Store Implementation and visual merchandising manager

Are you a Visual Merchandiser with a passion for retail? Are you ready for your next challenge?

Bensons for Beds is looking for a new
Store Implementation and Visual Merchandiser to join our team here at bensons for beds. Working across our network remotely and from our support centre in Accrington, you will play a pivotal role in helping us achieve both our ambitious new store opening program, as well as our to desire to improve our visual merchandising across our estate if 168 stores.

This is a truly exciting role for the right person, providing autonomy and scope to shape what you do and how you do it! Reporting to the Head of Central Operations, this role will split your time between Accrington and onsite within our stores as required.

So, what will you do?

A huge part of this role is setting up and implementing new retail stores, ensuring all timelines and deliverables are met, whilst collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure all necessary equipment, fixtures and inventory are ordered and delivered in time for store openings.

As well as this, you will:

• Develop and maintain implementation plans, ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and efficiently.

• Conduct regular store visits to ensure adherence to implementation guidelines and address any potential issues.

• Communicate regularly with store managers and regional teams to provide updates on implementation progress.

• Coordinate with external vendors and contractors where necessary to ensure schedules are met.

• Troubleshoot and resolve any implementation-related issues in a timely manner.

• Define clear processes that enable efficiencies and continual improvements to our new store opening programme.

• Define a clear visual merchandising guide that enables all stores to deliver a consistent brand identity.

• Work closely with our Commercial team to ensure that store displays showcase our new product in lifestyle settings that
  compliment the product and enhance the store environment.

What will you get?

In return for your contribution to the store’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary
of between £45,000 - £50,000 per annum, dependant on experience.

In addition?to that we offer you all these extra benefits:

• Company bonus to be paid annually.

• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products

• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)

• Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness.

• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General

• *Discounted Gym membership

• *Cycle to Work scheme

• Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you.

• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave?

• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)

• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills.

• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds

Who do we want?

The person we are looking for will first and foremost need to be able to
work autonomously and is a problem-solver and logical thinker. But they will also need to be:

• Excellent
  organisers and
  have prioritisation
  skills

• Able to
  collaborate as a team
  player & have the ability to develop effective working relationships.

• Able to collaborate and influence others demonstrating integrity and respect.

• A project manager or have project management skills andbe able to manage multiple projects with a high level of complexity and a wide range of partners/touchpoints

• A commercial
  understanding - numerical / analytical

• Someone with
  budget management experience?

• Experienced in a creative role such as visual merchandising or product design

• An
  Excellent communicatorwith great
  interpersonal skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools

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