The retail world has spent many years developing a wealth of experienced individuals that specialise in Merchandise Planogramming (known as MPs), with very specalised skills. The reality is that in the world of merchandising, supply of these skills is not always local to the demand of retailers; therefore much of this willing labour goes unharnessed.

Fast moving consumer group retailers are forever challenged with the need to reduce operating costs given the nature of the low margin business, when ‘buying’ and ‘selling’ labour has been secured, the reality is that continual investment in specific MP skills can be difficult.

Contact is the only category management tool that seeks to bring retailers, manufacturers and MPs together within Dominion to deal with current planogramming opportunities where ever in the world they exist.

The way it works is simply an open market place where employers tender jobs on Contact for the registered MP’s to bid for. The employer evaluates the MP applications and after reviewing the experience of the MP and ratings from previous engagements, employers make the appropriate selection. The successful applicant then works within the Dominion collaborative space management solution to present and discuss changes with the employer.

Contact provides a competitive market place that enables MPs with available time to competitively bid for work globally, providing retailers and manufacturers with a world of skilled, competitively priced labour, while merchandisers access unique employment engagement that allow the flexibility to achieve a secondary or primary income while working from home.