Beer & Wine Replenisher

About the role

Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene, NH, is seeking a Beer & Wine Replenisher to elevate our department. This role is about building relationships with local breweries and vineyards, predicting trends, and ensuring our member-owners have access to a diverse and exciting array of items. If you're organized, detail-oriented, and ready to contribute to our mission of building a healthier, more sustainable food system within a fun, community-focused environment, apply today!

Responsibilities

• Purchase product for the Beer and Wine Department
• Organize and carry out beer and wine sampling
• Fill in for other grocery replenishers as needed
• Replenish—order, receive, manage inventory, and stock sub-department items while meeting objectives for sales and customer service
• Assist in special events, demos, food fairs, etc.
• Maintain item par level in Catapult for auto ordering
• Conduct scheduled cycle counting in collaboration with POS department
• Coordinate with marketing and vendors to ensure product availability to support in-store demos as needed
• Meet regularly with Merchandising Manager to review product assortment, such as new items, discontinued items, etc.
• Build attractive displays with uniform signage; ensure displays are fully stocked, rotated, and fronted to ensure freshness and abundance
• Assist in planning and implementing seasonal programs
• Execute in-store and NCG promotions in the sub-department
• Stay current of developments in the natural products industry through reading trade publications and talking with brokers
• Attend trade shows as assigned
• Participate in sale change over, building displays and hanging new signs
• In collaboration with Merchandising Manager, negotiate with distributors, brokers and sales reps for favorable prices, terms, quality and delivery schedule and research and evaluate new suppliers, as needed
• Research and recommend new products; rotate varieties seasonally
• Evaluate suppliers and research new or alternative sources of supply
• Review invoices for accuracy with respects to promotions, proper pricing, discount accuracy, price changes, product additions and department breakout
• Ensure damaged, miss-picked and miss-ordered items are handled using established credit procedures
• Follow up to be sure that credit is received from suppliers where applicable for returned or low-quality produce
• Maintain a sufficient amount of inventory to maximize sales and turnover, keeping overstock to a minimum
• Continually refine plan for back stock storage and ensure that stock clerks understand and follow plan
• Track shrink and adjust ordering to reduce losses. Report slow moving items to the Merchandising Manager
• See that unsellable items (recalled, out of date, damaged products) are recorded, removed from inventory and disposed of properly
• Generate and review physical inventory variance reports and update on hand counts accordingly
• Review departmental financial reports (sales, labor, margin, turns) with the Merchandising and Grocery managers
• Respond to product request forms and researches customer requests, asking for assistance from the Merchandising Manager when needed
• Ensure that Special Orders are accurately fulfilled, communicate with customers any changes or pricing questions

Requirements

• Regularly lift 50lbs safely
• Ability to be mobile throughout entire shifts
• Bend, squat, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Ability to communicate with customers and coworkers
• Sufficient vision to perform your job safely and accurately
• Effective communication skills to listen and to give clear directions in English
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Write simple correspondence
• Effectively present information in one-on-one or small group situations to customers and employees
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of current trends in the wine and beer industry as well as familiarity with basic beer & wine types and flavors
• Experience serving the public
• Will be required to use step stools, step ladders, box cutters and pricing tools

Preferred qualifications

• At least one year of retail purchasing and merchandising, preferably for a department in a natural food store
• Buying and experience working with vendors

Benefits

• 20% employee discount—including sale items!
• Quarterly and Annual Gainshare depending on store performance
• 401K – Traditional or Roth or Both! with up to 4% company match and free retirement counselors
• Health Insurance—3 plans including an HSA option eligible at 30 hours/week
• Dental Insurance eligible at 20 hours/week
• Vision Insurance eligible at 20 hours/week
• Pet Insurance
• Short & Long-term disability—company provided at 35 hours per week
• $25,000 Life Insurance policy – company provided at 20 hours per week
• Generous Paid Time Off—even Part-time!
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Bereavement and Jury Duty Leave
• Free Staffed Out products, plants and flowers
• Staff Appreciation Events throughout the year!
• Co-op gear
• Paid community outreach hours
• Fun at work! We Rock!

Pay & schedule

Pay Range: Begins at $18.54 with additional compensation for experience

Location: 34 Cypress St Keene, NH 03431

Schedule: Tuesday through Saturday — you must be available for this schedule in order to be considered