VP, Store Experience & Design

About This Role

This executive role will provide leadership and strategic direction to optimize store design, space planning, and the visual experience globally for Foot Locker. The Vice President will drive plans, lead project management, and design processes to ensure successful visual merchandising execution to enhance the customer experience and drive growth.

Responsibilities

• Optimize positioning of NA retail locations by analyzing existing store design prototypes and creating new designs to inspire customer experiences
• Orchestrate and drive timely design of construction projects in collaboration with internal stakeholders to achieve business goals
• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand operational needs and refresh store designs
• Define and establish visual merchandising standards, guidelines, and best practices for all retail stores, e-comm platforms, and customer touchpoints
• Conduct regular store visits to ensure consistent implementation of visual merchandising standards, providing feedback and recommendations
• Partner with external vendors to develop visual merchandising materials, displays, and fixtures
• Analyze category performance and industry trends to understand future market potential and guide strategies
• Establish effective space planning and visual merchandising processes to enable successful execution and maximize sales and margin
• Develop long-term global space planning and visual merchandising plans consistent with company objectives
• Mentor, train, and develop the Store Design, Space Planning & Visual Merchandising team

Requirements

• 10+ years of Space Planning/Visual Merchandising experience including management, space planning tools, in-store customer experience, store design and analysis
• 10+ years of progressive corporate management experience with a large omni-channel retailer in merchandising, information technology, or retail operations
• Experience leading a team at the VP level at a retailer of scale, ideally well over $1 billion in volume
• Strong cross-functional partnership skill sets, including a track record of working closely with merchandising/CX teams
• Strong understanding of branding, marketing principles, and consumer behavior
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute innovative visual merchandising strategies
• Exceptional creativity and an eye for design, with the ability to translate brand identity into compelling visual narratives
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in using space planning and visual merchandising software, store design tools, and technology platforms
• Exceptional analytical skill sets and a high level of detail-orientation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Space Planning/Visual Merchandising experience and 10+ years of progressive corporate management experience with a large omni-channel retailer

Benefits