Visual Merchandising Manager - Midrand

Dis-Chem Pharmacies; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-related salary

Medical aid

Provident fund

Staff account

Job summary

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is seeking a Visual Merchandising Manager for its Head Office to drive in-store campaigns, visual asset design, and activation across stores. You will work with marketing, category, and store teams to ensure on-brand, high-quality executions that support category and private label strategies.

The role requires leadership of rollout initiatives, supplier coordination, and strong project management. Join a leading retailer with a focus on engaging, shop-floor experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Design, Interior Design, or related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in retail marketing, visual merchandising, or in-store campaign execution.
• 3–5 years’ experience leading retail rollout initiatives, supplier coordination, or cross-functional execution projects within large-scale retail environments.

Responsibilities

• Interpret category and brand objectives into clear in-store visuals.
• Collaborate with Integrated Marketing Campaigns to align store execution with calendars.
• Plan and schedule rollout of visual assets across stores and touchpoints.
• Execute in-store campaigns including window displays, gondola ends, FSUs, and media areas.
• Manage production, installation, and removal of assets to meet timelines.
• Ensure materials are on-brand, high-quality and commercially effective.
• Coordinate with store teams and marketing to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Report on activation effectiveness and maintain governance over campaign standards.
• Maintain alignment with brand guidelines across all executions.
• Track performance indicators and provide feedback to stakeholders.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Retail marketing

In-store campaigns

Retail display design

POS materials

Promotional activation

Project management

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Education

Marketing/Visual Merchandising degree

Job description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity available for a Visual Merchandising Manager for their Head Office. The Visual Merchandising Manager is responsible for executing in-store marketing campaigns that bring Dis-Chem’s brand and category strategies to life. This role focuses on the design, placement, and activation of visual assets across store windows, gondola ends, promotional areas, and free-standing units, ensuring campaigns are engaging, on-brand, and aligned to category and private label brands. The Visual Merchandising Manager works closely with the Integrated Marketing Campaigns team, category, private label and other stakeholders to ensure seamless in-store execution across all stores.

Minimum Requirements…
Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Design, Interior Design, or related field
• 5+ years’ experience in retail marketing, visual merchandising, or in-store campaignexecution
• 3–5 years’ experience leading retail rollout initiatives, supplier coordination, or cross-functional execution projects within large-scale retail environments

Responsibilities

Campaign planning and calendar management

• Interpret category and brand campaign objectives into clear in-store visual merchandisingplans
• Collaborate with the Integrated Marketing Campaigns team to align store execution with overall marketing calendars.
• Plan and schedule the roll-out of visual assets across all stores and promotionaltouchpoints

Campaign management and execution coordination

• Execute in-store visual campaigns including window displays, gondola ends, FSUs, and promotional media areas
• Manage production, installation, and removal of in-store assets to meet campaign timelines
• Ensure all visual merchandising materials are on-brand, high-quality, and commerciallyeffective

Stakeholder alignment and governance

• Work with category managers, store teams, and marketing colleagues to ensure campaign consistency and compliance.
• Report on campaign execution, effectiveness, and in-store activation
• Maintain governance over campaign standards, ensuring visual assets adhere to brand

Competencies
Essential: Key competencies

• Strong experience in visual merchandising, retail marketing, or in-store campaignexecution
• Knowledge of retail display design, POS materials, and promotionalactivation
• Ability to translate marketing strategies into impactful in-storeexperiences
• Project management skills to coordinate multiple campaigns across storessimultaneously
• Attention to detail with a focus on visual quality, compliance, and commercialeffectiveness
• Understanding of retail production materials, substrates, fabrication methods, and cost-effective execution approaches.
• Collaborative mindset to work across marketing, category, and storeteams

Key Performance Indicators

• Campaign Execution: Percentage of stores with visual merchandising assets implemented on time and as per brief
• Brand Compliance: Adherence to brand guidelines and quality standards across all in-store executions.
• Commercial Alignment: Effectiveness of visual merchandising in driving category or promotional objectives
• Stakeholder Feedback: Satisfaction from marketing, category, and store teams on campaign execution
• Campaign Reporting: Timely and accurate reporting on in-store activation and insights

SpecialConditionsofEmployment

SouthAfricancitizen

MIE,clearcriminalandcredit

Driver’slicenseand/orownreliabletransport

Remunerationandbenefits:

• Marketrelatedsalary
• Medicalaid
• Providentfund
• Staffaccount

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