Visual Merchandising Operations

At Ermenegildo Zegna the talents and passion of our people are the pillars of our success. Which is why we’re looking for a Visual Merchandising Operations in Milan to contribute to our proud legacy and help shape our vibrant future.

What Makes You, Makes Zegna

The legacy of Zegna would not exist if it weren’t for the unique skills of every person on our team; the makers, masters, designers and doers. Everyone contributes.

BASIC PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Follow the operational planning of VM activations. This includes prioritization, timeline development and process improvements to ensure on-time, high quality delivery of VM initiatives and partnering with functional stakeholders and Design team on implementation to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

What Makes Up Your Day

Step into a hands-on, minds-on work environment where every challenge and opportunity helps you realize your full potential.

In This Role, You Will :

Follow the development of seasonal window cycles, pop-in and pop-up

Support the VM Operations team, ensuring alignment with cross functional and regional partners, taking into account quantity calculations, production and execution schedules, delivery processes and budget specifications

Collaborate with the Design Studio and the different suppliers to ensure that detailed timelines and budgets are within scope

Track and communicate calendar / schedule to support on-time delivery of the VM activations

Follow the process from the Design Studio briefing to execution by connecting markets and suppliers

Proactively organize priorities between multiple stakeholders, turning strategy into plans of action, managing multiple projects on various levels with different and converging timelines

Actively work in order to anticipate and dismantle roadblocks, escalating issues to appropriate partners in a timely manner What makes you, makes our team

When you join Zegna, you join a team, working together to shape the future of our company. For this role, we’re looking for someone with :

• At least 3 years of experience in the role;

Creative skills and luxury sensibility

Personal taste and ability to translate it into the project development

Organizational skills and proactive attitude

Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and results driven

Excellent communication, interpersonal, coaching and feedback skills

Appreciated a VM, Design, Architectural or engineering background

Fluent English, other languages as plus

AutoCAD, Photoshop, Excel, 3D as plus

Availability to international mobility and to travel in general

What makes you, makes our legacy

Ermenegildo Zegna Group is founded on a proud history of craftsmanship and quality dating back to 1910, with a vision to ethically create the world’s finest textiles. Zegna has since expanded to ready-to-wear, becoming one of Italy’s most successful family companies and a global luxury lifestyle brand.

Through our vertically-integrated, sheep to shop approach, we strive to create exceptional products without compromising on quality of life for future generations. With over 500 stores and 6,500 employees worldwide, our success is inspired by our founder’s pioneering spirit and shaped by the expertise and integrity of every individual at Zegna