Retail Specialist

Empire Marketing Strategies, Inc. • Nashville, TN

7d • $17 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

Empire supports Meat/Seafood, Deli/Bakery, Produce, and Grocery suppliers in Kroger stores within an assigned territory. The Retail Specialist is responsible for calling on stores, ensuring best-in-class in-store merchandising, building displays, packing out product, replenishing secondary displays, and maintaining the salability of authorized items.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Current Driver’s License and clean Motor Vehicle Report required.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle and travel regularly between work sites.
• Additional travel as needed, which may include overnight stays.
• Prolonged periods of standing – 80% of the time.
• Ability to change positions between sitting, squatting, standing and kneeling on a regular basis.
• Regular lifting and moving up to 25-35 pounds from one location to another, sometimes several feet away from each other.
• Occasional lifting and moving up to 40-60 pounds from one location to another, sometimes several feet away from each other.
• Regular use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to see objects, information on computer screens, and/or view written information, from distances of 20-40 feet.
• Ability to write clear and concise correspondence.
• Ability to accurately exchange information.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to be able to operate autonomously, with strong personal drive for results.
• Ability to effectively present information in one on one or group situations.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple to sometimes complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Nice To Haves

• 1-2 years of CPG/grocery/retail industry related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shelf Maintenance: Rotate perishable and freshness-sensitive merchandise, check store shelf tags for distribution and reordering, ensure retail objectives and shelf standards are met, set sections according to customer schematics or stocking plans, maintain 100% distribution of approved products, and ensure all authorized items are on shelf with proper pricing and tags.
• Product Analysis & Reporting: Maintain territorial records, review sales reports to track progress towards goals, maintain competitive awareness and report information, report completely and on time using supplied forms, and utilize reporting tools like PowerBI or Go Spot Check.
• Promotional Display Maintenance: Set up displays according to customer regulations and manufacturer/client objectives, coordinate with Operations on promotional programs, and execute point-of-sale materials and coupons.
• Customer Support and Training: Establish rapport with store personnel and conduct training demonstrations for customer employees on product preparation and display.
• Other Administrative Duties: Timely communication via email and telephone, maintain territory files and company equipment, attend company meetings, exercise expense control, and perform other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED