Visual Merchandising Expert | Kildare Outlet Village

At adidas, we believe sport has the power to change lives. Our stores are where our brand comes to life, creating inspiring experiences for athletes, creators and consumers every day.

We're looking for a passionate, commercially minded and experienced Visual Merchandising Expert to join our Retail team. While a strong visual eye is essential, we're equally looking for someone who can lead through influence, build strong stakeholder relationships, coach and develop others, and drive high standards across the store.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy balancing creativity with people leadership, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

As a Visual Merchandising Expert, you'll play a key role in bringing the adidas brand to life across your assigned stores. You'll ensure our visual standards are executed flawlessly, drive impactful product storytelling, create engaging shopping environments, and use strong problem-solving skills to identify opportunities and overcome challenges that support both the consumer experience and commercial success.

What You'll Be Doing

Bringing the Brand to Life

• Execute adidas visual merchandising direction across assigned stores
• Create engaging and impactful product presentations that inspire consumers
• Ensure visual merchandising standards are consistently maintained
• Implement store layouts, category presentations and shop-in-shop concepts
• Deliver exceptional window displays, including mannequin styling, visual storytelling and product communication
• Execute seasonal campaigns, product launches and marketing activations to a high standard

Driving Commercial Results

• Support the achievement of sales and profit targets through effective visual merchandising
• Analyse commercial performance and provide feedback on space allocation and category presentation
• Identify opportunities to improve the consumer journey and maximise product visibility
• Monitor and report on visual merchandising compliance and performance

Influencing and Developing Others

• Act as a visual merchandising leader within the store, coaching and developing colleagues to deliver consistently high standards
• Build strong relationships with Store Managers and key stakeholders to drive alignment, accountability and performance
• Use strong communication and influencing skills to drive engagement and ownership of visual merchandising standards
• Support a culture of continuous improvement by identifying development opportunities and sharing best practice

Managing Visual Assets

• Ensure fixtures, graphics, props and visual merchandising tools are maintained and used correctly
• Manage visual equipment responsibly and store assets appropriately when not in use
• Support showroom set-ups and wider visual merchandising projects as required

What We're Looking For

Experience

• Experience coaching, developing and influencing teams within a retail environment
• Previous visual merchandising experience within a retail environment
• Experience implementing visual guidelines and brand standards
• Understanding of how visual merchandising influences consumer behaviour and commercial performance
• Experience building effective relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Experience driving standards and delivering results through others

Skills

• Strong organisational, numeracy and written communication skills
• Confident using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Fluent English language skills

Additional Requirements

• Flexibility to travel across the cluster as required
• Ability to work flexible hours to support launches, store moves and key projects
• Passion for sport, fashion and delivering outstanding consumer experiences

Why adidas?

At adidas, you'll be part of a team that champions creativity, innovation and collaboration. We invest in our people and provide opportunities to learn, grow and develop your career within one of the world's most recognised sports brands.

You'll work in an environment where individuality is celebrated, ideas are valued and everyone plays a part in shaping the future of sport.

What's In It For You?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Generous employee discount
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Access to wellbeing initiatives and support programmes
• Inclusive and diverse team culture
• The opportunity to shape the consumer experience for one of the world's leading sports brands

Through sport, we have the power to change lives.

If you're ready to inspire consumers, elevate the in-store experience and help bring the adidas brand to life, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and start your adidas journey.

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