Retail Design Manager | Latam Distributors

The Opportunity

As part of our Distributors business in Latin America, this position's main objective is to ensure excellence in retail environments across 15 countries. This role focuses on supporting our distributors in each market to achieve annual goals by creating engaging, brand-consistent customer and in-store experiences. You will oversee the adaptation and implementation of global retail design standards, manage design projects end-to-end, and drive collaboration with distributors to enhance the brand’s presence across the region. The position is ideal for a strategic and hands-on design professional who thrives in dynamic environments and is passionate about translating brand identity into memorable retail experiences.

• Strategic Design Execution: Lead the adaptation and implementation of HQ retail design guidelines across markets, ensuring a cohesive brand experience tailored to local consumer preferences.
• Distributor Collaboration: Work closely with distributors to align on retail design standards, adapt designs to meet market-specific needs, and support them in executing effective retail strategies.
• Project Management: Manage all design projects from concept through installation, including budgeting, scheduling, and logistics coordination with distributor, vendors and internal teams.
• Quality Control: Oversee quality assurance processes to ensure installations meet brand standards, working close to distributors to resolve any issues.
• Visual Merchandising: Partner with visual merchandising teams and distributors to align on store layouts, displays, and promotional installations that adhere to brand guidelines.
• Supplier Management: Identify, vet, and manage supplier relationships to maintain high standards and consistency in installations across multiple markets.
• Budget Oversight: Track and manage project budgets efficiently, coordinating with distributors and internal teams to ensure optimal use of resources.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal brand, marketing, and merchandising teams, as well as distributors, to create cohesive retail experiences that support brand and commercial goals.
• Address other in-store and customer experience-related demands as they arise, ensuring that all customer touchpoints are align with the brand’s vision and contribute positively to the retail environment.

We'd love to meet you if you have

• Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in retail design or related field, preferably within the luxury or beauty industry.
• Proficiency in design software (AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp) and project management tools (Excel, PPT).
• Fluent in English and Spanish.
• Able to travel around 20% of the time in Americas and occasionally worldwide.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Creative flair with a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Team-oriented with a proactive, autonomous work ethic.
• Knowledge of retail and customer experience trends.
• Experience with visual merchandising and product display optimization.

A few things you'll love about us

• An entrepreneurial, creative and welcoming work culture
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• An international company with plenty of opportunities to grow
• A competitive compensation & benefits package

EEOC:

Puig is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment: 

At Puig, we are continually looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our team.We believe that creating an inclusive environment in which you feel welcomed, valued, engaged, and empowered strengthens our business and fosters a culture where we are inspired to work hard, challenge ourselves, and be innovative in our thinking. Additionally, we believe that the diversity of our employees makes us a stronger company and better able to serve our customers around the world.

About Puig:

Puig creates unique and highly desirable beauty and fashion brands that empower people to reinforce their self-esteem and find their own expression in a family-owned company that aims to leave a better world for the next generation.

Our brand portfolio is structured in three divisions: Beauty and Fashion, with the owned brands Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten, Penhaligon’s, Byredo, Dr. Barbara Sturm, and L’Artisan Parfumeur; the licenses of Christian Louboutin and Comme des Garçons perfumes; and Lifestyle fragrances, among them Adolfo Dominguez, Antonio Banderas, Shakira, and Benetton. The Charlotte Tilbury division, which includes the luxury makeup brand and the Derma division, with the Apivita, Uriage and Isdin brands. We sell products in 150 countries and operate 26 subsidiaries.

At Puig we honor the values and principles put in place by three generations of family leadership. Today we continue to build on that legacy, through conscious commitments in our ESG agenda (environmental, social, and governance) aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.