Seasonal Toy Merchandiser

Expd8 Limited; South Street; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail marketing agency is seeking a Retail Merchandiser in the Whitstable area. You will be responsible for ensuring attractive product displays, compliance with merchandising standards, and maintaining great relationships with store colleagues. The ideal candidate has a passion for retail, excellent communication skills, and is capable of some manual handling. This is an opportunity to work with exciting household name brands.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Extra pay for home deliveries

Qualifications

• Experience or passion for merchandising, retail, and customer service.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to handle products and make arrangements on the shop floor.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective setup of fixtures and displays to attract customers.
• Build and maintain relationships with store colleagues and managers.
• Provide timely feedback to client account teams.

Skills

Experience in merchandising

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Overview

At eXPD8, we’re looking for a Retail Merchandiser based in the Whitstable area. You’ll be an integral part of a field-based retail merchandising team, working on behalf of exciting household name brands. Although you will be based in one area, there are work opportunities across a variety of different stores.

You will be responsible for ensuring the fixtures are set up effectively, products and promotions are displayed attractively, and the shelves are well-stocked.

Interested in learning more? Read on below...

About the role

This role will work across a variety of categories including:

Working hours

Confirmed working days/hours:

• Sunday: 11.00 - 16.30
• Saturday: 14.30 - 17.30
• Plus ad hoc work as interested and agreed

How you’ll deliver excellence

• Compliance and Standards: You\'ll know and stick to the merchandising standards and guidelines, store policies and procedures and health and safety guidance.
• Planograms: You\'ll follow and implement planograms, where provided, to ensure consistency and compliance with merchandising standards.
• Product Placement and Replenishment: You\'ll arrange and organise products on shelves and displays to maximise visibility and appeal.
• Promotional and Point of Sale Setup: You\'ll set up promotional displays and signage to effectively communicate prices, discounts, and special offers.

Do you have what it takes to make the shelves irresistible to shoppers? Do you have a knack for spotting what looks good and creating eye-catching displays? Do you have an eye for detail, strong communication and relationship building?

Team and feedback

• You\'ll build and maintain good working relationships with in-store colleagues, particularly department and store managers.
• You\'ll provide accurate and timely feedback to our client account teams, via our feedback application, as the eyes and ears in the stores!

What makes you excellent

• Experience of, or a passion for, merchandising, retail and/or customer service
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Thrive having ownership of your own work within set time frames, using your own initiative to find solutions
• Take pride in delivering great standards and service for our clients
• Be comfortable with a bit of manual handling: you\'ll need to move and arrange our products from the warehouse to the shop floor
• Are willing to accept home deliveries of point of sale or stock items for some visits (you\'ll be paid extra to do so)
• Are confident using a company tablet to download briefs, take photos and answer questions about your tasks
• A full UK driving licence and access to a car is a bonus

We are one of the UK\'s largest field marketing agencies, with over 20 years of experience supporting many iconic brands and retailers. We have a great reputation of delivering exceptional service to ensure our customers succeed in retail.

People are our business, so we work hard to ensure they are supported, rewarded, and valued. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and a fully inclusive employer.