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Canadian Tire Regional Visual Merchandiser (12 Month Contract) in Calgary, Alberta
What you will do
The Regional Visual Merchandiser is responsible for ensuring the instore visual presentation is consistent with SportChek’s merchandising standards. This would include store layout and fixturing; overseeing the visual merchandising plan for new store openings; coaching and training for store teams on visual standards, tools and resources, key initiatives; overseeing seasonal changeovers and supporting key visual initiatives.
Develop a clear understanding of SportChek’s visual merchandising vision and standards.
Partnering with head office and store teams to ensure corporate merchandising standards are communicated and successfully executed.
Coach, train and validate key initiatives and strategies elevating the customer experience and category growth to impact sales performance across the store network.
Reinforce and validate merchandising direction, focusing on signage and robust merchandising tactics to drive sell through and inventory turns.
Ensure ad compliance and set-up.
Act as the lead contact for the region related to visual merchandising questions or issues and provide visual solutions.
Focus on store performance building action plans into weekly store visits through the effective use of the RVM store visit report, photo validation and task management to positively impact store performance and presentation increasing sales performance across the store network.
Work collaboratively with the District Manager’s to develop action plans to deliver on the visual strategy instore.
Build common practices ensuring consistency of execution across all regions.
Support and build action plans for store teams related to store openings and revitalizations
Ensure photos are collected from the region for key set ups, initiatives, seasonal changeovers and store openings.
Support visual merchandising research or test initiatives.
Monitor region for visual merchandising trends.
Understand trends and developments in the field of visual merchandising.
Promote a positive, solution focused store culture.
What you bring
A Diploma in Visual Merchandising or Design or equivalent experience.
Minimum of one year of direct experience in visual merchandising.
Strong understanding of store operations.
A vehicle as the position requires travel from store-to-store within the region. You may also be required to travel to a new store location to oversee the pre-opening merchandising plan.
Passion for retail and visual merchandising
Exceptional communication skills.
Ability to implement change in a positive, proactive manner.
Aptitude for collaboration and developing strong relationships.
Hybrid
We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.
About Us
At Sport Chek, we want to find what moves you, and help build your career from there. As Canada’s destination for footwear, apparel, and sporting goods; we believe that sport and activity has the power to help shape your style, your relationships, and your mind. Along with colleagues across the Canadian Tire family of companies, you’ll be a part of a collaborative network of like-minded individuals who draw on their collective experience to best serve customers across all banners from coast-to-coast. Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.
We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can.
We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment. If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here, so apply today.