Location, Green Point & Waterfront, Atlantic Seaboard, Advertised By Private, Job Type Full-Time

We have an opportunity for suitably experienced and qualified individual to join a world class contemporary interior décor and furniture retailer.

We offer a dynamic, cutting edge environment and highly competitive salary packages. People who work at Weylandts have a positive, can-do attitude and take full ownership for their work.

Job Purpose: This main responsibility of this position is to assist in ensuring that the Weylandts shopping experience is further enhanced in all aspects of ongoing visual merchandising. Responsibilities include ensuring stock is correctly merchandised and implementing floor plans and displays. The ability to design, decorate and use personal initiative will be required from time to time.

This position reports to the Visual Merchandiser for day to day responsibilities and the store manager for performance appraisals/ time off etc.

Main accountabilities: Ensure a high standard of visual merchandising in line with the company’s vision and brand identity in the respective store.

Consistently achieve the ongoing installation and dressing of the required merchandising plan within the prescribed time frame which will involve working with the basement team and will include some lifting, carrying etc

Ensure ongoing maintaining/updating of the furniture display settings and homeware shelving/tables as per last floor/setting changes and/or directives from Head office. This requires regular communication with the design team.

Ensure aggressive replenishment of homeware/ furniture. Constantly checking stock levels of homeware in cage and not on the shop floor to ensure items are urgently replaced

Merchandising monthly promotional settings according to the company’s design directives.

Be aware of new product arrivals and lines to be discontinued and plan for this in advance with Head office. Maintain superior product knowledge.

Ensure that a high standard of housekeeping is maintained in store, working with store manager and other store employees.. Doing floor walks 3 times a day.

Assisting in receiving, unpacking and checking in of homeware when relevant basement team member not available or high stock volumes are received.

Ensure required photos of shelving/settings are sent timeously and without exception to the merchandising department.

Assist customers and maintain a professional approach, selling when required.

Assist with receiving and processing stock, advising where more stock is required from Homeware.

Ensure updated and precise price displays and that all items are marked and priced correctly.

Technical competencies: Grade 12 with Interior Décor diploma and a min of 2 years experience in a similar role/ brand.

The job holder must have a good eye for homeware.

Be able demonstrate a thorough knowledge of company and merchandising policies and procedures as well as an understanding of how a retail outlet or store operates.

They must have good admin skills, excellent product knowledge and passion for Weylandts furniture and homeware.

Key Behavioural Competencies: The job holder must be able to demonstrate a hands-on, can-do attitude, pro-active ability. He or she must take responsibility for their work, be a team player, be accurate and have above average customer relation skills.

Email CV's to: jobs@weylandtshome.co.za