Retail Experience Planner

The Retail Experience Planner role will utilize creative design skills to elevate Marvin’s products and brand within Marvin dealer showroom and retail spaces. This role will be responsible for designing showroom space layouts, developing product merchandising programs, and creating market-facing resources to document showroom best practices. 

The Retail Experience Planner will work partner closely with the field sales and marketing teams to identify and support dealer showroom planning and design needs. This role will also identify opportunities for new Marvin Retail Displays and showroom assets to support the selling process and create an elevated brand experience.

• Responsible for timely design and delivery of showroom and retail space plans and design documents that align with the dealer’s business goals and showroom needs.
• Set up and lead design consultation appointments with Marvin dealers, internal stakeholders and external partners to discuss client projects
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Marvin teams and with external partners to ensure the design is consistent with brand standards and Marvin Showroom Experience guidelines.
• Use design programs (e.g.: CAD, Revit, SketchUp) to create and deliver Marvin dealer retail layouts with appropriate product fixtures and sales enablement assortments based on local market opportunity and dealer model
• Ensure retail plans comply with federal, state, and local regulations (ADA, fire, basic construction codes, etc.)
• Specify detailed product schedules for each plan
• Coordinate product/display orders, ensuring assortment is captured through Salesforce dealer profiles
• Maintains visibility to and properly manages project budgets, timelines, and design plans
• Monitor the performance of visual merchandising efforts, including traffic patterns and flow, fixture ordering and maintenance, and implement design and procedural improvements when necessary
• Create merchandising reports and provide clear analysis and insight that supports the development of detailed Retail Experience Plans, forecasting based on display and sales enablement use, and the impact of the Marvin Showroom Program
• Actively supports and participates in showroom and retail experience special projects, initiatives, program rollouts and improvement efforts

• Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, and/or other site planning and/or space planning platforms; proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of best building practices and design detailing
• Outstanding organization, attention to detail, prioritization, and project management skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple activities under tight timelines
• Ability to successfully collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners and act as a trusted advisor through the showroom planning process
• Self-motivated, takes initiative, dependable, proven work ethic and integrity
• Travel required to Marvin manufacturing facilities and dealer showrooms as needed (approximately 30%)

• Bachelor’s degree in business, architecture, interior design, retail management, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in retail store planning and commercial interior design (may be a combination of visual merchandising, store planning, planogramming, or store environment experiences)
• Experience working and negotiating with external sourcing vendors

From people to products, Marvin is committed to creating better ways of living. When you join this family-owned and -led window and door company, you belong to a community full of opportunities. You also belong to one of America's Top 20 Large Employers of 2024, according to an exclusive ranking by Forbes Magazine.

For more than 100 years, we've been designing, building, and engineering premier products. Today, in our 16 locations across North America, we manufacture Marvin's portfolio of products, which includes Infinity Replacement Windows, TruStile Doors, and Marvin Coastline brands.

Together, we live our values and enjoy a culture that feels like home. Our better living approach to benefits supports you at work and beyond. From day one, you receive health insurance, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) retirement savings match and more! A few unique offerings include:

• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on whatever makes you happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• $$ Annual profit sharing - get rewarded for the role everyone plays in making Marvin a success
• Giving at Marvin - join coordinated volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund - financial support thanks to your colleagues and the Marvin family should you suffer a personal hardship

When you belong to the Marvin team, it's all part of the package. Apply today!

This job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities of the employee. Accommodation may be made to enable an individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of the position. Any employment offer depends on completing a background check and drug screen to company standards.