Merchandising Assistant II

C&S Wholesale Grocers•Houston, TX

5d•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 up-to-date and competitive pricing, managing regional brackets and exceptions, and coordinating future price increases and decreases. The assistant will ensure the team processes all upcoming deals, off invoices, and customized pricing, maintaining data integrity. They will monitor weekly billings, including flyers, bottle deposits, and customized p-deals, as well as billings impacting the gross profit budget line. The role also includes monitoring and communicating incorrect item and vendor attributes, ensuring high data quality for seamless order processing with vendors, and monitoring various attributes to ensure proper product flow. Daily customer communication is required, along with overseeing associate tracking spreadsheets for new item progress. A key responsibility is reviewing cost compare reports to identify pricing variances with customers and running sales reports to validate credits or rebills. Understanding and validating cost mismatches between C&S and customers is essential. The position supports at least one merchandiser with weekly tasks, including gross profit management 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; able 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 all future increases and declines submitted by the manufacturing community into their associates.
Ensure the team plugs all upcoming deals, off invoices, and customized pricing, confirming strong integrity with the customer base.
Monitor billings the team produces, including flyer, bottle deposit, and customized p-deals every week, along with all billings that have gone to the gross profit budget line.
Monitor and communicate item and vendor attributes that are setup incorrectly.
Ensure high data quality to ensure orders are succinct with the vendor community.
Monitor various attributes and flagging 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 customers.
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 the East Coast independent base.