Full-Time Grocery Merchandiser - Jamestown/Hornell/Olean Area

Job Responsibilities

• Consistently deliver exceptional customer service and build productive customer relationships.
• Stock product, arrange product on shelves, and rotate product to ensure freshness.
• Build displays, implement planograms, and reset sections to add items or optimize shelf placement.
• Cleaning and dusting of product and shelving.
• Order product to maintain inventory levels, as needed.
• Perform additional job duties as required.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must have a valid state issued driver’s license and reliable personal transportation.
• Daily travel required, must be available for occasional, position dependent overnight travel.
• Able to work weekends and/or a variable schedule as required.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information.
• Strong organizational skills and a fundamental understanding of sales processes.
• Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in managing numerous, competing priorities.
• Prior proven critical thinking skills and a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Strong computer skills – Email/Outlook, Electronic Ordering/PDA, Word, Excel.

Physical Requirements

• Able to routinely lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to stand, walk, lift and bend to service lower shelves for extended periods of time.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes:
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Company paid holidays
• Health, prescription, and dental insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Supplemental insurances
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee assistant program
• Employee purchase program

About the Role

River Valley Holdings is a family-owned food distribution company based in Syracuse, NY and serving retail customers across the northeastern United States. The River Valley family of companies: River Valley Foods and Cavallaro Foods distributes a wide range of specialty dry and frozen grocery items out of warehouses in Syracuse, NY.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent

At least one year of experience in a sales based customer service role; grocery experience preferred