Join us in shaping the future of our global store footprint.

As Director Real Estate, you drive our retail excellence strategy — securing the right locations, maximizing portfolio performance, and enabling elevated consumer experiences in every market.

You turn insights into action, create scalable growth, and help our brand show up where athletes and consumers need us most.

• Lead our global real estate strategy across acquisitions, leasing, and portfolio optimization, ensuring alignment with long‑term business goals

• Identify market opportunities, negotiate high‑value agreements together with our Indirect Procurement team, and manage due‑diligence processes to ensure profitable investments

• Partner with Store Design, Construction, and Retail Operations to deliver seamless new store openings and renovations across key markets

• Build and maintain strong relationships with landlords, brokers, and regional stakeholders while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

• Deep, long‑standing expertise in retail real estate strategy on a Director level, with a proven track record of leading multi‑market expansion, portfolio optimization, site selection, and complex leasing negotiations across diverse global markets

• Strategic leadership and executive presence, demonstrating the ability to influence senior stakeholders, guide cross‑functional teams, and drive high‑impact decisions in a fast‑moving, matrixed, and highly competitive retail environment

• Exceptional analytical and commercial acumen, with the capability to assess market dynamics, consumer behavior, and financial performance, translating insights into bold, brand‑enhancing real estate strategies that deliver sustainable growth and profitability

• A passion for sport, retail, and shaping innovative, consumer‑centric physical environments that elevate brand expression and deliver inspiring, high‑performing retail experiences worldwide.

This position is responsible for managing visual merchandising through clear guidelines, regular store visits, and reporting to continuously elevate execution standards and team capability, while also leading store experience initiatives including display maintenance and new store openings to ensure impactful and consistent VM execution across all locations.

Task 1: Responsible for executing VM planning and execution including in store RESEC launch and visual display presentation, with effective store zoning to build appealing story telling.

Task 2: Creative use of graphics & props to enhance brand presence across all stores. Execute in-store branding such as window display, in store poster, POPs, etc. Provide graphic design support.

Task 3: Track and control VM budget & expenses. Plan and control stores merchandise display capacity. Plan stores layout and zoning and track effectiveness.

Task 4: Cross functional communication and alignment among departments for seasonal store campaign, trade shows, and other projects. Train and guide Visual Merchandising Specialist(VMS) In-store

Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design/fashion design or equivalent studied. 

Professional: Functional: Proven Retail/Trade marketing experience for an international multi categories’ brand; previous budget management responsibilities Industry: sports or fashion industry.

IT Skills: Familiar with print design; Good proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Ppt, Excel, and Microsoft Office.

Language Skills: English and local languages.

This position is responsible for managing visual merchandising presentation through effective VM programmes, including the development of clear guidelines, regular store visits, and reporting, to continuously elevate overall VM standards and skill sets. In addition, be responsible for driving visual merchandising initiatives, display maintenance, and new store openings to ensure a consistent and impactful in-store experience.

Task 1: Responsible for executing VM planning and execution including in store RESEC launch and visual display presentation, with effective store zoning to build appealing story telling.

Task 2: Creative use of graphics & props to enhance brand presence across all stores. Execute in-store branding such as window display, in store poster, POPs, etc. Provide graphic design support.

Task 3: Track and control VM budget & expenses. Plan and control stores merchandise display capacity. Plan stores layout and zoning and track effectiveness.

Task 4: Cross functional communication and alignment among departments for seasonal store campaign, trade shows, and other projects. Train and guide Visual Merchandising Specialist(VMS) In-store.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design/fashion design or equivalent studies.

Professional: Functional: Proven Retail/Trade marketing experience for an international multi categories’ brand; previous budget management responsibilities.
Industry: sports or fashion industry.

IT Skills: Familiar with print design; Good proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Ppt, Excel, and Microsoft Office.

Language Skills: English

The Manager, Visual Merchandising – Malaysia is responsible for driving brand-consistent, commercially effective, and premium retail experiences across all retail and wholesale doors in the country. This role leads VM strategy, execution excellence, and team capability development to ensure that PUMA’s global direction is translated into locally relevant, high-impact store environments that elevate consumer experience and drive sell-through. The role acts as the VM market lead, partnering closely with Retail, Merchandising, Marketing, and SEA VM to deliver best-in-class execution across seasonal campaigns, new store openings, and ongoing store standards. 

Task 1: VM Strategy & Execution Excellence  

Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or equivalent studied in Photoshop, Illustrator and File maker Pro. 

Professional: Functional: Proven Retail/Trade marketing experience for an international multi categories’ brand; previous budget management responsibilities. 

Industry: sports or fashion industry.

IT Skills:  Familiar with print design; Good proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PPT, Excel, and Word. 

This position is responsible to drive regional alignment, governance, and performance across SEA retail projects and design initiatives. This position operates by owning regional frameworks, strategic initiatives, governance mechanisms, and performance tracking, while influencing country teams through matrix leadership rather than direct reporting lines. The role balances retail design sensibility with strong project management discipline, enabling consistent execution, speed-to-market, and quality across all SEA retail formats including flagship, inline, factory outlet, SIS, and special projects. 

Task 1: SEA Project & Design Leadership and Coordination 

• Act as the regional focal point for SEA Project & Design coordination across all countries. 
• Drive alignment of country project pipelines with regional priorities and capacity. 
• Ensure structured coordination between Project Managers, Design teams, and the Senior Head. 
• Lead regional cadence meetings, follow-ups, and action tracking.  
• Provide managerial oversight on delivery readiness, risks, and dependencies across SEA. 

Task 2: Governance, Standards & Quality Assurance 

• Own and drive governance frameworks for retail design and project execution across SEA.  
• Ensure adherence to Global Retail Environment standards and regional directives.  
• Oversee approvals, design signoffs, and execution checkpoints.  
• Proactively identify deviations, quality risks, and execution gaps; drive corrective actions.  
• Support flagship and strategic projects with enhanced governance focus. 

Task 3: Strategic Initiatives, Innovation & Continuous Improvement 

• Lead and drive regional strategic initiatives related to store formats, cost optimization, speed-to-market, and scalability.  
• Identify opportunities for standardization, modularization, and sustainability.  
• Translate strategic intent into actionable regional programs and playbooks. 

Task 4: Regional Performance Tracking, Reporting & Insights  

• Own SEA-level dashboards covering project status, design readiness, timelines, and risks. 
• Maintain consolidated insights on project health and delivery performance.  
• Prepare reports, presentations, and decision-support materials. 
• SEA project delivery adherence (timeline, readiness, quality). Governance and compliance effectiveness across markets. Impact of strategic initiatives (cost, speed, scalability, quality). Quality of regional reporting and leadership visibility. Stakeholder confidence and alignment scores.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in architecture, Interior Design, Project Management, Engineering, or relevant studies.

Professional: A minimum 7 years of experience in retail project management, retail design, architecture, or construction. Proven exposure to multi-country or regional retail environments. Experience managing flagship or complex retail projects preferred. Prior experience operating at a regional or matrix-management level is an advantage. 

IT Skills: Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and reporting tools. Strong understanding of retail project lifecycles and design development stages. Working knowledge of AutoCAD / design documentation processes. Familiarity with dashboards, trackers, and performance reporting 

Language Skills: Fluency in English (PUMA Group Language is English)