Visual Merchandiser - Bedding, Porirua

Job no: 563339
Work type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Porirua
Categories: NZ Head Office

Discover why Harvey Norman is one of New Zealand's leading retailers by joining our fantastic team!

Harvey Norman has a great track record of providing high quality products and outstanding customer service through friendly and knowledgeable staff.  Working here provides variety and challenge, and the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business. Take your career a step further and get on the fast track! 

In this role you will be accountable for a portfolio of stores within Gisborne and the Lower North Island. You will be working with our store teams to create an attractively merchandised store environment, in line with our brand standards for an unforgettable shopping experience for our customers.

This is a fixed-term full-time field-based role, so you will be working autonomously, travelling between stores in Gisborne and the Lower North Island. Car will be provided.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for visual presentation and layout of the Bedding departments in your portfolio of stores, in accordance with Harvey Norman standards by assisting stores to create visually appealing floor displays 
• Help stores to maximise sales through great VM practice
• Provide VM support and on-the-job training to our retail teams
• Build strong relationships with the retail team and Proprietors
• Provide weekly updates and ad-hoc reporting to the National Visual Merchandiser
• Form strong, productive working relationships with Bedding Proprietors in stores in your portfolio

The skills and experience you’ll need to bring with you include:

• Qualification in visual merchandising is desirable.
• Experience in a merchandising role in a retail environment is required.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to quickly build constructive, effective relationships across the business and with external parties.
• Strong attention to detail; investigative mind with the ability to anticipate and adjust for any roadblocks.
• Physical fitness and the ability to lift, move heavy furniture, working knowledge of correct manual handling techniques and health & safety regulations.
• Exceptional time management and organisational skills; ability to prioritise and control own workload in a fast-paced, pressured, deadline driven environment.
• Be willing and able to travel frequently, including regular overnights
• High level of professionalism, dedication, flexibility and willingness to pitch-in when required.
• Good sense of humour, full of positive energy, down to earth and work well autonomously.

Apply online if you feel this is the place to be!