels, relocations, offsite events, and other merchandising or cross functional projects as assigned.

• 2+ years of visual merchandising experience, preferably in jewelry, luxury, specialty, fashion, or lifestyle retail.
• Strong visual judgment with the ability to translate sales, inventory, aging, and sell through information into practical merchandising and stock balancing recommendations.
• Familiarity with retail inventory and merchandising systems.
• Strong…