Senior Retail Marketing Manager - Product Experience

At Swarovski, where innovation meets inspiration, our people desire to explore, experience, and create. We are looking for a Senior Retail Marketing Manager – Store Experience where you will get a chance to work in a rewarding role within a diverse team that is pushing boundaries. Be part of a truly iconic global brand, learn and grow with us. We’re bold and inventive, revealing astonishing things like no one else can. A world of wonder awaits you.

About the job

• Lead a team of 2 Visual Merchandising employees as part of the Retail Marketing Product Experience Team, acting as a role model as well as trusted manager for your team.

• Own the Visual Merchandising and Zoning planning of our newly opening Wonderlab stores and our most precious Flagship stores in close collaboration with the Retail Architecture Team.

• Defining Visual Merchandising concepts, tools, and modules for each program and every collection drop across all product categories, to bring product stories to life and via a strategic product presentation approach.

• Managing a dedicated development budget responsively, taking full accountability of managing cost negotiations with suppliers in collaboration with the Procurement Team.

• Steering the product selection for dedicated in store high-visibility areas to be in line with the overall zoning concept, respecting the different assortment levels of different store sizes and formats defined by the Merchandising team.

• Supporting the Retail Marketing Product Experience Team in planning necessary visual assets on store level to support the product stories created with dedicated communication in line with the overall brand and campaign direction driving visual consistency across all offline consumer communication touchpoints.

About you

We are looking for a unique and amazing talent, who brings along the following:

• University degree, preferably in Marketing, Luxury, Retail, Architecture or Visual Merchandising

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in a similar role within an international setting in Luxury sector

• Excellent Project Management, Budget Planning, and Stakeholder Management skills

• Team orientation, and ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization

• Innovative and creative approach to problems - can-do attitude

• Excellent English proficiency, presentation, and communication skills

• Willingness to work in Zurich and support hands-on in the Swarovski Jewelry Showroom

About Swarovski

Swarovski is a Wonderlab where magic and science meet.

Swarovski unifies all parts of its organization under one spellbinding idea and brings forward a wondrous new world of crystal craftsmanship. Founded in 1895 in Austria, the company designs, manufactures and sells the world’s highest quality crystal, genuine gemstones, Swarovski Created Diamonds and zirconia, jewelry, and accessories, as well as crystal objects and home accessories. Together with its sister companies Swarovski Optik (optical devices) and Tyrolit (abrasives), Swarovski Crystal Business forms the Swarovski Group.

A responsible relationship with people and the planet has always been an integral part of Swarovski’s heritage. This manifests today in the company’s well-established sustainability agenda with youth-focused education programs and foundations to promote human empowerment and conserve natural resources to achieve positive social impact.