Senior Leader, Visual Display & Merchandising

At MWV, we manufacture and market the most trusted brands in school supplies, office products, and planning and organizing tools, including Mead®, Five Star®, Trapper Keeper®, AT-A-GLANCE®, Cambridge®, Day Runner® and AMCAL® brands. We are committed to helping companies, students, teachers, parents and business professionals organize, create, communicate and learn. To learn more about MWV, please visit www.mwv.com. MWV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MeadWestvaco is seeking a detail-oriented individual to develop and implement creative strategies to enhance retail consumer shopping experiences in stores. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing, implementing and managing merchandising fixtures and displays, and store sets in retail environment. Reporting to the Merchandising Manager, MeadWestvaco Consumer and Office Product, this individual will be responsible for delivering and activating merchandising programs for key accounts and product lines, as well as creating display marketing materials. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in marketing and retail merchandising.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Drive merchandising development projects for both new and existing product lines while working with cross-functional teams and providing excellent customer service. The Sr. Leader, Visual Display and Merchandising has key responsibility for developing & managing major retail market projects that meets design criteria, cost targets, is mindful of environmental impact, is efficient in the manufacturing process, performance through distribution and provides functionality to the retail customer and consumer.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT MWV

• Develop and communicate timelines & manage projects assuring required deadlines are met
• Ensure that scopes are understood and properly developed
• Ensure delivery of projects to customer expectations
• Prioritization of projects and initiatives
• Understanding competitive landscape with emphasis on merchandising and visual impact
• Drive technological and design innovation
• Drive productivity, cost avoidance and streamlining
• Evaluate work performance to drive continuous improvement and "raise the bar" activities
• Resolve issues related to execution of processes
• Coordinate & Drive activities within the following areas: Purchasing, Supply chain, Suppliers, Sales & Marketing and Creative Services
• Provide creative input at ideation phase, and work closely with Marketing, Sales and Supply Chain during project initiation to understand project goals and objectives, and translate them into cost effective solutions that position our products with consumers and customers/channels.
• Manage OSS Project Team on-site
• Drive Merchandising best practices across MeadWestvaco
• Provide recommendations and input to Merchandising Strategies and Initiatives to meet objectives

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Apply on-line by going to http://appclix.postmasterlx.com/track.html?pid=ff808081357aead301357cc1f93603ff&source=instore

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience with merchandising, retail fixture & display.
• Experience with in-store retail environment design, tradeshows and/or event planning.
• Experience activating in-store consumer shopping experiences from concept to implementation.
• Strong project management skills.
• Must be creative and strategic, with ability to visually communicate ideas.
• Comfortable in a team environment
• Superior leadership and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and technically challenging assignments simultaneously
• Conflict Management/Composure
• Planning & Organizing; Strong Process Orientation
• Initiative & Follow-up
• Judgment/Problem Solving
• Travel 10% of time