Visual Merchandiser

**About The Estée Lauder Companies**:
We are the global leader in prestige beauty — delighting consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. We are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skincare, fragrance, and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in 150 countries. Infused throughout our organization is a passion for creativity and innovation — a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected — as we continue the bold work of our founder Estée Lauder.

**About the role**:
The Visual Merchandiser will ensure the maximum visual impact of our products in-store in line with brand image and guidelines. This role reports to the Brand Director Benelux.

As a Visual Merchandiser your will have the following responsibilities:

- Responsible for all visual branding and store design of the brand in store throughout the Benelux.
- Participates in the elaboration of the merchandising plans, in accordance with the global marketing strategy. He/she is in charge of the execution of this plan and works in close collaboration with the Product Manager and Trade Executive.
- Ensures the coordination between all parties (both internal and external) to optimize the implementation of the (international) merchandising guidelines.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Permanent and Launch Merchandising**:

- Follow-up on permanent updates.
- Manage new product launch updates.
- Support the implementation of POS material in the field.
- Shipping coordination.
- Develop planograms with international teams.
- Develop an omni-retail approach.

**In-store Design**:

- Lead and coordinate in-store design projects with all stakeholders: international offices, retailers, shopfitters, sales team.

**Budget Management**:

- Draw up the budget and keep costs within the allocated budget.
- Check monthly expenditures and explain variances vs budget.

**Qualifications**

**Qualifications**:

- Higher education degree (marketing oriented) and ideally demonstrates a first working experience. Preferably, this experience has been acquired in the cosmetics & beauty products and/or the luxury industry.
- Fluent in Dutch and English (spoken and written), French is an asset.
- Passion for visual merchandising.
- Hands-on approach.
- Solution driven.
- Entrepreneur/Initiative taker.
- Sense of aesthetics.
- Autonomous team-player.
- Pragmatic & flexible.
- Excellent communication & presentation skills.

**What's in it for you?**:
A job where colleagues become family? Welcome to the Estée Lauder Companies You will receive an attractive salary in line with your experience and competencies. In addition, you will receive various extra-legal benefits: car and fuel card, meal vouchers, cell phone plus subscription, extensive group, and hospital insurance... And what about constant learning? It goes fast at the Estée Lauder Companies. With training, both on the job and through MyELCLearningHub, you get the space to do so.

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**Job**: Marketing

**Primary Location**: BE-VBR-Diegem

**Job Type**: Standard

**Schedule**: Full-time

**Shift**: 1st (Day) Shift

**Job Number**: 246437