Junior Area Visual Merchandiser
6 hours ago
Founded over 20 years ago by three entrepreneurial women with a passion for beautiful, practical and comfortable homes, OKA is more than a furniture and homeware retailer: it is a love affair with living well.
We inspire people to confidently create a home that reflects their personality, a space where nothing should be too precious or perfect to be enjoyed with family and friends. British-born, today we have 14 stores across the UK– an established Interior Design and Trade business, a mail-order service and thriving website.
We are looking to recruit an experienced full time Junior Area Visual Merchandiser to join our growing field based visual merchandising team, based in the southwest region or our London store.
ABOUT US
We know the best work is done by people who enjoy their jobs, so we create a fun and nurturing environment where everyone feels valued and is able to thrive. We are looking for an agile and proactive Area Visual Merchandiser with a positive attitude and entrepreneurial spirit who can help us nurture this company culture.
Working on projects both independently and as part of the team, you will be responsible for ensuring that instore visual merchandising is both innovative and in line with brand positioning at a consistently high standard that always strive to exceed our clients' expectations
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensuring brand visual merchandising (VM) standards are of a consistently high standard,
- Recreating room-sets/displays/windows seasonal changes following guidelines; organise own adequate supplies of stock, props, materials, equipment and tools for all planned work
- They will be required to carry out all duties consistent with the visual merchandising of Oka homeware products in their own stores in the Southwest area
- Working across functions and key stakeholders to plan effective product range moves within stores with a constant commercial mindset using related analysis tools
- The role requires manual handling of large furniture and regular changes of all product ranges
- The role will require painting and decorating, and small DIY projects
- Assisting on new store openings and refits nationally and assisting within other regions when required
- Constant evaluation of the market and competitors.
ABOUT YOU
- 1+ years' experience in visual merchandising, preferably within the interiors sector
- Experience in retail interior styling is advantageous
- Design and/or interiors qualification desirable
- A creative individual who can provide portfolio examples to illustrate previous successes
- Good eye for display and design,
- Very good DIY skills (painting, decorating, using power tools to install mirrors, wall art, curtains, etc.) and able to lift heavy furniture
- Experience working with and building relationships with a team of Store Managers
- Commercial understanding of the power of VM and its ability to influence product and brand performance
- Project management skills including the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines,
- Confident in independent decision-making, troubleshooting and problem-solving,
- Fully competent with all Microsoft packages
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; adept at promoting and explaining ideas to all levels of the business and influencing stakeholders, in order to achieve timely project completion
- Able to work independently on projects with line manager support
- Positive and flexible working attitude
- Full, clean driving licence
- Flexible approach to UK wide travel, including overnight stays
- Passion for the OKA brand.
OUR BENEFITS PACKAGE
- 33 days holiday (including bank holiday entitlement), plus Length of Service increases
- Day off for your birthday
- Health Cash Plan
- Generous staff discount
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eligibility for a discretionary company Bonus Scheme
- Plus a suite of additional employee benefits including Company pension scheme, life assurance cover, free eye tests, cycle to work scheme, interest free travel loans, social events, online wellbeing centre and more.
If successful you will become part of the OKA family, a fast-paced and dynamic business. If you would like to apply for this position, please apply here.
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