Advocate Group
Merchandise Coordinator
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Merchandising Coordinator
Do you enjoy being out in stores, improving retail standards, and getting the best out of people?
Passionate about building relationships, solving operational challenges, and driving sales through exceptional in-store execution?
Looking for a field-based role where you'll have real ownership, autonomy, and a clear path for progression?
We're looking for a Merchandising Coordinator to join one of Europe's fastest-growing consumer brands as they continue to expand their UK retail presence.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a merchandising, retail, or store management background who's ready to take the next step into a field-based leadership role.
If you thrive in fast-paced retail environments, enjoy coaching others, and take a proactive approach to problem-solving, this could be the perfect opportunity.
The Company
Our client is an internationally recognised consumer goods business and a market leader within its category, supplying products to major high street retailers across the UK and Europe.
Following significant growth, they're continuing to invest in their UK field operation, creating an exciting opportunity to join the business during a key stage of expansion.
The business prides itself on delivering:
- Exceptional in-store standards
- Operational excellence
- An outstanding customer experience
Making the field team a critical part of its continued success.
The Role
Reporting to: Regional Manager
You'll take ownership of approximately 15-20 retail stores across your territory, ensuring every location delivers:
- The highest possible merchandising standards
- Maximum product availability
- Peak commercial performance
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This role transcends traditional merchandising responsibilities:
- Link between store management, third-party merchandising partners, and the broader business
- Ensuring stores align with the highest operational standards while identifying ways to enhance sales performance
- Success is driven by:
- Building strong relationships
- Coaching merchandising teams
- Analysing store performance
- Ownership of issues to prevent customer impact
You’ll focus primarily on in-store engagements, including:
- Store visits to work alongside merchandising teams
- Supporting store managers
- Ensuring every location achieves operational excellence
Key Responsibilities
- Taking ownership of the performance of ~15-20 retail stores within your region
- Monitoring:
- Sales performance
- Merchandising standards
- Product availability
- Ensuring third-party merchandising teams deliver consistent excellence in-store
- Coaching, supporting, and providing performance feedback to merchandising teams
- Building strong working relationships with store management
- Identifying operational issues affecting store performance and developing solutions
- Monitoring compliance with:
- Merchandising standards
- Planograms
- Promotional activities
- Using sales data and performance insights to pinpoint improvement opportunities
- Managing store visit schedules and journey planning across your region
- Serving as the primary point of contact between:
- Stores
- Merchandising partners
- The broader business
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across your territory
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Requirements
- Previous experience in:
- Merchandising
- Retail operations
- Store management
- Visual merchandising
- Field sales
- Familiarity with fast-paced retail or FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) environments
- Skilled in:
- Relationship-building
- Stakeholder management
- Comfortable coaching, influencing, and improving the performance of others
- Highly organised with strong:
- Planning
- Prioritisation skills
- Commercially-minded with the ability to:
- Interpret store performance
- Identify opportunity areas
- Proactive, self-motivated, and confident to work independently
- Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to “get hands-on”
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Valid UK driving licence
- Access to a vehicle
- (Business travel requirement)
Benefits
(Explicitly mentioned in the original description’s spirit, though not listed—emphasises dynamic role and growth opportunity)
- Field-based autonomy and career progression
- Real ownership of operational success
- Impact through relationship-building and store performance improvement
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