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Hempel A/S; Dublin; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown Paints is seeking a Retail Sales Merchandiser for a field-based, temporary 3-month assignment across Ireland. The role focuses on maximizing sales performance by effective merchandising and maintaining store standards within key accounts.

It offers exposure to the coatings industry and involves store visits, promotions, and training. Ideal candidates will build relationships with retailers, communicate effectively, and have a background in retail merchandising.

Qualifications

• The ability to develop positive relationships within stores to facilitate brand representation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage one’s workload, prioritizing effectively.
• Experience within retail/merchandising in a store environment would be ideal.
• Driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Merchandise and maintain store fixtures.
• Optimise brand sales opportunities with the Retail multiple accounts.
• Implement all ranges reviews and promotional activity on time and with relevant POS.
• Implement and be part of project activity such as refit/ new/ conversion stores.
• Build brand awareness via in-store training, demonstrations to promote sales.
• Gather and communicate market/competitor intelligence and data to assist the sales and marketing teams
• Deliver high standards of service to fulfil external service contracts.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

MS Office

Retail merchandising

Driving licence

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Retail Sales Merchandiser - Ireland (field based)

Temp Cover - 3 month FT

Are you a dynamic individual who can represent Crown Paints and foster relationships with key accounts across Ireland.

At Crown Paints, we are looking for a Retail Sales Merchandiser to maximise the sales performance of our brands by effective merchandising and maintaining optimum store standards across our key accounts.

If you are looking for some exposure to a field based role, interested in the coatings industry or simply looking for a temp vacancy, this may be the role for you!

What do you want to contribute to and be involved in?

• Merchandise and maintain store fixtures
• Optimise brand sales opportunities with the Retail multiple accounts
• Implement all ranges reviews and promotional activity on time and with relevant POS.
• Implement and be part of project activity such as refit/ new/ conversion stores
• Build brand awareness via instore training, demonstrations to promote sales.
• Gather and communicate market/competitor intelligence and data to assist the sales and marketing teams
• Deliver high standards of service to fulfil external service contracts.

What are we looking for?

• The ability to develop positive relationships within stores to facilitate brand representation
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage ones work load, prioritizing effectively
• Microsoft Office platforms and applications skills, including : Word, Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role
• Experience within retail/merchandising in a store environment would be ideal
• Driving license required

About Crown Paints

Crown believes that every pot of paint is brimming with potential and we want to put that into the hands of everyone. As one of the UK’s leading paint brands, we support homeowners and professionals to ‘paint their own possible’ and create beautiful, transformative spaces for everyone to enjoy.

With a heritage dating back to 1777, the company has a rich and colourful history, pouring 200 years of knowledge and skill into every tin of paint. Headquartered in Darwen in Lancashire, the same town the company started in all those years ago, Crown also has a manufacturing site in Hull and an ever-growing network of over 170 Crown Decorating Centres located throughout the UK and Ireland. We’re proud to have held the Royal Warrant since 1949 in recognition of our commitment, passion and experience.

As an industry leader in innovation and sustainability, Crown knows what a positive difference we can make to people and the planet and have set ambitious targets to become carbon neutral across all manufacturing operations, drive full circularity across product and packaging through recycling schemes, eradicate all waste to landfill and ensure 100% of paint containers make maximum use of recycled and recyclable materials.

Application due

2026-10-23

Seniority Level

Entry level

Job Functions

Sales

Industry

Chemicals

Crown Paints is one of UK’s most renown paint manufacturers and we have been manufacturing for over 200 years, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. However, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world through our ownership structure. Crown Paints is part of the Hempel Group, which gives our company stability and our employees extended, global career possibilities.