Merchandising Specialist

KAL Corporate services (Pty) Ltd; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Agrimark Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of KAL Group, as a Visual Merchandising Manager. You'll play a key role in enhancing product displays, collaborating with store managers to boost customer engagement and sales across over 100 locations in South Africa. This dynamic role offers the chance to contribute to a growth-focused business with opportunities for career advancement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years related experience.
• Experience in visual merchandising with strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product presentation and ensure compliance with visual merchandising standards.
• Collaborate with store managers to enhance customer engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer Engagement

Visual Merchandising

Education

National Diploma

Job description

Join the dynamic team at Agrimark Operations Ltd, a growth-focused business and subsidiary of KAL Group Ltd, proudly listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). With over 100 locations across South Africa and a growing ecommerce presence, Agrimark offers high-quality farming supplies, solutions, and retail products to a diverse customer base that shares a love of the land, community spirit, and a can-do attitude.

Job Specification

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Space Planning, the successful candidate will ensure merchandise across all stores is displayed according to the company’s visual merchandising standards. This role supports overall store performance by overseeing product presentation at a company-wide level.

Key responsibilities include acting as a dotted-line manager to store managers, providing guidance on merchandise display standards, designing and executing visually appealing displays to enhance customer engagement and sales, maintaining consistency in visual merchandising across stores, and collaborating with store management to implement and maintain displays.

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma
• 5 years related experience

Key Performance Indicators

The following business imperatives are used to evaluate candidates for this role:

Growth

• Fixture utilization efficiency, reducing unnecessary procurement and improving turnaround time for store relays within agreed timeframes

Optimisation

• Adherence to planograms and floor plans across stores
• Providing actionable feedback to the Space Planning Department
• Offering store team training and merchandising support

Leveraging Culture & Diversity

• Maintaining internal and external stakeholder relations

Digital Transformation

• Implementing system and process improvements to enhance operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and competitiveness

Leadership Attributes

The candidate should demonstrate the ability to add continuous value and make an impact:

• Handling complexity
• Pragmatic judgment
• Self-awareness
• Achievement orientation

As part of the KAL Group Ltd, a diversified JSE-listed retail group operating in agricultural retail, fuel & convenience, and manufacturing markets, you will join over 270 operating units across South Africa and Namibia. This offers opportunities for career growth in a performance-driven environment that values resilience, customer service, communication, and relationships.

If interested, learn more about Agrimark Operations Ltd and KAL Group Ltd here: www.kalgroup.co.za/careers/life-at-kal-group

Note: Candidates not contacted within 14 working days of the closing date can assume their application was unsuccessful. Agrimark Operations Ltd adheres to employment equity principles. To process your application, KAL Group Ltd will handle your personal information according to their HR processing policy, available at https://www.kalgroup.co.za/legal/.