Innovative thinking • People management • Service orientation • Leadership Skills • Critical thinking • Adaptability & flexibility • Decision making Knowledge • VM experience • Product and process Knowledge • Vendor management Process Contributions Process Contribution Process Outcome Performance Measure Marketing: Visual Merchandising: VM Planning 1. Develop and approve annual business calendar for the VM function with details of projects, new initiatives, manpower allocation etc. 2. Create and approve the annual budgets for yearly VM activates for events like collection launches, festivals, company led promotions etc. 3. Negotiate with internal stakeholders with respect to budget and requisite resources to ensure seamless operations 4. Identify and approve visual merchandising requirements for new and existing products based on feedbacks received from customers, competition study etc. which can be either merchandising driven or campaign driven or VM led 5. Develop manpower optimization strategies for the function while taking into considerations requirements provided by the teams and the overall expansion plans 6. Plan and approve the store- wise annual audit schedule 7. Create and approve the VM look-books for festivals, events, exhibitions and store launches to be shared with the regions for