Customer Assistant - Visual Merchandiser - Aintree RP

Marks & Spencer Plc; Sefton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Sefton is looking for a Customer Assistant - Visual Merchandiser. This role involves creating captivating visual displays, implementing merchandising strategies, and ensuring excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will possess strong styling skills and digital capabilities. Join a dynamic team and contribute to an inspiring store environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive environment

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of visual merchandising principles.
• Good level of digital capability and use of digital tools.
• Comprehensive styling skills applicable to in-store visuals.

Responsibilities

• Create visual displays to attract and engage customers.
• Collaborate with the team to implement merchandising strategies.
• Maintain high standards in visual presentation.

Skills

Styling skills

Visual merchandising principles

Customer service

Digital capability

Job description

Overview

Customer Assistant - Visual Merchandiser - Aintree RP. Join our team at M&S as a Visual Merchandiser in our Clothing & Home section, where you'll become a champion of our stylish products, and influencer of the latest trends. We’re seeking passionate individuals who take pride in their eye for fashion and want to delight our customers every day.

Your primary focus will be on creating remarkable visual displays that attract and engage customers, ensuring that our products are presented in the most eye-catching way. You’ll also actively collaborate with the team to implement effective merchandising strategies.

• Being digitally confident is essential. You’ll utilise our digital tools, such as the Sparks App, to enhance the customer experience and ensure they get the products they want when they need them.

• Efficiency and effectiveness are key aspects of your role. You’ll be a skilled operator, maintaining high standards in visual presentation consistently, ready to roll your sleeves up, work hard and go above and beyond every day.

• Being a team player is crucial. You’ll create a great inclusive store environment, supporting and respecting your colleagues and our customers.

• Flexibility is vital. You should be confident to work across multiple areas within the store and adapt to changing demands in the retail environment.

Are you ready for it? Take your marks and get ready to apply.

Under 18 Disclaimer
This job role involves working at height and we can’t consider applications from anyone under the age of 18 for safety reasons.

Rate of Pay
£12.60 per hour

Work Pattern
Week 1: Sunday 07:00-15:30; Monday 07:00-15:30; Wednesday 11:30-20:00; Thursday 07:00-15:30; Friday 07:00-15:30
Week 2: Monday 07:00-15:30; Tuesday 07:00-15:30; Thursday 07:00-15:30; Friday 07:00-15:30; Saturday 07:00-15:30

Responsibilities

• To deliver a great shopping experience for customers, putting customers before task every time
• Champion new ways of working within stores through an open mindset and positive attitude
• Complete tasks and processes that deliver “best in town” standards
• Serve and sell across all channels brilliantly well
• Be the voice of our customer to help us continually improve

Key Accountabilities

• Dress and style mannequins to agreed standard each launch and throughout the season as required
• Deliver seasonal window implementation
• Deliver “best in town” standards through presentation standards, VM Principles, availability and keeping the store clean and tidy
• Work alongside C&H colleagues to ensure correct implementation of POS each season
• Serve customers efficiently and brilliantly on the shop floor and at service points
• Utilise all digital tools and communication channels to do the job
• Share customer and colleague feedback to help us do things better
• Share knowledge and experience with colleagues to support others in building skill and confidence
• Own their own learning & development and proactively access digital learning solutions
• Know daily sales targets, priorities, promotions & selling opportunities
• Have great product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services
• Proactively engage with customers to understand their needs and make recommendations
• Understand store priorities and their part to play
• Complete tasks with pace and in line with SOPs
• Minimise cost and waste through good process practice
• Follow safe and legal working practices

Key Capabilities

• Understands how M&S operates, its strategy, future and the role they play
• Committed to delivering excellent work fast with great attention to detail
• Open to and acts on feedback, asking for this regularly
• Sets performance objectives for self in conjunction with line manager and in line with business plans
• Takes accountability for planning and managing own work efficiently to ensure objectives are met
• Is curious and asks questions to challenge the status quo
• Effective at communicating their intentions to others; ensures communication is clear and simple
• In control of their own reactions and considers how to share their perspective to create better team reaction
• Copes well with change and work challenges and recovers quickly from its impact
• Builds positive relationships by being a good listener and getting to know people

Technical Skills / Experience

• Comprehensive styling skills applicable to in-store visuals and windows
• Strong knowledge of visual merchandising principles
• Contributing to store sales and cost control
• Work across the store to get things done right first time within timescales
• Comprehensive knowledge of customer shopping channels
• Good level of product knowledge and services across the store
• Up to date knowledge of the commercial operation and brilliant basics
• Good level of digital capability and use of digital tools and applications
• Understand customer needs and spot selling opportunities
• Adapting to change

Key Relationships and Stakeholders

• Customers
• Colleagues
• Store Leadership
• BIG

Everyone’s Welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.