The
dream factory Kenya is an advertising company based in Nairobi, due to
expansion and growth, the following position has come up in our organization.
The
candidate will be placed with one of our clients who produce FMCG.
Project Manager (Retail Merchandising – Instore)
Project Manager (Retail Merchandising – Instore)
Position objective:
Reporting to Managing Director, the candidate will be responsible for
- Preparing
daily reports for your sales team
- Communicate
all plans directed by the client to the supervisors and merchandisers
- Handle
day to day issues with all the staff
- Handle
the issue of stock outs in the oulets.
- Reviewing
progress on all retail outlets
- Assists
in developing plans to increase sales as per the feedback of the
merchandisers
- Agreeing
to project objectives
- Representing
the client's and organisation's interests
- Providing
advice on the management of projects
- Organising
the merchandisers and team leaders
- Carrying
out risk assessment
- Making
sure the quality standards are met.
Qualifications
& Experience:
- Bachelor's
degree in Marketing / Business Management or related field and/or
equivalent work experience.
- 3
+ years Visual Merchandising or Display Design/Build experience;
demonstrated knowledge of merchandising best practices, tools with a
proven record of success
- Exceptional
communication skills along with an ability to collaborate and influence
without direct authority to build effective internal and external
partnerships.
- Strong
project leadership and management skills with proven ability to
successfully execute multiple top level projects simultaneously with
attention to accuracy and commitment to aggressive deadlines.
- Strategic
thinking, self-starter with ability to subsequently apply both strategic
and tactical initiatives across customer specific merchandising solutions.
- Proven
aptitude for shopper science best practices
- Able
to work from assortment plan spread sheets and product illustrations (in
lieu of product samples) to be able to read merchandising planograms
- Ability
to combine creativity and innovation with sales-driven focus in approach
to visual merchandising.
- Strong
negotiating, planning, prioritizing and leadership skills with ability to
act as a liaison with cross-functional teams
- Working
knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel required.
Interested
Applicants should submit their applications to
hr@tdfadvertising.com
Closing date for all applications 25th May 2016