Join Our Team at Kathmandu — Field Visual Merchandiser

Location: Melbourne, Australia (Field-Based Role)

Brand: Kathmandu

Are you passionate about creating inspiring in-store experiences that bring a brand to life? Do you have a strong eye for presentation, a commercial mindset, and enjoy working directly with store teams to drive results?

We’re looking for a Field Visual Merchandiser to join our Visual Merchandising team at Kathmandu. In this field-based role, you’ll deliver strong visual standards across a designated network of stores, bringing campaigns, seasonal launches and product stories to life.

Working closely with Store Managers, Regional Managers, Buying teams and the National Visual Merchandising Manager, you’ll be the key link between our Support Office and stores. You’ll provide practical visual direction, coach store teams and identify opportunities to improve presentation, customer experience and commercial performance.

This role involves regular travel between stores, including extensive driving and overnight stays where required.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

At Kathmandu, we believe your job should enrich your life — not just fill your time. When you join our team, you get access to a range of genuinely valuable benefits:

? A brand with purpose

- We are B Corp certified — sustainability and people are at the heart of everything we do. Work for a business that prioritises protecting the planet and giving back.

? Gear you’ll love at prices you’ll love more

- Generous staff discounts across Kathmandu and Rip Curl. Access to additional perks across our wider brand family.

? Grow with us

- Meaningful career opportunities across stores, support offices, and distribution in Australia and New Zealand. Pathways into more departments.

? A culture built on teamwork and adventure

- Work alongside people who share your passion for the outdoors. Be part of a supportive, fun and inclusive team environment.

As our Field Visual Merchandiser, you’ll execute and maintain visual merchandising standards across your designated store network. You’ll use your visual merchandising expertise and commercial understanding to create engaging store environments, improve product visibility and help store teams deliver a consistent Kathmandu experience.





You will

- Execute seasonal launches, promotional campaigns and visual merchandising directives across assigned stores.
- Ensure brand presentation standards and visual guidelines are consistently delivered.
- Create engaging and commercially focused displays that support product storytelling and sell-through.
- Style windows, mannequins, focal points and feature areas in line with current campaigns.
- Conduct regular store visits to assess standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Use sales performance and stock insights to inform merchandising recommendations.
- Partner with Store Managers to optimise store layout, product presentation and visual effectiveness.
- Coach store teams on visual merchandising standards, styling principles and best practice.
- Provide transparent, practical and constructive feedback to store leadership teams.
- Support new store openings, relocations, refits and store refresh projects.
- Maintain accurate store visit records, photographs, reports and action plans.
- Build strong relationships across Retail Operations, Buying and Regional Leadership teams.
- Travel regularly throughout the designated region, including overnight stays when required.

What We’re Looking For… You’ll thrive in this role if you:

- Have previous visual merchandising experience within a retail environment.
- Understand visual merchandising principles and how store presentation supports customer engagement and sales.
- Can confidently interpret and execute visual guidelines.
- Have strong commercial awareness and can use sales and stock insights to inform decisions.
- Are confident coaching, influencing and building capability within store teams.
- Have excellent planning, organisation and time management skills.
- Can work independently while managing multiple stores and competing priorities.
- Are adaptable,



solutions-focused and comfortable working in a fast-paced retail environment.
- Have strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Have intermediate Microsoft Office skills and confidence using retail reporting tools.
- Hold a current driver’s licence and are willing to undertake extensive driving, frequent regional travel.

About Kathmandu… Kathmandu is a leading global outdoor brand whose journey began in Aotearoa, New Zealand in 1987. We believe out there is where we thrive. It liberates, challenges, and inspires us. Our gear is built to empower, so more people can embrace adventure.

It’s tested in New Zealand’s wildest conditions — because if it performs here, it can handle anywhere. As a proud certified B Corp, we prioritise people and planet in everything we do — out of respect for the natural world that inspires us. Our pioneering approach to sustainable innovation ensures every product is built to perform and made with a lighter impact on the environment.

We've been out there for almost 40 years living our best lives. Now you can too. Join us on our mission to improve the wellbeing of the world through the great outdoors.

Ready to Start Your Next Adventure?

If you're passionate about retail presentation, visual storytelling, and creating inspiring customer experiences, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and join Kathmandu as our next Field Visual Merchandiser.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at KMD Brands

At KMD Brands, we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to be themselves. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of our people — across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and physical and mental ability.

We know that when our team reflects the communities we serve, we create better outcomes for everyone. We proudly acknowledge and pay respect to Tangata Whenua, the Indigenous Nations, First Peoples, and Custodians of the lands and waterways on which our brand head offices reside in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Their enduring connection to land, waters, and culture continues to inspire and guide us.

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