Merchandiser- Spirit Lake, IA

About the role

The Merchandiser plays a key role in the sales process of Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company products. They visit customer locations to set out product, rotate new product, and install and maintain point-of-sale displays.

Responsibilities

• Follow Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling’s merchandising standards and sales campaign diagrams.
• Set out and rotate products to create visually appealing displays that positively reflect the company and iconic Coca-Cola brand image.
• Act as corporate liaison for the sales team, ensuring professional contact with customers while maintaining a clean and neat appearance.
• Follow proper rotation procedure for all product areas (e.g., shelving, coolers, displays, and back-stock).
• Install and maintain point-of-sale items such as discount coupons, channel price tags, display headers, pole signs, and static clings.
• Assist the Account Manager with price-management issues.
• Communicate account issues or potential opportunities to the sales/account manager and/or supervisor in a timely manner.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area, ensuring a safe environment for themselves, customers, and consumers.
• Keep the back-stock area organized, clean, and condensed per company and customer standards.
• Perform minor maintenance on displays as needed and report escalated repairs to the Merchandising Supervisor.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to follow directions and excellent verbal communication skills.
• Strong team-player and customer-focused mindset with the ability to positively and effectively interact with customers.
• Ability to make frequent visits to multiple customer sites each day.
• Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation.
• Good problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze and effectively solve on-site problems, including under potentially stressful situations.
• Flexibility to adapt to varying situations.
• Regular, consistent attendance is an essential job function.

Physical Demands

• Extensive regional day travel is required.
• Constant standing, walking, pushing, and pulling in a fast-paced production environment.
• Regularly required to talk, hear, and move between customer floors and back rooms.
• Frequently lift and/or move items up to 40 pounds (moving equipment and tools provided to reduce strain).
• Occasionally lift 40 pounds up to shoulder height.
• Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds above the head.
• Occasionally push carts using 100 pounds of force.
• Occasionally carry up to 40 pounds.
• Occasional to frequent twisting, grasping, reaching, bending, kneeling, sitting, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Considered a safety-sensitive position.

Schedule

Static, five-day work week. Additional or alternative days/times may occasionally be needed depending on customer or promotional campaign requirements.

Benefits

• Flexible and non-traditional scheduling (e.g., evenings, part-time, and 4-day week opportunities for certain roles).
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 401K with company match and profit sharing.
• Career development, training, and tuition assistance.
• Wellness focus with discounted gym memberships and mental health benefits, including free counseling sessions.
• Recognition program and milestone celebrations.
• Coca-Cola perks, discounts, and swag.
• Approachable and collaborative leadership.
• Regular performance feedback and employee survey opportunities.

About Us

Our company culture thrives on the hard work and dedication of our team members, each of whom plays a key role in the success of their team and our company. As a family-owned business, we prioritize a work environment of belonging and family, fostering open communication and trust to create a transparent and inclusive workplace. We believe collaboration is essential to success and encourage all team members to think innovatively to deliver exceptional service to our customers.

Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company maintains a drug-free workplace. Employees are subject to pre-employment/post-offer drug and random drug testing.