Timberland: Visual Merchandising Assistant

Company: TIMBERLAND

Location: South Africa

Timberland SA is seeking a creative and detail-oriented Visual Merchandising Assistant to support the execution of in-store visual standards and brand presentation. This role plays a key part in ensuring that all displays, product layouts, and promotional installations align with Timberland’s global brand guidelines and enhance the overall customer experience.

Job Description

The Visual Merchandiser Assistant is responsible for the maintenance and optimization of the merchandise presentation and displaying in both outlet and high street stores to appeal to prospective customers and drive sales. The VM Assistant responsibilities will include conducting daily shop visits and workshopping stores to provide an excellent in-store experience, installation of window and instore visual merchandising standards for seasonal campaigns, weekly rotations and promotions, working with the National VM manager to ensure to maintain the global brand image, conducting VM training, driving area sales to meet targets, assisting stores to implement VM directive per individual store specification.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in creating and implementing a visual merchandising strategy for the store.
• Ensuring the strategy is in line with the store’s brand, products, and target market.
• Generating sketches of visual displays that meet the store’s visual design requirements.
• Finalizing designs and creating detailed floor plans for display areas.
• Sourcing the props, creative materials, and accessories for displays.
• Installing and setting up window displays, walkways, counters, and in-store displays, or supervising contractors hired for this purpose.
• Changing displays to promote new product launches or to reflect festive or seasonal themes.
• Ensuring uniformity of displays across multiple store locations.
• Liaising with other retail professionals, including buyers, marketing executives, and retail merchandisers, when necessary.
• Monitoring costs and working within budget.
• Researching lifestyle and design trends that will inform the visual merchandising strategy.

Job Requirements

Main Requirements:

• 3+ years of solid working in a similar VM position within an apparel brand, must have hands on visual merchandising experience.
• Experienced at using Adobe Creative Suite programs, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, or other visual design tools.
• Excellent Eye for detail with a strong creative hand with ability to communicate key ideas to drive visual standards.
• Fluent in English, other languages are a advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to problem solve.
• Ensuring that all stores under your portfolio are adhering to the merchandising principles by opening the lines of communication and conducting daily store visits to supervise the implementation of visual merchandising plans.
• Positive attitude that will lead and motivate teams to complete displays to tight deadlines.
• Must be able to travel within Johannesburg region- 12 stores with occasional travel to Pretoria.
• Driver’s license, reliable car and cell phone is a must.
• Minimum Qualifications Required: Matric/Grade 12, Completed Diploma or Degree in a relevant field of study is advantageous.
• The role:  Your responsibilities will include conducting daily shop visits and workshopping stores to provide an excellent in-store experience, installation of window and instore visual merchandising standards for seasonal campaigns, weekly rotations and promotions, working with the National VM manager to ensure to maintain the global brand image, conducting VM training, driving area sales to meet targets, assisting stores to implement VM directive per individual store specification.