Vm Manager

2 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Adidas Full time

Job Title: VM Manager
Location: Woodmead - FO, Johannesburg- Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
- Contribute to store profitability by:
- Meeting or exceeding sales and KPI targets within the store through flawless visual merchandising
- Coordinating team members to provide a leading shopping experience
- Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor and analyze performance data and make any necessary adjustments to drive commercial success, especially within VM
- Allocate resources and organize processes, especially within visual merchandising, to drive efficiency and productivity in a variety of situations, including maintenance and layout of existing stores, floor plans and changes, In-store Communication, reporting, and controlling costs
- Drive product presentation and best practice within visual merchandising for a meaningful consumer experience, from sell-in to sell-through
- Be a role model for customer service and meeting or exceeding customers’ expectations
- Supervise and coordinate the team to ensure all customers receive an optimal service level at all times
- Lead your team to meet or exceed customer expectations at all times
- Be a Brand Ambassador, consistently exhibiting the Brand Attitude and Values
- Use advanced Category expertise to drive sales and customer loyalty in your assigned area
- Lead training for visual merchandising techniques and guidelines to follow marketing concepts and brand campaigns while supporting all team Foundational and Seasonal Brand and product knowledge training
- Lead and coordinate team members to consistently execute and maintain established Visual Merchandising and In-Store Communication standards as per global guidelines and local directives, including placement and focus on key articles and ensuring alignment with given Buying and Merchandising timelines
- Manage merchandise delivery processing on the same day it arrives
- Keep an organized stockroom and direct sales floor replenishment to ensure the store’s complete product offer is immediately available and easily accessible to customers on a consistent basis
- Execute all applicable loss prevention procedures
- Maintain a safe and productive shopping and working environment
- Support the recruitment, onboarding, training, coaching and motivation of store team members to maximize their performance
- Share best practices to drive the overall store team performance and market Visual Merchandising strategy and implementation
- Support’s market Visual Merchandising strategy through coaching and supporting Visual
- Merchandising Champions- Seek coaching and learning opportunities to continually improve your performance
- Key Relationships:
- Customers
- Peers and Supervisor
- VM back office, Trade Marketing back office, Retail back office
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to use critical thinking and creative ways to solve problems
- Passion for fashion & sports
- Organized and detailed oriented
- Good numeracy, literacy, verbal and written communication skills
- A good eye for style, coordination and attention to detail
- Ability to make recommendations that effectively resolve problems by using judgment that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, and procedures
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong ability to collaborate and influence across different levels and departments
- Thrives under ambiguity; open to change and act as advocate for the ‘new’
- Open to feedback; able to keep composure in stressful situations
- Passion for adidas brand and for sport
- Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 3+ years’ work experience in a sports/fashion customer
- and commercial
- focused retail environment with advanced selling experience and comprehensive product, retail and industry understanding, [as well as with first supervisor experience]
- Intermediate numeracy and literacy and advanced verbal communication skills

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.

RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

**ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DIS



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