Retail Merchandiser – Newcastle & Surrounding Areas - £22,300 per annum + company vehicle + excellent benefits

We are seeking a merchandiser with experience to cover our clients retail stores. Ideally the successful applicant will live in the Newcastle, Durham, Bishop Auckland and surrounding areas, or be within reasonable travelling distance of these locations

This is a key role whereby you will work within a team visiting our client’s high street retail stores ensuring that our clients promotions are merchandised to a high standard. Based from home you will be physically fit and enjoy dealing with clients face to face. You will be customer focused, reliable, self-motivated and enthusiastic with good communication skills.

Duties include:

• To make our clients in-store promotions as profitable as possible.
• Building relationships within stores.
• Product changeovers.
• New business store set-ups including installation of new promotional equipment
• Providing first-class customer service and support to each and every customer; ensuring that our clients products are merchandised to a high standard at the point of sale to ensure maximum sales exposure.

You must have a full UK driving licence for this position.

Benefits include:

• 25 days holiday a year, increasing after 3 and 6 years’ service.
• Bank holidays off.
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Fully Expensed Company Van and Fuel card
• Samsung Galaxy Note
• Travel Expenses Paid, for Tube, Bus, and Van.
• 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, 7.5 hours a day.
• Flexible Working Arrangements.
• Private Health Insurance after 1 years’ service
• Contributory Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff Discount Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity

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