Full Time Grocery Merchandiser

About the Role

C.A. Fortune is a national consumer-centric integrated commerce agency built to help brands win at retail. We deliver sales strategy, in-store execution, full-service marketing, and digital commerce through a single, fully integrated partner. Our capabilities span the full shelf: from getting brands on it, to getting them off it. We're passionate, energetic, and deeply motivated by helping brands win over customers and consumers. We bring together sales experts, marketers, e-commerce specialists, data analysts, and creatives — different backgrounds, one mission.

The Grocery Merchandiser will properly manage their assigned territory by completing store visits, surveys, and tasks, using provided technology for pictures and reporting. This position requires merchandising and the ability to repeatedly bend and lift up to 50 pounds.

Location: Niles, IL (within a 25–55 mile radius)

Responsibilities

• Pre-sell, merchandise, and gain/maintain distribution across a variety of accounts
• Ensure clients' products are well stocked; place orders when product is low or out of stock
• Use mobile apps consistently for reporting, photo uploads, task completion, and communication
• Switch between stocking, reporting, and communicating with store teams throughout the day
• Lift, bend, and stoop for extended periods
• Work independently, follow directions, and maintain excellent communication skills
• Establish strong relationships with store teams to gain and maintain product distribution
• Order products and work product to shelves from new orders
• Conduct audits in area grocery stores
• Travel to and between store locations within the designated territory
• Verify clients' products are accurately represented on store shelves
• Maintain a safe working environment and professional appearance; adhere to dress code and attendance guidelines
• Stand, walk, bend, squat, and lift regularly throughout the day (up to 50 pounds)
• Operate comfortably in a fast-paced retail environment with minimal supervision
• Comply with additional guidelines established by the Store Team
• Attend client kickoff video calls and team check-ins as required

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Reliable transportation
• Valid Driver License
• Proof of Automobile insurance
• Reliable phone (within 5 years old) and internet service for daily communication
• Ability to drive to stores in assigned territory to complete retail tasks and audits at local grocery retailers
• Strong communication skills and ability to follow directions independently