Merchandiser - Early Morning

Atlantic Bottling Company•Walcott, IA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Merchandiser supports the sales process for Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company products by visiting customer locations, setting out and rotating products, and installing and maintaining point-of-sale displays. The role serves as a professional liaison between customers and the sales team and helps ensure products and displays meet company and customer standards. The position involves extensive regional day travel to multiple customer sites, with a static five-day work week and hours to be determined. Additional or alternative days and times may occasionally be needed based on customer needs or promotional campaigns. Work environments vary by customer site and include customer floors and back rooms in a fast-paced production environment. This is a safety-sensitive position. Employees are subject to pre-employment/post-offer and random drug testing.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to follow directions.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Ability to work effectively as a team player.
Customer-focused approach and ability to interact positively and effectively with customers.
Ability to make frequent visits to multiple customer sites each day.
Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation.
Good problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze and resolve on-site problems in potentially stressful situations.
Flexibility and ability to adapt to varying situations.
Regular, consistent attendance.
Ability to travel extensively within the region during the day.
Ability to stand, walk, push, and pull frequently or constantly, and to talk and hear while working on customer floors and in back rooms.
Ability to lift 40 pounds to shoulder height occasionally, lift up to 20 pounds above the head occasionally, push carts using 100 pounds of force occasionally, and carry up to 40 pounds occasionally.
Ability to perform occasional to frequent twisting, grasping, reaching, bending, kneeling, sitting, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing.
Vision abilities including close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Willingness to work in a drug-free workplace and undergo pre-employment/post-offer and random drug testing.

Responsibilities

Follow the company’s merchandising standards and sales campaign diagrams.
Set out and rotate products to make them visually appealing and reflect the company and Coca-Cola brand image.
Act as a corporate liaison for the sales team and maintain professional customer contact and a clean, neat appearance.
Follow proper rotation procedures for shelving, coolers, displays, and back stock.
Install and maintain point-of-sale items, including discount coupons, channel price tags, display headers, pole signs, and static clings.
Assist the Account Manager with price-management issues.
Communicate account issues and potential opportunities promptly to the sales/account manager and/or supervisor.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe work area for employees, customers, and consumers.
Keep back-stock areas organized, clean, and condensed according to company and customer standards.
Perform minor maintenance on displays as needed and report repairs requiring escalation to the Merchandising Supervisor.
Perform other duties as required.