Merchandising Specialist at LATC Group

LATC is a proprietary investment firm committed to delivering strategic, high - quality services across multiple sectors such as Agriculture, Marine Logistics, Retail Franchising and Real Estate. Our mission is to create lasting impact in the communities where w e operate by building socially responsible businesses that are partners of choice in their industries.

LATC has secured a strategic retail partnership to represent a premium consumer electronics brand in Nigeria. As part of this partnership, LATC will establish flagship physical and online stores that serve as the definitive expression of the brand in the Nigerian market, offering authentic products and the brand's signature customer experience.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Merchandising Specialist

Location: Lagos
Subsidiary/Department: Buying & Merchandising

Job Objective

• The Merchandising Specialist is the product presentation and assortment analyst, responsible for optimizing how products are displayed, priced, and promoted to maximize sales and customer experience.
• This role is the organization's intelligence engine — where data capability determines whether we operate on instinct or insight, and whether we react to problems or anticipate them.

Roles and Responsibilities
Product Assortment Analysis (Range Optimization):

• Analyze product performance by SKU, category, and store to identify top performers and  underperformers, supporting data -driven assortment decisions.
• Provide insights on sales velocity, margin contribution, and customer demand to inform assortment planning and seasonal product strategies.
• Monitor competitor assortments to identify gaps or opportunities in the product range, and track new product launches to provide feedback for future buying decisions.
• Analyze product lifecycle stages and recommend phase -out timing for aging products, leveraging historical trends and performance data to optimize assortment planning.

Visual Merchandising Support (Brand Presentation):

• Ensure stores adhere to brand visual merchandising standards and planograms, conducting regular audits and store visits to identify areas for improvement.
• Coordinate planogram updates in line with assortment or store layout changes, and support new store merchandising setups to ensure brand - compliant presentation from opening.
• Collaborate with Marketing to execute promotional displays and campaign merchandising effectively.
• Liaise with the brand principal merchandising team to stay aligned on standards, updates, and best practices.

Pricing & Promotional Analysis (Commercial Support):

• Monitor competitive pricing and provide analysis to support informed pricing decisions across channels.
• Analyze promotional effectiveness, including sales lift, margin impact, and inventory implications, and provide recommendations for product selection, timing, and pricing.
• Track price compliance across stores and online to ensure consistency and alignment with brand strategy.
• Assess price elasticity and margin optimization opportunities, preparing pricing recommendations for review by the Buying & Merchandising Manager.

Reporting & Insights (Data -Driven Merchandising):

• Prepare category performance reports covering sales, margin, inventory, and trends, while developing and maintaining merchandising dashboards for continuous performance monitoring.
• Provide ad-hoc analyses to support merchandising decisions and address business questions, including tracking attach rates for accessories and complementary products.
• Analyze customer purchasing patterns to identify merchandising opportunities and inform  assortment strategies.
• Regularly share actionable insights and recommendations with the Buying & Merchandising team to drive category performance.

Reporting Relationships
Internal Interfaces:

• Reports to:
  • Buying & Merchandising Manager
• Direct Reports:
  • None (Individual Contributor)
• Other Internal Relationships:
  • Finance
  • IT
  • Marketing & Branding

External Interfaces:

• Brand Principal Merchandising Team
• Visual Merchandising Suppliers
• Fixture Vendors

Requirements
Educational Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Retail Management, Economics, or Statistics or other quantitative disciplines.
• Professional certifications in Retail Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Data Analytics, Advanced Excel, or Business Intelligence (BI) tools will be an added advantage.

Experience (What You Have Done):

• 2-4+ years in merchandising, retail analytics, or category management
• Experience in retail merchandising (preferably in consumer electronics or premium retail), category management or buying support, retail analytics or business intelligence, and FMCG or fast -moving retail environments.
• Proven track record of improving product performance through merchandising optimization, implementing visual merchandising standards across stores, providing analysis that informs buying or pricing decisions, and supporting successful promotional campaigns .

Knowledge (What You Must Know):

• Business intelligence and analytics methodologies
• Data architecture, integration, and governance
• Retail metrics and commercial performance drivers
• Statistical analysis and predictive modeling concepts
• Analytics platforms and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)

Skills (What You Must Be Able to Do):

• Strategic Thinking: Translate business objectives into data strategy and analytics roadmap
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with senior leaders to understand needs and deliver insights
• Team Leadership: Build and develop high -performing analytics teams
• Communication: Present complex analysis in clear, actionable terms for non -technical audiences
• Technical Fluency: Engage credibly with data engineers, scientists, and platform vendors

Abilities (How You Think & Operate):

• Ability to balance analytical work with field execution — not just desk -based
• Strong curiosity — always asking why products perform differently
• Brand sensitivity — understands how presentation impacts premium perception
• Commercial mindset — analysis is focused on driving sales and profit
• Proactive — identifies issues and opportunities without waiting to be asked

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online