Merchandising Specialist - Cape Town, South Africa - Woolworths

Woolworths
Woolworths
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Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

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  • MERCHANDISING SPECIALIST
  • Advert reference: woolw_000502
  • Advert status: Online
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Position Summary:
Industry:
FMCG & Supply Management


Job category:
FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain


Location:
Cape Town


Contract:
Permanent


Remuneration:
Market Related


Introduction:


To develop, operationalise & successfully integrate the category selling solutions, initiatives and merchandising strategies for an enhanced customer shopping experience in order to optimise sales and profit growth.


Job description:


  • Provide operational input into category strategy based on review of previous years' operating plan
  • Review and influence selling formats to optimize in store displays that is strategy reflective
  • Cocreate, coordinate and update input for annual format and blue print review i.t.o macro space allocation, flows and adjacencies in line with category strategic shifts.
  • Coordinate and cocreate the category annual Capex requirements
  • Formulate design and implementation briefs for signoff
  • Manage trials and conduct rollouts and PIR's
  • Manage Seasonal execution in line with the ILF by:
o Translating the seasonal strategy into a fully integrated FOF per trading phase
o Manage the Seasonal model store process & workshops
o Create and deliver a Demo & tastings plan to enhance customer experience
o Co-create and develop Communication tools - implementation briefs, seasonal trading note, KTS, MSW communication
o Co-create and develop execution principles with annual review & update

  • Drive seasonal trade through:
o Delivery of trend analysis and data interpretation to influence tactical plans across the category and stores
o Managing the delivery of sell more unit campaigns
o Ensure the successful Selling execution of New & modernised stores

  • Conduct regular store visits to identify opportunities for execution improvement and sales opportunities to drive L4L performance.
  • Ensure the effective communication and in store implementation of agreed macro and micro space and merchandising principles in line with category strategies.
  • Continuously improve category merchandising and proactively seek opportunities to drive category and business growth.
  • Deliver to category launches in line with the Integrated Launch Calendar.
  • Ensure the delivery of agreed macro and micro space and merchandising principles in line with category strategies.
  • Ensure that micro space layouts (shop within shop) accurately reflect the customer decision tree and category strategy.
  • Continuously improve category merchandising and proactively seek opportunities to drive category and business growth.
  • Deliver to category launches in line with the Integrated Launch Calendar.
  • Identify and influence range and catalogue opportunities and ensure micro space optimisation.
  • Participate in setting selling and category team objectives, goals and agreed ways of working.
  • Drive integration and partnership with key stakeholders to enable strategy execution and effective launch of initiatives.

Minimum requirements:


  • Relevant business degree or diploma (preferred)
  • 35 years relevant retail experience (or combination for store/buying/planning)
  • Demonstrates passion for and commitment to excellence, the customer, the Woolies brand and organisation, each other, South Africa, transformation and sustainability
  • Role models the Woolies values: Quality and Style, Value, Service, Innovation, Integrity, Energy
  • Demonstrates a commitment to high performance is delivery focused and goal driven, flexible and thrives on and responds to performance feedback
  • Understands themselves and the impact they have on the people they interact with and the organisational culture
  • Adjusts their behaviour accordingly
  • Plays a leading role in driving sustainable transformational initiatives at an operational level
  • Is recognised by their leadership team, peers and reports as competent
  • Builds strong networks and strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Engages and connects people to enable delivery of BU operating plan.
  • Consistent in their decision making and owns the consequences thereof due to strong business understanding and commercial knowledge.
  • Demonstrates attention to detail and reacts to commercial and customer issues within their operation.
  • Manages people to execute BU operating plan.
  • Manages delivery in a positive and consistent way
  • Plan and Organise
  • Think and act commercially (Trade Optimisation)
- "Conceptualise" or "generate ideas"

  • Formulate selling solution and implement shorterterm tactical plans that are costeffective, efficient and realistic
  • Able to analyse and interpret data
  • Communicate and influence at various (using networks and relationships)
  • Project management skills
  • Retail Space and Display Management
  • Able to provide input into Range and Catalogue Management
  • Able to provide input into Supply Chain Management
  • Able to prov
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