Oliver Bonas
We are looking for an Area Visual Merchandiser (AVM) to join Team OB’s VM team. This role will be working and supporting OB’s South West England stores.
As an Area Visual Merchandiser at OB, you will be responsible for creating, supporting, and advising the shops in your area and the business on all aspects of Visual Merchandising. This will involve implementing, driving and developing VM standards across all product groups.
With a cool head and a warm heart, you will identify and highlight commercial and new creative opportunities in the shops, coaching the teams on how to deliver excellent OB visual standards and maximise sales.
You’ll have a flair for design and a great understanding of VM in retail, understanding customer shopping habits and how to create a joyful customer experience across all of our store types and locations.
Reporting to the Senior Visual Merchandising Manager, you will work collaboratively with other SO teams such as Retail, Operations and Merchandising to elevate the shops visually and commercially by providing feedback and progress updates to the Field Manager. Supporting the rest of the VM team across the UK, you will share inspiring content, participate in the team’s wider projects and assist in stores when needed.
As well as regularly visiting existing stores in your area, you will also support new store setups alongside the team across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The ideal candidate will be based near Bristol or Bath and be within easy reach of the stores you will support, including Cardiff, Southampton and Exeter.
A bit about us …
At Oliver Bonas (OB), our values of Work Hard, Play Hard & Be Kind are integral to everything we do. Collaboration, imagination, curiosity, and teamwork are key to our success, and everyone has their part to play in making OB a special place to work.
Having fun is key, and a playful and positive approach creates an optimistic environment. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we are serious about what we do.
Our team knows their stuff. They’re confident and creative and unafraid to challenge convention to find solutions, taking accountability for their actions, but always with kindness and humility.
More about the role …
OB’s Area Visual Merchandisers will:
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Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at OB
At Oliver Bonas, our promise is to do our bit to make living a joyful experience and give cause for optimism. This promise is central to our work in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). To bring joy to others, we must first ensure everyone at OB feels valued, included and most importantly, can be themselves at work.
It is important to us that our brand reflects wider society and the communities in which we operate. As a result, we welcome all eligible applicants for this role however we are particularly interested in speaking to eligible candidates from the Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage communities.
Oliver Bonas is a Disability Confident Committed employer under the Disability Confident employer scheme.
To read more about our ED&I commitments, head over to the EDI page on our website: https://www.oliverbonas.com/meet-the-team/diversity