Offer summary

Qualifications:

Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with key accounts., Experience in retail or merchandising within a store environment is preferred., Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint., A valid driving license and willingness to work some weekends..

Key responsabilities:

Manage merchandising and maintain store fixtures across approximately 95 stores.

Optimize brand sales opportunities and implement promotional activities on time.

Conduct in-store training and demonstrations to enhance brand awareness.

Gather market intelligence to support sales and marketing efforts.

Job description

Retail Sales Merchandiser - Scotland

Are you a dynamic individual who can represent Crown Paints and foster relationships with key accounts across Scotland?

At Crown Paints, we are looking for a Retail Sales Merchandiser to maximise the sales performance of our brands by effective merchandising and maintaining optimum store standards across our key accounts.

What do you want to contribute to and be involved in?

Responsible for a field area of approximately 95 stores
Merchandise and maintain store fixtures
Optimise brand sales opportunities with the Retail multiple accounts
Implement all ranges reviews and promotional activity on time and with relevant POS.
Implement and be part of project activity such as refit/ new/ conversion stores
Build brand awareness via instore training, demonstrations to promote sales.
Gather and communicate market/competitor intelligence and data to assist the sales and marketing teams
Deliver high standards of service to fulfil external service contracts.

What are we looking for?

The ability to develop positive relationships within stores to facilitate brand representation
We are looking for someone who can develop and maintain excellent working relationships with key contacts within the accounts
Someone who can foster a culture of customer focus and improvement in service levels
Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage ones work load, prioritizing effectively
Microsoft Office platforms and applications skills, including : Word, Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role
Experience within retail/merchandising in a store environment would be ideal
Driving license and some weekend work

Do you want to be part of a team where collaboration drives success?

This role comes with many benefits including a great pension scheme, a company Van to utilise for business use, generous holiday entitlements and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and inclusive culture.

Does this sound like a match?

Click the ‘Apply for position’ button and submit your CV!

About Crown Paints

Crown believes that every pot of paint is brimming with potential and we want to put that into the hands of everyone. As one of the UK’s leading paint brands, we support homeowners and professionals to ‘paint their own possible’ and create beautiful, transformative spaces for everyone to enjoy.

With a heritage dating back to 1777, the company has a rich and colourful history, pouring 200 years of knowledge and skill into every tin of paint. Headquartered in Darwen in Lancashire, the same town the company started in all those years ago, Crown also has a manufacturing site in Hull and an ever-growing network of over 170 Crown Decorating Centres located throughout the UK and Ireland. We’re proud to have held the Royal Warrant since 1949 in recognition of our commitment, passion and experience.

As an industry leader in innovation and sustainability, Crown knows what a positive difference we can make to people and the planet and have set ambitious targets to become carbon neutral across all manufacturing operations, drive full circularity across product and packaging through recycling schemes, eradicate all waste to landfill and ensure 100% of paint containers make maximum use of recycled and recyclable materials.

Application due

2025-04-19

Seniority Level

Associate

Job Functions

Sales

Industry

Chemicals

Crown Paints is one of UK’s most renown paint manufacturers and we have been manufacturing for over 200 years, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. However, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world through our ownership structure. Crown Paints is part of the Hempel Group, which gives our company stability and our employees extended, global career possibilities.

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