Stocker Merchandiser VANDALIA (Primary), HIGHLAND, COLLINSVILLE, EDWARDSVILLE

CONA Services•Highland, IL

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company is seeking a Stocker Merchandiser to stock Coca-Cola beverage products in retail accounts. The role ensures beverage sections, end caps, racks, and displays are stocked for consumers, while monitoring product date codes and rotating products to maintain quality and freshness. The primary location is Vandalia, with work also in Highland, Collinsville, and Edwardsville. The schedule has a 5:00 a.m. start time, requires weekends, and provides two weekdays off. The position involves moving products from backroom storage to the sales floor, building and maintaining displays, organizing inventory, processing damaged products, completing required paperwork, and communicating with store personnel and company colleagues. Merchandisers travel frequently between customer locations and use a personal vehicle during work hours.

Requirements

At least one year of work experience in grocery, retail, warehouse, manual labor, or a related field.
Must be at least 18 years old and legally eligible to work.
Must have a personal vehicle for use during working hours.
Valid driver's license, current vehicle liability insurance, and a driving record within company policy guidelines, including no major violations within the last three years.
Ability to obtain powered industrial truck certification upon hire.
Basic computer application and technology skills, including the ability to operate a smartphone and/or laptop.
Flexibility with work hours, including the ability to work evenings, weekends, and some holidays due to customer demand.
Ability to lift 40 pounds or less and perform frequent walking, bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, and driving between customer locations.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Prior experience using equipment such as pallet jacks and high loader lifts.

Responsibilities

Maintain and replenish products on store shelves, racks, displays, and in coolers by transporting products from backroom or storage areas to the sales floor; ensure deliveries are fully worked.
Build, change, and remove product displays according to company standards; maintain signage, clean product areas, and secure damaged or defective products.
Organize backroom products, monitor and report inventory levels in partnership with store account managers, and use FIFO practices to support timely product sales.
Evaluate and process damaged products, re-pack products, organize backroom materials such as pallets and product shells, rotate front-stock and back-stock weekly, and complete required paperwork.
Communicate and collaborate after servicing each account and at the end of each shift, including submitting recap pictures through Teams, reporting out-of-stocks and customer concerns to sales, and checking in and out with store personnel.
Maintain professional relationships with co-workers and customers.