Visual Merchandiser

Pep; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in South Africa is looking for a Visual Merchandising Manager to oversee and enhance store visual merchandising standards. The role includes planning and organizing field execution, training Dynamos, and ensuring effective promotional campaigns and displays. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years in a related role, a tertiary qualification in design, and be bilingual. This position requires a creative individual with strong leadership and training skills to elevate the customer experience.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar role.
• Store visual merchandising experience will be an advantage.
• Valid drivers licence.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, lead, and oversee the field execution of the VM Plan.
• Ensure implementation of VM Seasonal Sales plan in top store group.
• Monitor & support the implementation of monthly promotional bulletin.

Skills

Retail Experience

Bilingual (English and Afrikaans)

Creative flair

Training and facilitation skills

PC literate (Google Workspace)

Planning

Service Orientated

Education

Tertiary qualification in fashion / interior / graphic design

Job description

Overview

Providing Field Dynamos with necessary skills to ensure store visual merchandising standards are met and maintained and in doing so, improve the customer\'s experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise, lead, and oversee the field execution of the VM Plan in support of the Sales & company strategy objectives relating to in-store displays, promotional campaigns and Capex project rollouts; monitor top performing stores in terms of VM standards to ultimately improve store and customer experience.
• Dynamo upskilling, to ensure consistent and high VM standards to enhance the customer experience.
• Prepares and actively participates in Field VM Sales meetings to design and deliver divisional / regional roll out workshops within each division.
• Ensure implementation of VM Seasonal Sales plan in top store group.
• Monitor & support implementation of monthly promotional bulletin.
• Support company VM initiatives that drives company strategy.
• Provides support for New store openings (NSO\'S).
• Relationship Management.
• Budget Management.
• Ad hoc tasks.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Tertiary qualification in fashion / interior / graphic design
• Retail Experience
• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar role
• Store visual merchandising experience will be an advantage
• Functional knowledge of retail
• Bilingual (English and Afrikaans)
• PC literate (Google Workspace)
• Training and facilitation skills
• Creative flair
• Valid drivers licence
• Willingness to travel
• Competencies : Planning, Presenting, Result-oriented, Cooperation, Creating Support, Assertiveness, Service Orientated, Helicopter view

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date of this position, please regard your application as being unsuccessful.

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