Visual Merchandiser - Thunder Bay

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited; Northwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Sport Chek is seeking a Visual Merchandiser to blend artistic flair with practical merchandising on the sales floor and enhance the customer experience. You will ensure visual elements align with current merchandise and assist with promotional events.

Applicants should have prior visual merchandising experience, be able to set up window and floor displays, enjoy sports fashion, and be able to lift/move boxes.

Qualifications

• Experience in visual merchandising and creating effective displays.
• Window and floor display setup experience.
• Passion for sports, sports fashion, and active lifestyle.

Responsibilities

• Display current visual elements with merchandise.
• Support promotional events and seasonal changeovers.
• Maintain point-of-purchase signage and fixtures.
• Assist with pricing, unpacking, and stock placement.
• Interact with customers in a friendly and professional manner.
• Deliver exceptional customer experience to help meet targets.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Display setup

Customer interaction

Lifting/moving boxes

Education

High School education

Degree/diploma in visual merchandising

Job description

About Us

Sport Chek is Canada’s retail health and wellness destination for everyone that wants to look, feel, and perform well. Our role is to help motivate Canadians to get moving and help them achieve their wellness goals.

Job Description

As a Visual Merchandiser, you are creative, understand the need to execute to the plan, and can marry the two together to enhance the Sport Chek shopping experience. And, all this contributes positively to your customers’ complete experience. As such, your job will be to combine artistic flair with technical know-how for merchandising the sales floor.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all visual elements are displayed with current merchandise
• Support the set-up of all promotional events and seasonal changeovers
• Maintain all point of purchase, sign-holders and fixtures
• Assist with pricing, unpacking, and placement of stock
• Interact with customers in a friendly and professional manner
• Deliver exceptional customer experience to support your team in achieving performance targets

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Prior visual merchandising experience
• Hands-on experience setting up window and floor displays in a retail environment
• Passion for sports, sports fashion, and active, healthy living
• Ability to lift/move boxes

Educational Level

• High School education
• Degree/diploma in a visual merchandising is an asset

Experience Level

• Specialist

Compensation

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Our typical hiring range is between $18.60 and $22.00 per hour. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, store size and market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

Hiring Organization

Sport Chek

Job Location Requirements

On-location

Find what moves you

Sport Chek is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. We recognize that our future success depends on the perspectives and contributions of all our employees - their diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences make our business stronger. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, if you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.