Visual Merchandiser : Health Foods Group – Cape Town

VGP Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting health foods group in Cape Town seeks a passionate Visual Merchandiser / Production Coordinator. The role involves managing production and execution of visual merchandising for stores. Successful candidates must have a relevant qualification and at least 5 years of marketing and coordination experience. You will oversee project timelines and collaborate with various teams to ensure brand consistency. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your visual skills!

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a marketing planning and coordination admin role.
• Experience across both Visual Merchandising planning and production or implementation.
• Understanding of store operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage the coordination of new and refurbed stores.
• Oversee the production and implementation of Marketing Visual Merchandising.
• Collaborate with Designers, Brand, Ops teams for timely delivery.

Skills

Project Management Skills

Strong admin skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

People skills

Ability to concurrently manage multiple projects

Energy

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

We have a juicy on-site opportunity for a passionate junior to mid-weight Visual Merchandiser with production coordination experience to join the small team at an exciting health foods group, based in Cape Town’s southern suburbs.

The Visual Merchandiser / Production Coordinator handles the production and execution of the Group’s Marketing elements of new and refurbished store design and visual merchandising development across all brands, including retail merchandising solutions.

The successful candidate will work closely with designers and external architects, the marketing team, and suppliers to ensure all stores’ Visual Merchandising and design elements are delivered and installed on time and according to specification. You’ll coordinate with area managers, FSC and franchisees to put in place key merchandising standards to maintain these designs.

Ongoing maintenance of the Visual Merchandising and store design elements are vital to ensure brand standards and brand consistency, as such you will be responsible for ensuring everything is up-to-date and aligned. This is such a fabulous opportunity to turn heads and showcase your visual style – apply today!

Responsibilities

Day-to-Day

• Manage the coordination of new and refurbed stores working within timelines as set out by the Project Plan
• To oversee the production and implementation of Marketing Visual Merchandising, signage of all Store refurbs and new builds
• Lead the development of new merchandising solutions across the group : For all retail ranges within our existing stores, across all formats; and within traditional and non-traditional retail environments
• Develop and implement processes and systems to ensure the correct implementation of all merchandising standards across the group, in all formats.
• Work closely with suppliers and marketing team to ensure Visual Merchandising equipment is made according to specifications
• Ensure all project plans and opening dates and requirements are clearly communicated to the internal teams ensuring on time delivery of equipment and marketing collateral for new and refurbed stores
• Oversee and manage the project pipeline
• Collaborate with Designers, Brand, Ops teams to ensure new stores and refurbs are delivered on time and according to brand
• Collaborate with around project requirements
• Manage relationship with external suppliers
• Ensure ongoing maintenance of Visual Merchandising collateral in all stores
• Travel to all new store opening and refurbs to ensure stores open to the desired specification
• Work closely with the marketing Coordinator ensuring all marketing collateral and Visual Merchandising is on time for new stores and refurbs.

Operations

• Manage Marketing expense requests and approvals from the suppliers according to budgets
• Work with the Procurement team on supplier management new vendor onboarding
• Partner with other Marketing Functions ( Creative Studios, Brand, Content, Product) to drive annual planning, resource management, financial management and process improvement across the business.

Project & Team Management

• Planning, scoping, and communicating store opening and refurb dates to the teams
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on key delivery dates.

Requirements

The successful candidate must have / be :

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a marketing planning and coordination admin role
• Experience across both Visual Merchandising planning and production or implementation
• Project Management Skills
• Strong admin skills
• Attention to detail
• Understanding of store operations, and how this translates into functional Front of House store design
• Brief writing skills and ability to evaluate concept, design and working drawings against the brief
• Ability to concurrently manage multiple projects
• Budget management
• Strong Team player
• Organisational skills
• People skills
• Energy
• Driver’s license and a car.

Please submit a PDF / link to a relevant portfolio along with your CV on application.

Should you not receive a response within 10 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

City: Cape Town Country: South Africa Level of Expertise: Junior-Mid Remuneration: Negotiable Reference Number: #Chris2402 FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailShare

Christine Swartz

Consultant