Senior Manager, Procurement - Visual Merchandising

Your Dreams, Our Future. Join the dynamic and diverse team at Shiseido Americas, a subsidiary of the world-renowned Shiseido Company Limited. Be a part of a portfolio of prestige beauty brands which includes Clé de Peau Beauté, Drunk Elephant, Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare, NARS, SHISEIDO and several prestige fragrance brands including Issey Miyake, Narciso Rodriguez and Tory Burch. At Shiseido Americas we value and celebrate human diversity, with a rich tapestry of employees from all backgrounds and experiences. Headquartered in New York City with US offices and facilities located in New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Florida, Shiseido Americas employs over 2,000 individuals in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Shiseido Americas is a hub of talent and innovation. Be inspired by the array of skills, knowledge, and integrity of your colleagues, and join our driving force as Shiseido continues its pursuit of beauty innovations for a better world. At Shiseido Americas, we focus on our people. We strive to foster a collaborative workplace culture where creative thinking, inclusivity and unique diverse perspectives are celebrated in order to drive success for both our employees and the company as a whole. By prioritizing our team and promoting an open-minded environment, we push the boundaries of what's possible and bring new ideas to life. Where You Will Work Our Procurement team encourages a culture of continuous learning and improvement, with a focus on driving innovation and achieving operational excellence. We offer a dynamic and stimulating work culture, as employees are part of a greater team and purpose that collaborates with different departments, brands and business units. Job Summary The Sr Manager of Procurement - Visual Merchandising (VM) is responsible for overseeing the development of visual merchandising units and displays, serving as the single point of contact to VM vendors on behalf of both global and regional brands. The Sr Manager must partner with VM Design to ensure display engineering is consistent with design intent while optimizing functionality and cost, and work closely with VM Project Management to ensure on-time delivery. They must also help to develop and create merchandising strategies that support the goals and business objectives for Retail Channels within the Americas region across all Brands What You Will Do You will manage development of visual merchandising units and displays, serving as primary point of contact with vendors on behalf of brand and shared VM Design teams You will lead and develop a team of two Senior Buyers You will discuss feasibility (materials, layouts, costs) of display designs with vendors You will partner with VM Design teams to address issues and provide alternatives to reduce cost and enhance functionality You will obtain bids and negotiate cost for individual projects You will identify, lead, and drive strategic projects for the VM category to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and improve quality You will coordinate the process for reviewing and approving engineering drawings to ensure consistency with design intent Test and approve prototypes Place purchase orders Track production progress You will monitor display breakage / maintenance requests to identify functionality issues You will drive merchandising innovation by monitoring competitive merchandising activity, attending trade shows, and networking with new and existing vendors to keep abreast of industry trends/newness You will partner with VM Project Management to ensure on-time delivery against brand briefs You will support the visual merchandising process for Retail environments including Sephora, Ulta, Macys, etc. Department Stores Who You Are You have a bachelor’s Degree in Merchandising, Design, and/or Engineering You have a minimum 6 years of experience in Visual Merchandising with strong technical knowledge of display engineering and manufacturing You have experience in prestige beauty across multiple channels (d…

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