MECCA Bourke Street - Visual Merchandise Manager

Since our beginnings in 1997, MECCA has redefined the beauty landscape in Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand), leading in retail innovation and delivering the ultimate beauty experience. Our goal has remained the same since the beginning - to help our community look, feel, and be their best.

Now, after almost 27 years in the making, we are launching one of the biggest beauty destinations in the world. At 4000sqm, our new Bourke St Flagship will not only be the largest of our 100+ stores, it's also set to become a landmark destination for the city, and a total beauty wonderland for all who visit. Bourke St will be brimming with over 200 brands, 80 exciting new experiences and beauty services, as well as unique product curations and never-seen-before MECCA destinations. From clinical skin services to a Beauty Atelier, the biggest MECCA Perfumeria, an auditorium for MECCAVersity, an Apothecary, and an entire mezzanine dedicated to gifting, this is MECCA's vision for the future of beauty, and we'd love you to be part of it.

Step into the heart of our MECCA Bourke St store as a Visual Merchandising Manager, where you'll bring our exceptional shopping experience to life every day. Lead and inspire a dynamic team, ensuring our iconic visual standards sparkle across all locations, new concept destinations, and event spaces, while driving creative, commercial decisions that elevate MECCA's impact.

Day-to-day responsibilities: 

As a Visual Merchandise Manager, you will work on a full-time basis. This may include shifts across late night and weekend peak trade.

• Collaborate with the Support Centre team to curate a seamless and captivating shopping experience, ensuring product and brand adjacencies align perfectly with our store vision.
• Uphold and elevate our meticulous VM standards across all core home locations, consistently seeking innovative improvements.
• Inspire and lead your team to unlock their creative and commercial potential, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
• Drive the ‘WOW’ factor by implementing successful VM promotional campaigns, including the delivery and installation of window and in-store activations, ensuring all executions are world-class and visionary in collaboration with the Support Centre.
• Enhance overall store performance by identifying and driving VM commercial opportunities, working closely with the Store Manager, Leadership team, and Support Centre on strategic adjustments and upcoming activities.
  
  

What you will bring to this role:

• Proven experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to create a seamless and captivating shopping experience that aligns with MECCA’s vision.
• An expert in maintaining and elevating meticulous Visual Merchandising standards, with a focus on continuous innovation and improvement.
• Strong leadership skills to inspire and develop a team, unlocking their creative and commercial potential and fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
• Ability to drive team development by ensuring education, safety, legislation, and training standards are up-to-date and consistently met.
• Demonstrated success in implementing world-class VM promotional campaigns and activations, working collaboratively to deliver visionary executions that enhance overall store performance.
  
  

Life as a Visual Merchandise Manager at MECCA: 

• World-class education opportunities; leadership conferences, training sessions, an online Learning Lab, access to amazing guest speakers including brand founders and business leaders, and once in a lifetime events.
• Opportunities to earn more with our monthly performance bonus program. 
• Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy.
• A competitive parental support program, including ongoing superannuation payments while on parental leave.
  
  

More than skin deep: 

• At MECCA, we're committed to being a force for good – within and beyond the beauty industry. Through our sustainability program, MECCA M-PACT, we’re transforming our business by building environmental and social sustainability-focused thinking into our operations – from our products and footprint to our brands and suppliers.  
• We believe that beauty has the power to change lives. Through our social change movement, MECCA M-POWER, we support a group of over 20 incredible organisations dedicated to creating a future where the next generation can thrive. We strive to fight for women by ensuring their access to education, improving their health, safety and well-being, empowering female-led businesses, supporting women to become financially secure and independent and elevating women's voices in politics and public life.  
  
  

Join us, and together we can make the world over. To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, please visit  https://www.mecca.com.au/retail-careers.html