Merchandiser - Saudi Arabia

What You’ll Do?

The Merchandiser plays a crucial role in managing and optimizing the product assortment, inventory levels, and promotions for retail outlets in Saudi Arabia. This position involves collaborating with various stakeholders, including suppliers, sales teams, and store managers, to ensure effective product placement, timely replenishment, and profitable sales. The Merchandiser is responsible for analyzing market trends, provide point-of-purchase and shelf-management services, monitoring competitors' activities, implementing merchandising strategies (getting the right product, in the right place, time, quantity and price).

Key Responsibilities:

• Assortment Planning: Conduct in-depth market research and analysis to identify consumer preferences, buying patterns, and market trends. Based on this information, curate and develop an appropriate product assortment for different store locations in the UAE.
• Inventory Management: Monitor stock levels and analyze sales data to ensure optimal inventory levels at each store. Collaborate with the supply chain and logistics teams to facilitate timely replenishment and avoid stockouts or overstock situations.
• Visual Merchandising: Create eye-catching and appealing displays that attract customers and enhance the shopping experience. Ensure that the brand's image and guidelines are followed consistently across all stores.
• Promotions & Pricing: Develop and execute promotional strategies to drive sales and clear slow-moving inventory. Conduct pricing analysis to set competitive and profitable pricing for products.
• Sales Analysis: Regularly analyze sales data to identify opportunities for improvement and growth. Prepare comprehensive reports and presentations to communicate performance metrics and make data-driven recommendations to management.
• Trade Partner & Distributor Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with buyers and sellers to negotiate favorable terms, secure exclusive deals, and ensure that the partners stay updated on product launches and market trends.
• Market Intelligence: Monitor competitor activities and market trends to identify potential threats or opportunities. Utilize this information to adjust merchandising strategies and maintain a competitive edge.
• Seasonal Planning: Plan and execute seasonal promotions and product launches, taking into account cultural and regional preferences within the UAE.
• Forecasting: Collaborate with demand planning teams to provide accurate sales forecasts for upcoming periods, ensuring efficient inventory management.
• Compliance & Quality Control: Ensure all products meet quality and safety standards, adhere to local regulations, and maintain proper documentation for audits.

What We Need?

Excellent customer focus and demonstrate teamwork by engaging cross-functional support, possess personal and professional integrity, have a high level of drive, energy, enthusiasm, and determination to succeed, as well as technical understanding of products and commercial awareness.

The ideal candidate should be highly creative with experience in identifying target audiences and devising campaigns that engage, inform, and motivate and possess research skills, including the ability to collect and analyze data. Additionally, he/she should have problem-solving skills to address issues like customer dissatisfaction and be highly organized to handle multiple tasks and keep track of customer and product information.

• Education, a high school diploma or graduate a degree in business, economics, sales, and marketing with at proven experience in merchandising, retail, or related roles.
• Excellent Interpersonal skills for representing the organizations in public, during media events and product launches, product demonstrations and while participating at trade shows.
• Strong Communication skills to convey information to customers, suppliers, and team members.
• Self-Motivated with the ability to work independently, as well as in a group to achieve team goals.
• Creative Mindset with a keen eye for visual merchandising and product presentation.
• Strong Organizational & Time-Management skills to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Proficiency in using merchandising software, data analysis tools, and Microsoft Office suite.
• Knowledge of the Saudi Arabian retail market and consumer preferences.
• SBD Leadership Values – Vision, Respect, Boundaryless, Accountability, Stretch, Integrity, Speed.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire. 

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.