Global Commercial Visual Merchandising Manager – Beauty Retailer

We are currently recruiting for a Global Commercial Visual Merchandising Manager to join an internationally recognised retail brand. This high‑impact global role is based in London and offers the opportunity to shape and elevate in‑store experiences across multiple markets.

The role sits at the intersection of creativity and commercial performance, translating brand strategy into clear, commercially relevant in‑store visual execution while ensuring global consistency and empowering regional and local teams.

• Develop and deliver global VM campaign playbooks, translating campaign toolkits into clear, execution‑ready retail guidelines.
• Create and maintain global VM planogram guidelines to ensure consistency in permanent product placement and navigation principles.
• Act as the global VM partner to regional and international VM leads.
• Ensure all VM tools are commercially viable, scalable, and adaptable across diverse markets.
• Integrate sustainability, durability, and cost‑efficiency into VM deliverables.
• Gather feedback from international markets to continuously refine global guidelines.
• Benchmark competitors and identify best practices to elevate in‑store brand presence globally.

• Strong background in visual merchandising, retail design, and global brand activation.
• Proven experience creating global VM guidelines that translate creative vision into commercial execution.
• Excellent cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Strong project management and organisational ability.
• High level of commercial awareness across multiple retail markets.
• Strong visualisation skills (Sketch Up required).
• AI capability is advantageous.

The Global Commercial Visual Merchandising Manager role offers the opportunity to shape global retail standards, influence international markets, and drive commercial performance through powerful visual storytelling. It is a critical position that ensures global consistency while enabling local flexibility.

If you are a commercially minded creative leader looking for your next global challenge, this opportunity could be the perfect next step.