Merchandiser

Join the team at Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company as a Merchandiser, stocking Coca-Cola beverage products in retail accounts to ensure availability and freshness for consumers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and replenish products in store shelves, racks, displays, and coolers by transporting product between backroom/storage and sales floor using manual or powered equipment.
• Build, change, or remove product displays while adhering to company standards; maintain product signage; clean product space; and secure damaged or defective product.
• Manage backroom by organizing products, monitoring and reporting inventory levels, and utilizing FIFO (First In, First Out) training to ensure timely sales of product.
• Evaluate and process damaged product; re-pack product; organize backroom materials (e.g., pallets, product shells); and complete required paperwork.
• Communicate and collaborate through the Teams app by posting recaps and pictures of accounts immediately after servicing, and connect with sales on out-of-stock items or customer concerns.
• Maintain professional relationships with co-workers and customers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred; minimum of one year of work experience required.
• Minimum of one year of work experience in grocery, retail, warehouse, manual labor, or related field.
• Must be 18 years of age and legally eligible to work.
• Must have a personal vehicle for use during working hours, a valid Driver’s License, and current vehicle liability insurance; driving record must meet policy guidelines (no major violations within the last three years).
• Prior experience using equipment such as pallet jacks and high loader lifts preferred; ability to obtain powered industrial truck certification upon hire is required.
• Basic computer and technology skills, including operating a smartphone and/or laptop.
• Flexibility with work hours; able to work evenings, weekends, and some holidays due to customer demand.

Physical Requirements

• Speaking: Constantly (investigates, negotiates, recommends, reports, etc.)
• Acute Vision: Constantly (observing both near and far, reading documents)
• Typing: Frequently (using electronic devices for day-to-day business, e.g., email, reports, texting)
• Mobility: Frequent travel throughout customer locations (walking in backrooms, aisles, greeting customers)
• Bending/Squatting: Frequently (looking in racks at all levels, ordering product, counting cases, checking dates)
• Lifting: Frequent—lift 40 lbs. or less (full cases of product)
• Pushing/Pulling: Frequent use of manual carts
• Driving: Frequent travel between customer locations

Pay

$19.00 an hour

About Heartland Coca-Cola

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company produces, sells, and distributes the highest quality and best-tasting Coca-Cola and Monster Beverages across Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our brand offerings include multiple beverage options in non-alcoholic categories such as sparkling soft drinks, water, ingredient-enhanced drinks, isotonics, tea, energy drinks, juice, coffee, and nutrition products. We value our people, customers, and community, which drives our passion to work and win together as a team.

Benefits

• Full-time employees: medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; 401(k); paid time off; wellness programs; and tuition reimbursement.
• Part-time employees: paid time off, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement.