Vacancy: Marketing Merchandising Manager - Multinational Company

Job Description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Founded in 1993, our client is a leader in the retail and supply of furniture in Africa. The company has a retail shop area of more than 50,000m2, 33 points of sale with more than 1,000 employees and 2 stores in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana is the latest addition. If you are looking forward to joining an exciting, diverse and customer service-focused environment, apply this week!

Overview

Our client is looking to appoint a talented and experienced Marketing-Merchandising Manager to create, oversee and implement marketing & merchandising strategies.

What You Will Do

• Identify trends and monitor supply and demand.


• Collaborate with the marketing department to brainstorm new projects, campaigns and business ideas to meet and or exceed targets.


• Oversee the planning and implementation of marketing and merchandising strategies.


• Create along with the decorators’ eye-catching store layouts that showcase the brand and aesthetic of the company.


• Negotiate the costs of inventory for multiple stores/sections.


• Prepare annual and quarterly budgets and present them to the relevant stakeholders.


• Track inventory movement and systematically introduce promotions, sales, price changes, etc.


• Interpret sales reports and provide guidance on how to improve figures, customer engagement, retention and referral.


• Manage a team of marketing and merchandising executives to ensure that all deadlines, inventory requirements and customer orders are completed in a timely manner.


• Perform competitor analyses to ensure that they always stay ahead of the game


• Track sales to monitor the performance of each core product

Required Skills or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing/Business Administration/Management or a related field


• A minimum of five years’ experience in a similar position


• Must have experience in the retail industry


• Prior experience as a retail merchandiser, visual merchandiser or similar


• A background in marketing, communications, and/or design is preferred


• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills


• Must be creative and detail-orientated


• French speaking candidate is an added advantage


• Experience conducting market research