Where does this role fit in?
Team ITG are currently on the lookout for a Visual Merchandising Marketing Executive to join our team on a 3 month temp-to-perm contract on our contract with Clarks
The Visual Merchandising Marketing Executive will develop VM excellence and grow the Clarks brand across wholesale, franchise, and retail channels in our key European markets.
Reporting to the Senior Channel Marketing Manager for Europe, you will take ownership of both the retail and wholesale VM strategies and implementations for Europe, working with global and regional marketing, VM, and brand teams. Your priority will be to visit our franchise stores to deploy the VM excellence program, ensuring consistency and branding while minimizing costs by challenging suppliers.
Requirements
What can you bring to the table?
Just have a look below, if this sounds like you it’s definitely worth putting yourself forward:
- A significant Wholesale / Retail VM experience (>5 years) within a global consumer lifestyle/ fashion brand
- You’ll have worked across multiple markets adapting strategies to their relevant nuances; retail, franchise and wholesale channels
- Knowledge and awareness of current VM trends, methods and Marketing best practices
- Passionate about product, brand and retail, keenly following the latest trends
- Ability to work autonomously and multitask in a fast-paced collaborative environment
- Stellar organizational, time management and creative eye and appreciations of aesthetics
- Effective communication skills that help to drive clarity and alignment with the ability to influence key partners and stakeholders
- Proven ability to manage a budget, challenge costs and suppliers quotes
- Know how to work on own initiative, adapt quickly and problem solve
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office
- Willing to travel 90% of the time
Benefits
Work’s a treat
On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.
- Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
- Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
- Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
- So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
- Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
- Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
- Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
- Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,000 for a putting a good word in.
- Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
- Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.
We Value Diversity
We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.
At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.
What next?
If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.
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