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Meijer · 2 hours ago

Visual Merchandising Program Manager

Grand Rapids, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

4+ years exp

Meijer is a family company dedicated to serving people and communities, and they are seeking a Visual Merchandising Program Manager to enhance the in-store customer experience. This role is responsible for leading visual merchandising initiatives, managing workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ensure effective execution of programs.

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Responsibilities

Partners across all levels of Marketing and Merchandising business partners at the onset of a project, and throughout, to understand the scope, allocate appropriate internal/external resources, and define a critical path forward for visual signage

Develops and maintains program roadmaps, aligning visual merchandising initiatives with broader marketing and business goals. Anticipates resource needs and proactively mitigates risks

Serves as the central point of contact for internal and external stakeholders. Facilitates alignment meetings, secures approvals, and ensures transparency through regular updates and reporting

Identifies and implements process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance collaboration across teams. Champions a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence

Facilitates all daily Visual Merchandising Squad meetings, including Planning, Backlog Refinement & Stand-Ups and ensures Visual Merchandising Squad remains focused on and delivers against iteration goals, specific to PI objectives

Leads Visual Merchandising Squad during Marketing Train events, including PI Planning every 10 weeks

Partners with Manager, Visual Merchandising & Manager, Project Management to increase effectiveness and efficiency by driving process improvements across the Marketing department

Ensures that requested projects have necessary leadership approvals, prior to kick-off

Coordinates the initial detail and information needed to start each project and assigns to appropriate Squad/team members

Aids in organizing people, tasks, project timelines, production and resolving issues

Successfully supports multiple projects at any given time

Maintains proper documentation and files for reference and resource

Defines and manages project risks with input from stakeholders, elevates risks and facilitates resolutions

Owns monitoring and maintaining begin to end schedules for each project

Owns and operates daily within visual merchandising project management tools, including Microsoft’s Azure DevOps (VSTS), Ziflow and Miro

Effectively communicates deadlines, volume and resource utilization as well as risks

Develops relationships with agency and internal customers to earn respect and trust while managing large campaigns, and monitoring agency responsibilities

This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position. May perform other duties as assigned or required

Qualification

Visual MerchandisingAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsMicrosoft Office ToolsCustomer Service OrientationLean-Agile PrinciplesCritical Thinking