Retail Stocking & Merchandising Associate (Day Shift) - $18/hr (2808)

KEG 1 Iowa, LLC•Cedar Rapids, IA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves rotating, pricing, restocking, merchandising, and building displays in assigned retail accounts. The associate will act as a partner/consultant to establish positive relationships with retailers. Key responsibilities include ensuring products are correctly priced and displayed, maintaining back stock, managing breakage, building striking displays, and communicating effectively with sales personnel and management.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Valid Driver License

Nice To Haves

None specified

Responsibilities

Merchandise all assigned accounts in a timely, thorough and professional manner including coolers, displays, hot shelves and singles bins.
Ensure requisite pricing is reflected and all labels are faced.
Maintain back stock in a neat and orderly manner.
Work closely with Sales Personnel to ensure proper rotation of all products sold.
Work breakage in a timely and efficient manner to ensure they do not accumulate.
Build effective, striking displays in the primary position on all retail ad features and promotional packages with appropriate point of sale.
Safely handle all empties, pallets and unsold product to prevent damage.
Return all empty pallets to the warehouse by employing proper accounting procedures.
Merchandise and rotate all points of distribution to achieve, and maintain, out-of-stock levels at zero.
Develop working relationship with decision maker in all assigned accounts.
Offer suggestions for increasing sales of all products in Company portfolio through merchandising concepts.
Communicate daily with other members of sales team to ensure coordination of merchandising activity in assigned accounts.
Inform Merchandising Manager immediately of any competitive activity in the market that could impact sales, distribution, space, pricing, etc.
Inform the appropriate Sales Personnel of any out-of-stock or potential out-of-stock issues.
Maintain a positive working relationship with the owners, managers and employees of all assigned accounts.
Ensure that all reports required by this job function are maintained and submitted in a timely manner.
Report immediately to your supervisor any scheduled merchandising stops to a retail account that will not be made.
Take proper care to maintain a clean, organized Company vehicle inside and out.
Work within established scheduled time parameters.
Be consistently available to perform assigned job functions.
Responsible for ensuring all time worked is properly and accurately recorded utilizing the appropriate, designated modes of timekeeping.
Maintain open and clear communications with the owners, managers, and other employees of the Company.
Comply with all relevant company policies and procedures outlined in the KEG 1 Iowa, LLC Employee Handbook.
Conduct all activities in accordance with local, state, and federal liquor control regulations.