Field Merchandiser

This is much more than simply merchandising stores yourself.

You'll oversee standards across your territory, work closely with third-party merchandising teams, and build strong relationships with store management to make sure issues are identified and resolved quickly.

You'll spend the majority of your week out in stores, coaching merchandisers, reviewing performance, checking execution, and identifying opportunities to improve availability and sales.

You'll have the autonomy to plan your own territory and store visits, with real ownership for how your region performs.

What You'll Be Doing

• Taking ownership of approximately 15–20 retail stores across your territory.
• Driving consistently high standards of merchandising, availability, and in-store execution.
• Monitoring store sales and performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Overseeing the performance of third-party merchandising teams operating within your stores.
• Coaching, supporting, and providing constructive feedback to merchandisers.
• Building strong relationships with Store Managers and other key retail stakeholders.
• Identifying and resolving operational issues before they impact store performance.
• Ensuring compliance with planograms, promotional activity, and merchandising standards.
• Using sales and performance data to identify underperforming stores and opportunities for growth.
• Planning your own store visits and journeys efficiently across the territory.
• Acting as the key link between stores, merchandising partners, and the wider business.
• Supporting new store openings, launches, and wider continuous improvement initiatives.

What We're Looking For

We're open to different backgrounds. You could currently be working in store management, visual merchandising, field merchandising, retail operations, or field sales.

More importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys taking ownership, working independently, and getting the best out of people.

You'll ideally bring:

• Experience within retail, merchandising, FMCG, or another fast-paced consumer environment.
• Experience as a Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Visual Merchandiser, Field Merchandiser, or similar.
• Confidence managing relationships and influencing people without necessarily having direct line-management responsibility.
• Strong organization and territory planning skills.
• A commercial mindset and an interest in understanding what drives store performance.
• The confidence to challenge standards constructively and improve performance.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving.
• The ability to work independently in a field-based environment.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel.
• A full UK driving license and access to your own vehicle for regular business travel.

If you're looking to move beyond a single-store or traditional merchandising role and want the opportunity to take ownership of a wider territory, we'd love to hear from you.

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The Advocate Group

The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer products sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

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