Merchandising Manager

Sysco

About The Position

This role to be leveraged in regions based on a combination of the following complexity factors: Revenue, Business Mix, Span of control, etc Manages Merchandising individual contributors as assigned; 3-5 direct reports Responsible for the overall performance, management and development of the assigned merchandising direct reports Support all department and company goals. Drive execution of corporate strategies such as Category Management and Product Assortment Management consisting of both national and local assortments to meet sales demands. Achieve department and company goals which includes but is not limited to: exemplary customer order fulfillment while managing inventory to the lowest possible DSO (Days Supply On Hand), support Site profitability through product cost and equity management, participate and support sales growth strategies, deploy inbound logistic strategies, drive replenishment strategy that contributes warehouse operational efficiencies

Requirements

3+ years category management, merchandising and/or operations experience within a retail, wholesale or distribution environment preferred.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in lieu of degree sufficient to successfully perform essential job functions.

Nice To Haves

Data Analytics
Strong excel skills

Responsibilities

Interprets, trains and consistently reinforces Company policies, procedures and tools
Manage associates to achieve department KPIs
Key contributor supporting corporate and market initiative implementation in order to achieve/exceed Annual Operating Plan
Manage PO and market costing for pricing accuracy including freight.
Drive activities that grow company gross margin and earned income
Manage shrink and approve credits as needed
Provide field feedback to the region/market and corporate teams for action and/or alignment
Participate in supplier and broker reviews to evaluate sales and gross profit growth opportunities
Utilize reporting - ie: NPD, SOLAR (Sysco On-Line Advanced Reporting) - to support opportunities to increase market share
Participate in cross functional item assortment management process