Visual Merchandising Specialist

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The Visual Merchandising Specialist is responsible for designing, standardizing, and governing visual merchandising principles across categories and banners in alignment with the One Merch operating model. The role is also required to translate category strategies, space planning frameworks, and shopper insights into scalable visual execution standards that optimise customer flow, enhance product storytelling, and improve commercial performance across all store formats; ensuring that visual standards, POS application principles, and pre-retailing guidelines are commercially aligned, operationally executable, and consistently applied across banners and categories.

If you are passionate and have ambition to grow within the One Merch environment then this opportunity is for you.

Requirements:

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma in Visual Merchandising/ Retail Design/ Interior Design/ Marketing related qualification.
• Certification in retail layouts/ graphic communication/ space planning advantageous

Experience:

• 4+ years’ experience in visual merchandising/ store layout optimization/ retail design preferable within a multi-format retail environment.
• Experience working with planograms, layouts, or in‑store execution.
• Experience supporting category refreshes and promotional rollouts

Competencies and Skills

• Creative thinking with commercial discipline
• Strong stakeholder influence
• Execution excellence
• Structured problem-solving
• Detail orientation
• Collaboration across functions
• Ability to influence without authority
• Planning and prioritization
• Clear visual and verbal communication
• Adaptability across store formats

Technical Skills

• Advanced visual merchandising principles
• Planogram interpretation and enhancement
• Retail space flow and customer navigation design
• POS and signage application standards
• Blocking and focal zone development
• Store audit methodology
• Visual compliance measurement
• Commercial awareness and sales impact understanding
• Basic design software literacy advantageous.
• Data-informed execution improvement

“Employment Equity Policy Requirements may be applicable”

Massmart is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all people including people with disabilities to apply for the role. Due to the volume of applications we receive, should you not hear from us within 14 days of your application, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

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