Visual Merchandise Manager

Almondsbury Garden Centre; Almondsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Positive and collaborative company culture

28 days holiday leave

Range of company benefits

Job summary

A local garden centre in Almondsbury is seeking an experienced Visual Merchandise Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the centre looks immaculate and inspiring every day, promoting products creatively, liaising with teams for design plans, and managing budgets for visual materials. The role offers a positive company culture, 28 days of holiday, and a salary between £30,000 to £32,000. The closing date for applications is February 25th.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a visual merchandising role.
• Proven record of utilising merchandising to drive sales.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Promote products using creativity and market trends.
• Liaise with teams for design themes and plans.
• Meet with retail managers to implement sales strategies.
• Identify and source props and materials for displays.
• Maintain a budget for visual materials.
• Create visual merchandising packs for guidelines.
• Seek feedback on visual impact of displays.

Skills

Visual merchandising experience

Driving sales through merchandising

Knowledge of visual merchandising principles

Coaching skills

Excellent relationship-building

Adaptable communication

Project management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Job description

Almondsbury Garden Centre is a family run independent garden centre in Bristol that has been supporting the community for the past 93 years.

We are looking for an ambitious, self-motivated and experienced Visual Merchandise Manager to join our team. A love of everything gardening and a particular love of Christmas are desirable. You will be hands on and an effective team player.

As a Visual Merchandise Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring our Centre looks immaculate and inspiring everyday. You'll need to:

Responsibilities

• use your creativity and awareness of trends to develop ways to promote our products
• liaise with teams about buying, design and marketing to create design themes and plans, often months in advance, including window and in-store displays
• meet with retail managers to implement store sales strategies
• identify and source props, fabrics, hardware and lighting
• maintain a budget and negotiate with suppliers of visual materials
• work with architectural features of store to maximise the available space
• create visual merchandising packs to communicate visual guidelines including layout principles, visual dressings and signage
• assemble or dismantle visual displays in windows or in-store
• seek feedback from colleagues and customers on the visual impact of displays and of the changes implemented.
• Support retail teams when needed.

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience of being in visual merchandising role
• Proven record of utilising merchandising to drive sales
• Knowledge of visual merchandising principles
• Ability to develop merchandising skillset through coaching within our estate
• Able to build and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues in different areas of the business as you will be working with a multi-functional team
• Ability to adapt your communication style to work with colleagues of varying levels of merchandising abilities
• Able to manage multiple projects at one time
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Able to manage diary and changing priorities

Job Offer

• A positive and collaborative company culture.
• 28 days holiday leave.
• A range of company benefits.
• Salary £30 to 32k

To apply for the role, please send a covering letter and CV to Richard Truscott, General Manager.

Closing Date for Applications is Wednesday 25th February