Skills

Communication Leadership Test Sales Attention to detail Merchandising Organization Marketing Project Management Organizational Skills

Job Specifications

Temporary W2 contract - 3months to cover a leave of absence**

Onsite out of Plano, TX, Fridays Remote ** Target W2 $39-44/hr

Top Skills: Merchandising, Planograms, Budget management

What You'll Be Doing

Implement and maintain merchandising strategies for Mobile retail initiatives across multiple channels to ensure best in class retail experience.
Work cross-functionally to innovate the execution and ongoing support retail merchandising concepts to drive customer awareness and engagement in store.
Guide merchandising planogram development in partnership with sales and product teams to optimize sales across product categories.
Own implementation of all display units, visual merchandising elements, device security, and retail graphics across multiple store layouts.
Coordinate internally and externally for on device digital content and customization as needed.
Tightly project manage the execution for all product and retail experience launches for the carrier customer.
Effectively communicate merchandising execution plans to the field and carrier account teams to ensure alignment across the organization.
Track ROI and KPIs for all retail merchandising projects post implementation.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with multiple cross functional teams, external vendors, carrier account teams and customers.
Oversee status of all budget and vendor requests by working with the project manager and internal teams to ensure timely approvals.
Able to test and stage Carrier fixtures in Retail Lab according to plan for upcoming launches.

Qualifications & Skills

Bachelors degree in business, Marketing, or related field or equivalent work experience
5+ years experience in project management and operations for retail organization. Wireless industry a plus.
Strong experience managing complex projects and details & meeting deadlines for multiple concurrent projects.
Experience managing merchandising and planograms
Experience and understanding of the consumer journey, trends and insights.
Demonstrated success in working on cross-functional teams with the ability to influence peers and others in order to accomplish objectives of multiple projects.
Excellent organizational skills to be effective and efficient. Meticulous attention to detail for production schedules/timelines and accurate communication of relevant information to both internal and agency partners.
Ability to make informed recommendations on a thorough understanding and analysis of organizational and business objectives.
Customer focused with ability to objectively assess opportunities and adjust to customer changing needs.
Experience regularly engaging with Leadership Levels.
Must have experience in developing presentations using a variety of PC applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, and presentations.

About the Company

ektello is a national staffing firm that places Creative, Marketing, Digital & Information Technology talent. At ektello it's all about delivering the best experience for both our talent and clients. Our goal is to create the most seamless career search and hiring process for our talent while responding quickly and efficiently to our client's needs. Search Current Career Opportunities: http://www.ektello.com/search-jobs Services include Contractor, Contract to Hire, Direct Hire and Statement-of-Work in the following j... Know more