T) Manager Special Projects Retail Environment

Position: (T) Manager Special Projects Retail Environment
Overview   ) The Manager Special Project Retail Environment is responsible for ensuring our brand strategy is translated into our retail environment through cross-functional collaboration on the development, design and space planning of our stores to ensure we elevate our store proposition and improve consumer engagement, productivity and profitability of our stores.
(This is a temporary 5-month role until January 2027)
) The Manager Special Project Retail Environment is responsible for ensuring our brand strategy is translated into our retail environment through cross-functional collaboration on the development, design and space planning of our stores to ensure we elevate our store proposition and improve consumer engagement, productivity and profitability of our stores.
The role works closely with Store development, Procurement and Space planning in the alignment of the brand vision across all in-store touch points. The role will be as well responsible to actively work on developing VM solutions to elevate our brand partners at Foot Locker locations across EMEA.
Responsibilities     Lead the development of new fixtures and in-store initiatives to elevate consumer experience
Lead strategic projects from capital submission, fixture development, procurement and rollout
Manages capital investment planning and expense budgets autonomously for retail environment initiatives, ensuring effective
resource allocation and delivery against business objectives
Responsible to create distinction through Vendor Partner collaboration - Vendors and external agencies
Responsible for identifying ideas and initiatives, partnering cross functionally, to improve consumer engagement and productivity of our stores through the lens of fixture design and store layout
Contribute to lead the “Fast Break Store concept” roll out
Responsible, in partnership with Real Estate / CX & Sales and Regional Planning teams, to lead the weekly design approval meetings and ensure all VM imperatives are embedded in every new / re-model store together with the coordinator Layout Planning
Cultivate and strategically manage vendor partnerships to identify and deliver innovative Visual Merchandising solutions that elevate the in-store experience, strengthen brand differentiation and drive business performance
Act as a subject matter expert, fostering capability growth and elevating functional expertise to support business needs
Build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders by driving process improvements, promoting cross-functional collaboration and ensuring alignment throughout all stages of project delivery.
Qualifications     More than 7 years of VM / Retail experience, with significant managerial exposure
Strong Creativity, collaboration, and communication skills
Well-developed time management skills with a deadline-driven mentality
Pro-active, well organized and flexible with a customer-oriented mindset
Design experience is preferred. Understanding CAD design is desirable, understanding of blueprint drawings is preferred.
Demonstrated experience with design tools including Adobe Suite (Illustrator, AutoCAD, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat etc.) is preferred
Proficiency in using Microsoft Office 365 suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams) is required
Fluent in English
Candidates must be eligible to work in the Netherlands
Benefits     Recognition, inclusion and belonging in a diverse environment
25 holidays and flexible working (hybrid position, in office ~2 days p/w)
Employee Discount on in-store and online products
Casual Sneaker Culture
Learning & Health/Wellbeing programs

Career development and growth in an ambitious international team
Travel reimbursement
Access to premium wellness apps
Bike plan and contribution to gym subscription
Pension Plan
Discounted Collective Health plans
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