Regional Visual Merchandiser

Do you want to work with Visual Merchandising for a global furniture player specialised in interior decoration service? Are you ready to implement visual guidelines in line with the brand strategy and concept in BoConcept Brand Stores globally? Can you promote strong retail sales by ensuring updated store displays and optimal product selections?
Then please take a look at this exciting role based out of Herning in Denmark.

Business overview

BoConcept is a premium retail lifestyle brand, designing, producing and selling contemporary furniture, accessories and lighting for living, dining, sleeping, home office and outdoor spaces.
The company's headquarters are based in Denmark, and the BoConcept products are sold through more than 300 franchise stores in 67 countries across six continents, making it a global retail brand. 90 percent of the company's products are sold through franchisees, and the global workforce consists of 2,500 employees in total, including store staff.
Despite the heterogeneous markets in which it operates, BoConcept's offering appeals to a remarkably homogeneous customer group around the world – they are typically urban '30-somethings' with education and income levels above the national average.
From its origins as a furniture manufacturer, BoConcept now operates a highly scalable franchise business model with focus on design and concept development whereas the majority of production and retail operations are outsourced.

Your key responsibilities will include but not be limited to

• Conducting styling and visual merchandising seminars for BoConcept franchisees and store staff
• Store visits to ensure correct visuals and space management
• Close cooperation with store stylists and leaders to achieve the best displays, plan showroom changes based on statistics, implement campaigns and other events
• Collaboration with regional marketing managers to ensure campaigns and visual expression in the stores are aligned with brand positioning and activities
• Support of new store openings, planning the furniture and decorations. You will be attending the store opening for styling and training of the store staff on visuals
• As Visual Merchandiser based in our global support office in Herning, Denmark, you will be involved in showroom activities and build-up, provide support on photo shoots, develop training materials as well as materials for websites, presentations and videos
• You should expect to have approx. 50-60 days of travel per year

Our team

The role is part of a global team that manages and executes all deliverables within design, product development, creative sourcing and visual merchandising across our global store network.
The team consists of highly skilled and motivated colleagues who strive to deliver great products and drive business growth – always with high product quality in focus and based on a commercial mind-set.

Background and skills

Relevant candidates for this role should have and can demonstrate the following:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Visual Merchandising within the retail sector
• College-level education in the design/retail field
• Strong communication skills. You are excellent at promoting your ideas and motivating store staff with various presentation methods
• Result-driven and able to work with set KPIs in order to evaluate store performance numbers and space management
• Ability to communicate fluently in English
• Good proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Team player qualities in order to lead by example
• Ability to motivate yourself
• High degree of flexibility – and ability to adjust to changes
• You can expect ad hoc tasks on cross-functional projects

Furthermore

• Certain tasks require lifting, moving products, working on ladder and standing for long periods of time
• As Visual Merchandiser you work with many different projects at the same time, and therefore you must be very organised and systematic. Strong follow-up skills and time management are very important to succeed in the role

More information about the role

Please contact our Global Visual Merchandising Manager, Kalina Todorova on [email protected]

Formalities

Title: Regional Visual Merchandiser
Location: This role is located at our global headquarters in Herning, Denmark
Reports to: Global Visual Merchandising Manager, Kalina Todorova