Overview:
We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices. Talk to us about how we can best support you! This role can be based from the UK or France.
As a Visual Merchandiser you will develop, design and communicate the merchandinsing principles and execution guidelines for Kingfisher Own Exclusive Brands (OEB) ranges for all markets, format and operationg companies.

What’s the job?:

• Reporting to the Head of Visual Merchandising you are responsible for the design, development, and communication of Merchandising Execution Guidelines for all Kingfisher OEB ranges
• Working in collaboration with the Group Brand team create Execution Guidelines that respect Kingfisher Group OEB & Category principles whilst meeting the needs of both the Consumer and the individual Operating Company
• Working in collaboration with Group Communications team, ensure OEB range and product communications are effectively integrated into the customer journey
• Working in collaboration with the Space Planning Analyst – OEB, ensure all Merchandising guidelines reflect optimal macro and micro space requirements for individual formats and markets
• Ensure all design guidelines follow the developed fixtures and equipment guidelines across all the Banners
• Ensure all format guidelines are aligned to OEB & Category principles for flow and customer journey and optimised for individual markets and formats
• Support the development and execution of OEB Events/Expos designed to showcase new and updated OEB ranges
• Maintain direct liaison with all market Visual Merchandising teams ensuring execution standards are in line with guidelines. Review and update guidelines to support ongoing effective execution
• Review and identify, develop and communicate updated principles and guidelines for new and updated ranges following group, industry and local market best practice

What you’ll bring:

• Visual Merchandising for multi-site, multi-format and international markets
• Customer journey mapping
• Knowledge in identifying future customer behaviors and trends
• Confident in utilising sales and space performance data analysis and reporting
• Experience in relevant design software –SketchUp (primary), AutoCAD (secondary), etc

BE CUSTOMER FOCUSED – CONSTANTLY IMPROVING OUR CUSTOMERS’ EXPERIENCE

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my rol