Beer Merchandiser (2568)

KEG 1 Iowa, LLC•Iowa City, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Beer Merchandiser is responsible for rotating, pricing, restocking, merchandising, and building displays in assigned accounts. This role involves establishing positive relationships with retailers as a "partner/consultant." Key duties include timely and professional merchandising of products in coolers, displays, hot shelves, and singles bins, ensuring correct pricing and facing. The merchandiser must maintain neat back stock, coordinate with sales personnel for proper product rotation, and efficiently handle breakage. They are also tasked with building effective displays with appropriate point of sale materials, safely managing empties and unsold product, and ensuring zero out-of-stock levels. The position requires developing strong relationships with account decision-makers, offering suggestions to increase sales, and communicating daily with the sales team. The merchandiser must report competitive activity and out-of-stock issues to management, maintain a positive attitude, accurately record daily activities, and submit required reports. Additionally, the role involves maintaining a clean company vehicle and complying with company policies and liquor control regulations.

Requirements

Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Valid Driver License.

Responsibilities

Merchandise all assigned accounts in a timely, thorough and professional manner including coolers, displays, hot shelves and singles bins.
Make sure requisite pricing is reflected and all labels are faced.
Do not leave the account until all required tasks are completed to Company standard.
Maintain back stock in a neat and orderly manner.
Work closely with Sales Personnel to ensure proper rotation of all products sold, including, but not limited to, cooler shelves, hot shelves, displays, singles bins and back stock.
Work breakage in a timely and efficient manner to ensure they do not accumulate.
Build effective, striking displays in the primary position on all retail ad features and promotional packages with appropriate point of sale.
Look for opportunities to maintain bigger, better and more displays than competition.
Safely handle all empties, pallets and unsold product to prevent damage.
Return all empty pallets to the warehouse by employing proper accounting procedures.
Merchandise and rotate all points of distribution to achieve, and maintain, out-of-stock levels at zero.
Develop working relationship with decision maker in all assigned accounts.
Offer suggestions for increasing sales of all products in Company portfolio through merchandising concepts such as displays, point of sale, new items, etc.
Communicate daily with other members of sales team (including Drivers) to ensure coordination of merchandising activity in assigned accounts.
Inform Merchandising Manager immediately of any competitive activity in the market that could impact sales, distribution, space, pricing, etc.
Inform the appropriate Sales Personnel of any out-of-stock or potential out-of-stock issues.
Maintain a positive working relationship with the owners, managers and employees of all assigned accounts.
Have a positive attitude and demonstrate a sincere interest in the business success of each account.
Daily activities must be accounted for through the use of merchandising pads, notes and the time clock.
Ensure that all reports required by this job function are maintained and submitted in a timely manner.
Report immediately to your supervisor any scheduled merchandising stops to a retail account that will not be made.
After completing all scheduled merchandising stops, contact the Merchandising Manager for additional assignments.
Take proper care to maintain a clean, organized Company vehicle inside and out.
Follow all maintenance and service instructions and promptly report any problems/damage to the vehicle.
Work within established scheduled time parameters.
Be consistently available to perform assigned job functions.
Responsible for ensuring all time worked is properly and accurately recorded utilizing the appropriate, designated modes of timekeeping.
Maintain open and clear communications with the owners, managers, and other employees of the Company.
Comply with all relevant company policies and procedures outlined in the KEG 1 Iowa, LLC Employee Handbook.
Conduct all activities in accordance with local, state, and federal liquor control regulations.