Role:Visual Merchandising Assistant (3 months Fixed term)

Purpose of Role:

• To be an ambassador for Visual Merchandising within the store.
• Implement and deliver an inspiring visual proposition for the Primark brand, to enhance the customer experience and maximize sales through visual techniques.

Reports to: Visual Merchandising Manager / Visual Merchandising Supervisor / Store Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Work with VM Manager / VM Supervisor / Store Manager to deliver VM look and feel across the store.
• Overall accountability to Implement and maintain windows
• Influence and guide store teams.
• Lead by example and aim to be seen as an expert within the store

Key Responsibilities:

Brand

• Implement campaigns in a timely and effective manner as instructed by company guidelines and in line with instructions from VM Manager / VM Supervisor / Store Manager
• Accountable to deliver excellence in our windows
• Understand and share latest trends (social & local market) ensuring this is reflected in mannequin product selection and styling
• Knowledgeable of product range, equipment, stock density and linear efficiencies to influence decision making in store
• Implement the Store of Excellence standard within your store

Communications

• Communicate information on trends, key lines and visual principles
• Keeping the team up to date with current and upcoming VM activity
• Support with best practise for campaigns, windows and visual merchandising principles

Operations

• Managing the POS
• Work with store management teams to implement floor moves
• Liaise with store management to ensure effective stock maintenance relating to VM displays (planning, awareness of stock availability and ordering systems)
• Support cost control initiatives (POS allocations, equipment fit for purpose and secure etc.)

People & Relationships

• Manage upwards effectively whilst maintaining relationships and discretion at all levels
  

Key Skills and Behaviours:

• Ability to build relationships at different levels
• Creative and Inspirational
• Customer focused
• Sales driven
• Loves fashion and awareness of latest trends
• Genuine Love of the Primark brand
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to prioritise workloads
• Self-motivated

Skills/Experience:

• Previous VM and Retail experience
• Qualified to GCSE level (or equivalent) in Mathematics / English / Art / Fashio

Performance Matrix

Customer Focus

• Proactively meets the expectations of Primark customers
• Makes time to understand the fundamental needs of Primark customers and puts in place methods to get an in-depth understanding of the market
• Coaches others to adopt the customer’s perspective
• Team Work
• Builds trust and respect among fellow team members and accepts group decisions, values the input and know-how of other team members
• Willingly accepts responsibility for the whole team, identifies areas of potential conflict within the team and takes action to resolve them

Communication & Influence

• Communicates regularly and confidently in an appropriate format and style
• Written and spoken work contributions are clear and concise

Quality Focus

• Pays attention to detail and ensures own work is error free. Seeks to improve the quality of own output
• Regularly reviews own work to ensure it is to the standards which are required for the role
• Responds positively to feedback about their attention to quality

Analytical & Problem Solving Skills

• Breaks things down logically into smaller parts to identify the basic requirements, makes comparisons and weigh up options
• Checks that data is accurate
• Identifies patterns, trends and missing information and applies past experience to identify potential benefits or problems

Planning & Organisation

• Works in an organised manner, manages workload efficiently so that required tasks are done at the right time and with accuracy
• Manages own time effectively, understands and prioritises which tasks need to be done first in line with team objectives and avoids wasting time

Focus & Drive

• Creates a goal focused culture by encouraging innovative thinking to achieve goals more effectively
• Encourages others to exceed goals and monitors long term goals for self and direct reports (where applicable)
• Consistently look for ways of doing things more efficiently and ensures changes are captured and disseminated, so that they bring long term business benefits
• Delivers what is required to get the job done to required standard and on time.
• Takes pride in their work and makes an effort to avoid inefficiency

Developing Self & Others

• Active interest in personal development, recognising own strengths and weaknesses and areas for improvement
• Takes responsibility for ensuring own development needs are reviewed and met. Seeks and responds to feedback
• Spends time training and coaching teams