Visual Merchandising Manager - Retail Supply Chain Industry - R600K - R500K
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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
- Proficiency in MS Office
- 5 years Visual Merchandising
- Management experience
- Merchandising skills
- Salary: R500K/yr - R600K/yr, salary negotiable
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Paid Time Off (PTO) (if applicable)