Regional Visual Merchandise Manager - Typo South Africa

Be Who You Are. Love What You Do.

We’re an Aussie brand with our feet on the ground and our heart in our people.

Bringing you a brand-new opportunity in our Typo Visual Merchandise space.

Benefits

• Monday – Friday working weeks and flexible working options available to support what’s important to you
• Competitive base salary.
• Local and Global career growth – progress your career across our 7 Brands within the Group
• 50% off Cotton On Group Brands | Cotton On, Cotton On Body, Cotton On Kids, Rubi Shoes, Typo, Factorie and Supre
• Wellness support 24/7 – mental health, relationships, family + more
• Discounts for you and your family - medical, travel, financial + more

The Role

To enable the vision, I lead and develop the Regional VM team to deliver the global visual direction for a world-class store experience.

Key Requirements:

• I drive VM execution through my team and train retail teams to execute the VMD in line with the Brand VM framework.
• execute flagships stores to stretch and scale past the VMD; I elevate within the framework.
• I live in stores. I inspect store experience, provide feedback and coach on commercial opportunities.
• I collaborate cross functionally to maximize sales performance and business growth through effective VM directives.
• I collaborate with my retail partners to review business performance and align on trade decisions.
• I coach my team to deliver the monthly visual set in line with the Brand plan and milestone calendar, staying disciplined to the VM directive.
• I adapt VM directives to reflect the needs of each local market, within the VM Framework.
• I identify opportunities to manage stock health and partner with merch and retail to problem solve.
• I inspire, care for and grow others and myself at every stage of the people lifecycle, to facilitate succession.
• I set expectations, review performance, provide feedback and follow up using the Group performance framework.
• I lead the COG way and build a team of engaged Brand and product ambassadors.
• I look after others and myself, and lead in alignment with our Safety Matters Framework.

Who are we?

A diverse team of 20,000 around the world who love to think Big and have fun along the way. We develop, reward and recognize our team members, so they can feel empowered to reach their full potential. We know life’s more fun when you’re free to be you and our team bring their point of difference, making us into the unique global retailer we are today.

Being You can take you places at the Cotton On Group. Join us and let’s do good things together.

 At Cotton On, we are focused on building a culture centered in belonging, and we are committed to creating workplaces where everyone can show up as their whole self, having an equal opportunity to succeed with us. 

We are proud of our diverse global workforce of 20,000 team members from countless nationalities, and we strongly welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply with us.

We are focused on bringing more voices, experiences and backgrounds to our workforce as we drive diverse and inclusive outcomes for our team and our customers.

If you have any individual needs in order to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at careersrsa@cottonon.com.au so we may support you in completing the job application process.

From Australia to the world - The Cotton On Group (known in-house as COG) is Australia's largest global retailer. With 7 brands, 19 countries, 1500 stores and counting; we exist to make a positive difference in the lives of everyone we touch.  Our people are optimistic, innovative and highly motivated; they share a genuine belief in themselves and others and they aren't afraid to think big.