National Visual Merchandise Manager - City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - Zeal HR

Zeal HR

Verified Company

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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NATIONAL VISUAL MERCHANDISE MANAGER

INTRODUCTION:

An exciting opportunity has become available within the retail industry, for a National Visual Merchandise Manager. The position is based in Bellville, Cape Town.

REQUIREMENTS:

Matric
A relevant qualification (diploma or degree done in visual and retail merchandising/retail management)
Minimum of 5 years' experience within a retail and visual merchandising environment within a senior/similar role (preferably in the décor/design industry)
Minimum 5 years' senior management experience, managing/coaching teams within the visual merchandising environment.
Premium brand experience essential.
A keen interest in décor and interior design.
Broad knowledge of all the trends and keeping up to date with future trends.
A great eye for presenting our collections in an inspiring and commercial way.

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This role will require extensive travelling to showrooms nationwide

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design and implement a creative merchandising strategy.
Leading a Visual Merchandising team.
Creating impactful and exciting visual displays which showcase product, drive footfall and revenue.
Constantly focusing on innovation and creativity to ensure fresh concepts in terms of shopfitting and visual displays.
Initiating seasonal window concepts and instore merchandising.
Ensuring alignment to the brand's marketing calendar and that all promotional and product themes are well highlighted and showcased in the store.
Ensuring themes are rolled out nationally and the various retail teams understand the seasons concepts and are able to execute along with your guidance.
Building effective working relationships with retail store management and staff to ensure the VM principles are maintained.
Keeping track of the performance of various styles of merchandise for the purpose of repositioning stock with the objective of improving sales of underperforming merchandise.
Develop a budget for seasonal campaigns.