RPO Recruitment’s client is a retail company and is urgently seeking an experienced Visual Merchandising Manager in Durban, KwaZulu–Natal.
Responsibilities:
- Investigating the industry’s best practice and initiatives in relation to new ideas and trends
- Identifying and making use of all opportunities to improve the overall visual appeal of stores of stores, thereby maximizing trade
- Ensure that the company merchandise is displayed effectively
- Creating effective merchandise strategies to get a return on trading space
- Create and updates merchandising tools, merchandise guide, merchandise key controls, Store Managers merchandise checklist
- Liaise closely with buyer/director to ensure product type is in line with the location and demographics.
- Developing subtle strategies with new store opening promotional product to introduce customers to the brand and the optimize the chances of them repurchasing
- Ensuring the combination of great product skills and being analytical to increase sales
- Ensuring that the stock holding is aligned with the sales target
- Supervising the execution of all signage, graphics and visual elements
- Create floor plan and layout to dictate the flow of customer traffic and shopping habits
- Departments are located correctly to maximize sales
- Responsible for the execution within all stores
- Conducts regular store visits and spot checks to ensure compliance around markdowns and price changes
- Maximizing company sales and reducing further markdowns by implementing correct location, merchandising and timeous implementation throughout all stores
- Management of a Visual Merchandise team and responsible for their overall development and performance
- Trains best practices on customer service skills, store standards and selling points
- Conducting regular store visits ensuring all staff are fully trained
- Analyze product in 1-star stores to formulate a turnaround strategy
- Works closely with Buyer/Planner to maximize profitability with core/seasonal product
- Develops an effective network of communication to ensure shared knowledge and understanding of business activity
- Recruits accurately profiled staff and ensures the full implementation of induction programmes for newly recruited staff
- Effectively manages the performance and development of staff to drive and maximize the sales performance
- Identify and implements training interventions to achieve exceptional stock service levels across all stores
- Create a positive environment that results in employee retention and a reduction of staff turnover
Requirements:
- Proficiency in MS Office
- 5 years Visual Merchandising
- Management experience
- Merchandising skills
Benefits:
- Salary: R500K/yr – R600K/yr, salary negotiable
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Paid Time Off (PTO) (if applicable)
If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to logistics@rpo-recruit.za.com
Alternatively, you are also welcome to contact Shannon Thomson and Jamie-lee McCallum on LinkedIn or call them on 021 180 0776.
Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.