Town Merchandiser - Central Midlands in Bury

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Role overview:

To be accountable for a number of stores, being the point of contact for visual support. You will monitor and encourage your visual team to create leading visual merchandising displays. Further to this you will support the Retail team, encouraging progression while making sure that you are maximising store profitability at every opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the weekly VM pack has been actioned and that all points have been achieved in given stores.
• Conduct weekly floor walks of your stores, making sure that points that need to be addressed are raised and actioned.
• Check that stores are commercially set up and all POS in the correct location.
• Analyse Oracle figures to assist you in deciding product locations and floor moves.
• Train and develop the In-Store team.
• Produce Training plans with the In-Store Merchandiser for staff progression.
• Prepare and conduct training sessions with instore teams and potential future talent.
• Regular communication with the Visual Support Manager and Area Sales Manager.
• Store Visit Reports conducted and submitted to the Visual Support Manager and Area Sales Manager on a weekly basis, ensuring that the In-Store Merchandiser and management team are aware of what needs to be actioned.
• Communicating new ideas and ways to improve the ongoing developments of JD Sports Fashion plc to your Visual Support Manager.
• To conduct your work in a highly professional manner, always leading by example.
• To conduct your work in a safe and responsible manner.
• Promote a high standard of hygiene, cleanliness and maintenance in line with company procedures.

Role objectives and KPI’s

• Ensure the completion of the weekly VM pack across stores across your area.
• Verify commercial set up and correct POS placement in stores.
• Improve sales key performance indicators from optimised product locations.
• Develop training plans for in store merchandisers.
• Timeliness and completeness of submitted store visit reports.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and maintenance in stores.

Skills and Experience

• Visual Merchandising experience advantageous.
• Retail Management skills would be advantageous.
• Excellent Leadership and Time Management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• IT skills - Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel advantageous.
• Driving license is essential.
• Willing to travel to assist with new store openings.

Benefits

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Group the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Company discount of 25% off a large number of products in-store and online (JD Sports, Size?, Foot Patrol, Blacks, Millets, GO Outdoors).
• Exclusive deals and discounts and offers from retail and hospitality businesses through our online benefits platform (TELUS Health).
• Access to counselling services, digital health and well-being advice through our benefits platform (TELUS Health).
• Health cash plans.
• Wide range of internal development courses to support personal and professional development throughout your career journey with the Group.
• Access to apprenticeships & accredited qualifications - Earn while you learn and gain nationally recognised qualifications (England Only).
• Discounted Gym memberships at JD Gyms.
• Access to colleague networks, to share lived experiences and support initiatives that drive positive change.
• Opportunities to volunteer and contribute to JD Foundation.
• Employer engagement forums to help influence positive change.

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.