We are recruiting a Merchandising & Store Planning Lead to lead the national product display strategy in stores ensuring alignment with the Groups global standards and consistent operational execution across all stores in Portugal.
Responsibilities:
Act as the national point of reference for Merchandising working closely with key stakeholders such as Operations Offer and Supply Chain;
Represent Portugal in the Groups global and regional forums and ensure the local implementation of standards frameworks and best practices;
Lead supervise and validate planograms segmentations and national display guidelines for food categories;
Ensure the correct parametrization of articles in line with the guidelines from the Offer and Supply Chain departments promoting the integrity of master data;
Define national display standards and presentation principles ensuring consistency with the Global Merchandising Framework;
Define national recommendations for commercial promotional and seasonal campaigns (food calendar) ensuring readiness and consistent execution;
Train and develop the teams under your responsibility ensuring maturity and certification levels in the National Playbook;
Support range review cycles with Offer and ensure disciplined in-store execution focused on efficiency and conversion.
Qualifications :
Degree in Marketing Management Design Architecture or a related field;
Solid experience in merchandising store planning trade marketing or category management in food retail (minimum 5 years);
Good knowledge of Excel;
Proficiency in AutoCAD and visual merchandising tools (e.g. Spaceman Mockshop JDA Relex or similar);
Experience in multinational environments and with global execution standards;
Strong process orientation attention to detail and operational management skills;
High capacity for cross-functional influence including global stakeholders;
Fluency in Portuguese and English (written and spoken) Mandatory (minimum B2).
Workplace
Head Office in Alfragide with availability to travel to stores nationally up to 20% of the time.
Additional Information :
With Makro you will have:
Integration into a solid business group with an international dimension and a dynamic and proactive work environment;
Life insurance and health insurance;
Initial and continuous training plan with constant learning opportunities;
Employee discounts at makro stores as well as other discounts in our partner network;
Annual Bonus.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
METRO is a leading international wholesale company with food and non-food assortments that specialises in serving the needs of hotels, restaurants and caterers (HoReCa) as well as independent traders. Around the world, METRO has 15 million customers who can choose whether to shop in o ... View more