Part Time Retail Sales Merchandiser
About The Position
The Part Time Retail Sales Merchandiser (RSM) services and sells to retail accounts within an assigned territory to ensure client standards are met and sales volume increases. The role works with a consumer packaged goods client and focuses on products and brands in categories such as grocery, personal care, and frozen food. The RSM maintains product availability, merchandising and display standards, and in-store visibility while building relationships with store personnel and customers. The position requires independent work, travel and driving, and may involve work in an office, field, retail store, or warehouse environment. Travel may be up to 20%.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
- Basic knowledge of retail merchandising and/or selling.
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills; the role requires daily discussions with customers at all personnel levels.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize, and demonstrate time-management skills.
- Strong attention to detail, urgency, initiative, and results orientation.
- Ability to work independently and successfully as part of a team.
- Adaptability to changing demands, priorities, circumstances, and directions.
- Ability to communicate by email and use the internet at a basic level.
- Good judgment, respect for others, cooperation, and commitment to meeting or exceeding customer expectations.
- Current and valid driver’s license and valid proof of current insurance.
- Ability to engage in considerable physical activity for typically 66% or more of each workday, lift and/or push up to 50 pounds, and stand for long periods.
- Ability to work in extremely cold conditions, such as refrigerated and freezer sections, and to use proper safety practices when handling products or cooking.
- Ability to travel and drive as an essential job duty; travel may be up to 20%.
Nice To Haves
- One to two years of retail sales or merchandising experience.
Responsibilities
- Maintain client objectives by ensuring secondary product placements are fully stocked, correctly signed, properly faced, and set to schematics.
- Ensure shelf items are authorized and comply with client shelf schematic standards.
- Maintain full distribution of existing SKUs to meet client and company objectives.
- Follow direction regarding tagging, rotating, and placing point-of-sale materials.
- Prepare for and respond to audits, and provide feedback for client audit objectives when applicable.
- Manage time and prioritize store call coverage.
- Complete accurate and timely paperwork and reports, including recaps, itineraries, timesheets, and expense reports.
- Build rapport with clients, customers, and store personnel, communicating effectively with customers at all personnel levels.
- Field questions and proactively develop action plans to resolve issues.
- Increase in-store visibility of client products and promotions, meet sales goals, and support client growth initiatives.
- Implement marketing strategies that support product positioning and awareness.
- Demonstrate professionalism, quality work, dependable attendance, and appropriate appearance in interactions with customers, peers, and management.
- Follow company policies and procedures, safety regulations, and applicable local, state, and federal laws; use proper equipment and safety techniques.
- Perform additional position- or department-related responsibilities as assigned by a supervisor.
Benefits
- Paid training and ongoing career development.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- Competitive pay.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
