National Visual Merchandise Manager at Hertex

Main duties:

• 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.

Requirements:

• National Senior Certificate
• 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.

Behaviours essential:

• Good Communication Skills
• Resource planning
• Entrepreneurial thinking
• Professionalism & Business etiquette
• Detail orientation & accuracy
• Assertiveness & drive
• Problem solving
• Decision making & prioritising
• Adaptability, tenacity and determination
• Resilience to stress
• Influence & impact
• Contributing to Team success
• Deadline orientated