Merchandising Assistant II

C&S Wholesale Grocers•Keene, NH

8d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Merchandising Assistant, you are responsible for supporting the Merchandising Team with the implementation of billings, cost changes, customer support, and data integrity review. This role involves coordinating customer contracts by monitoring all outbound costs to customers, working with the manufacturing community to ensure competitive pricing, and managing regional brackets and exceptions. You will also coordinate future price increases and decreases, ensure upcoming deals, off invoices, and customized pricing are accurately entered, and monitor weekly billings including flyers, bottle deposits, and customized p-deals. Additionally, you will monitor and communicate item and vendor attributes for incorrect setups to ensure high data quality and proper order flow. This position requires daily communication with customers, overseeing the tracking of new item progress, and reviewing cost compare reports to ensure pricing consistency. You will also run sales reporting to validate credits and rebills, and understand cost mismatches between C&S and customers. Finally, you will support at least one merchandiser with their weekly tasks, including gross profit analysis and the generation of merchandising and marketing plans for the East Coast independent base.

Requirements

Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Strong organizational skills.
Excellent attention to detail.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Professional verbal and written communication skills.
0-2 years of relevant experience.
General Equivalency Diploma - General Studies or High School Diploma - General Studies.

Responsibilities

Coordinate customer contracts by monitoring all outbound costs to the customers.
Work with the manufacturing community to ensure up-to-date and competitive pricing for customers, managing regional brackets and exceptions.
Coordinate future increases and declines submitted by the manufacturing community.
Ensure the team plugs all upcoming deals, off invoices, and customized pricing, confirming strong integrity with the customer base.
Monitor billings produced by the team, including flyer, bottle deposit, and customized p-deals every week, along with billings that have gone to the gross profit budget line.
Monitor and communicate item and vendor attributes that are setup incorrectly to ensure high data quality.
Monitor various attributes and flag in the system to ensure products are flowing properly.
Communicate with customers on a daily basis.
Oversee each associate's tracking spreadsheet that drives down and monitors the progress of new items.
Review various cost compare reports to ensure no variance in pricing with the customer.
Run various sales reporting to validate credits owed to the customer or rebills that might be owed.
Understand and validate cost mismatches between C&S and Customer.
Support at least one merchandiser to assist them in their weekly tasks, involving gross profit and the generation of an extensive merchandising and marketing plan for our East Coast independent base.