Manager, Merchandising, Fresh
About The Position
As a member of the C&S Wholesale Grocers family of companies, SpartanNash is a food solutions company that distributes grocery and household goods across all 50 states and serves a range of customers, including independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, military commissaries, and its own grocery stores, pharmacies, and fuel centers. The Manager, Merchandising, Fresh manages wholesale sales and gross profit for an assigned category and area. The role builds and maintains relationships with independent customers, oversees merchandising and marketing execution, and provides staff assistance with sales calls, procurement, and merchandising. The manager leads the fresh merchandiser team and is accountable for category and department financial performance, product assortment, advertising, merchandising programs, quality assurance, staffing, training, and associate development. The position is based at 850 76th Street S.W., Byron Center, Michigan 49315, and may require travel up to 25%.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Merchandising, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Five years of merchandising experience in the appropriate category.
- Experience purchasing and negotiating in a retail or wholesale environment.
- Two years of supervisory experience.
- Excellent oral and written communication, financial acumen, strategic problem-solving, leadership, analytical, influencing, and negotiation skills.
- Proven experience working across business units to leverage resources and capabilities to accomplish company goals.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Category Management and purchasing systems such as the Biceps Purchasing System.
Responsibilities
- Manage the assigned fresh merchandiser team and ensure sales, gross profit, and customer satisfaction goals are achieved.
- Ensure the warehouse meets sales, expense, gross profit, and net profit objectives while monitoring sales and quality control teams.
- Monitor operating performance of stores in the local territory, particularly sales and profit performance of existing and new products.
- Analyze and interpret product category data and train others to use data to increase sales and maximize profits.
- Work with category and product development managers, industry partners, vendors, brokers, manufacturers, and distributors to support category management programs, including resets.
- Advise the Category Management team on product assortment and selection using analysis, including recommendations to add new items or remove poor performers.
- Serve as the local primary source of information for assigned categories and use that information to influence the team and improve results.
- Manage area and category department budgets and meet or exceed sales, distribution, expense, gross margin, department profitability, and banner image objectives.
- Prepare weekly advertising programs from cooperative submissions and prepare weekly merchandising, pricing, and forecasts for buying and replenishment teams.
- Partner with procurement to determine department assortments, product evaluation, advertising, merchandising programs, and layout and display standards.
- Oversee the quality assurance and inspection team.
- Manage department staffing, training, performance management, associate career development, and department goals.
- Develop and monitor the department budget as required.
- Maintain knowledge of industry trends and best practices and recommend improvements to programs and processes.
- Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
