Grocery Merchandiser

Job Summary

The Grocery Merchandiser’s primary function is to support the displays and stocking of Ideal Market’s stores. This includes demonstrating safety practices while merchandising product, replenishing store from back-room inventory, improving shelf positioning, increasing product display space, ensuring price tags are properly displayed, establishing rapport/credibility with store personnel, and fostering strong communication with co-workers. The position requires driving to Ideal Market’s stores in a personal vehicle, for which mileage reimbursement will be provided per company policy.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Helps field sales representatives with special promotions by setting-up displays at aisle ends; checking daily on special promotions; observing customer reaction to special promotions; forwarding observations to management; removing promotions at end of the special promotion period.
• Maintains quality results by following and enforcing standards.
• Enhances merchandising and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Replenishing, facing, and rotating product; building, changing, and taking down product displays; maintaining product signage; cleaning product space; and securing damaged or defective product.
• Manages backroom by organizing and consolidating backstock (product); Identifying, monitoring, and reporting backstock inventory levels
• Evaluating and processing damaged or defective product; Re-packing product; organizing backroom materials (for example, pallets, product shells)
• Operating powered equipment (for example, straddle stacker, powered pallet jack) and manual equipment (for example, pallet jack); completing Store documentation; and cleaning backroom.
• Maintains areas of responsibility in designated accounts by communicating status and concerns to Store and Company personnel; Identifying and reporting unsafe working conditions
• Following Company and Store policies regarding backroom, display floor, replenishment, equipment, safety, etc; Following applicable local, state, and federal laws
• Provides customer service to Consumers and Store personnel by identifying and resolving concerns; answering questions; locating product; and responding to assistance requests.

Required Qualifications

• 1 - 2 years of related experience
• Must possess basic math and computer skills
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Ability to practice safe working habits at all times
• Initiative: Self-starter. Takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required
• Energy: Maintains high activity/productivity level
• Stress Tolerance: Maintains stable and professional performance under pressure or opposition
• Detail oriented and organization skills
• Communication: Presents ideas effectively, actively listens, and works across functional boundaries with the ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and store personnel. Ability to influence others.
• Teamwork: Can work in a group or alone. Contain the ability to build rapport and good working relationship with multiple store personnel, including Store Managers, Assistant Store Managers, as well as co-workers.
• Manage job professionally and with a high level of organization
• Must have reliable transportation to and from work
• Must have a valid driver's license and reliable vehicle with valid insurance

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma
• Bilingual Spanish/English