Retail Merchandiser

Retail Merchandiser

CROSSMARK is the leading sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry that expertly guides our clients along "The Way to Market" by delivering growth solutions with exceptional service. Our expertise spans the grocery, mass.club, drug, convenience store, and home improvement channels among others, and our solutions bolster our clients' capabilities for developing best practices, insight analysis, and customer targeting that always hit the mark.

We do this by excelling in four areas- headquarter selling, retail merchandising, store level marketing, and streamlining trade practices. In business for more than 100 years, CROSSMARK employs more than 20,000 associates worldwide in offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, CROSSMARK is a private owned corporation.

Job Description

Execute retail merchandising tasks, encompassing the ability to read and understand plano-grams and schematic layouts, as well as the implementation of department or brand resets in grocery / retail setting.

Strong execution skills with the ability to meet challenging / changing deadlines.

Ability to interface effectively with clients, leadership and managers in a positive, cooperative and professional manner at all times.

High collaboration, engagement and customer service focus is essential.

Accurately report all completed retail tasks via the appropriate designated systems on the day the work is performed.

Complete required training and certification programs.

Engage every work day with CROSSMARK'S communication tools for the purpose of accurately planning, reporting, and reviewing work.

Provide excellent customer service and develop a professional working relationship with store management, associates and other merchandising companies to effectively meet company and client objectives.

Insure proper maintenance on all company equipment.

Ability to receive required product / materials at a secure location, to be utilized for resets.

Follow company policies, procedures, and position responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Prior retail reset or merchandising experience (preferred) Ability to successfully complete department, brand or general reset work activities as scheduled.

Communicate effectively with store (client) personnel / management, regarding tasks, sales activities, promotions and client sales plan objectives.

Reliable transportation - must be able to transport yourself and required product / materials from your residence to execute a variety of work (must be able to travel to multiple locations, typically between 25-40 miles - mileage reimbursement is provided). Associate that utilizes a personal vehicle for business purposes are required to maintain a valid state-issued driver's license and the minimum auto insurance coverage specified by the associate's state of residence.

Language Skills : English is the primary language skill, however, bilingual skills may be required based on business necessity.

Additional Information

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or balance.

The employee is regularly required to lift up to 25 pounds and to occasionally lift up to 60 pounds from the floor to waist or chest high.

Resets : can be very physical in nature. Reset activities could include : removing items from the shelf, moving shelves, building fixtures and displays, reorganizing the products according to the Plano-gram provided, replacing shelf tags, filling in new products and retrieving additional stock when necessary.