National Merchandising Manager

AtripleA recruitment & temps; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

AtripleA recruitment & temps is seeking a retail merchandising leader to manage and evolve the business retail strategy across merchandising, shop floor layouts and customer experience.

The role involves planning initiatives, analysing market trends, managing staff performance, sourcing new products, and collaborating with brand and advertising teams to maximize sales and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the business retail strategy focusing on merchandising and shop front layout.
• Plan and execute merchandising initiatives to elevate customer experience, improve product visibility and drive sales.
• Analyze market trends, customer insights and competitors’ activities to inform strategy.
• Lead staff with targets, performance coaching and development.
• Source and develop new products and services to boost sales across the retail channel.
• Collaborate with brand and advertising teams on merchandising strategies.
• Analyze and control expenditure in line with the annual budget and extract financial data for informed decisions.
• Work with brand and advertising to create marketing collateral and monitor inventory turnover.

Job description

Responsibilities

• You'll be responsible for the management and development of the business retail strategy i.e. merchandising, shop front layout etc.
• Plan and execute merchandising initiatives to create an elevated experience for our customers, enhance product visibility and optimize sales.
• Market trends analysis, customer insights and competitor activities.
• Staff management - targets, performance, coaching etc.
• Sourcing and develop of new products and services to increase sales across the retail channel.
• Create merchandising strategies, cooperate with the brand and advertising departments.
• Expenditure analyse and control in line with the annual budget, extract ana analyse financial and business data to make informed decisions and projections.
• Develop in cooperation with the brand and advertising department marketing collateral for the business, monitor inventory turnover and analyse sales data.
• Responsible for promotional campaigns, product ranges and pricing to maximize sales and profitability.