Merchandiser Weekends Required

Additional staff needed to cover all territories: Cleveland, Ootelwah, Chattanooga, Kimball, Dayton, Hixson, Dalton, Lafeyette, Ringgold, and surrounding areas. Weekends required.

About the role

This position is responsible for product merchandising within large volume stores (e.g., grocery). The role is labor intensive, requiring lifting, loading, pushing, and pulling cases weighing from 20-45 pounds per case, as well as bending, reaching, and squatting while merchandising and moving products. This job follows a consistent schedule with specific start times and customers.

Responsibilities

• Merchandise store shelving, coolers, and displays with products in assigned accounts
• Rotate products in the backroom and on the shelf
• Transport products to and from backroom to shelf location
• Use equipment to transport products (e.g., U Boats, hand trucks, pallet jacks, etc.)
• Display promotional material such as signs and banners in accounts
• Keep back room stock in neat and orderly condition
• Communicate store issues to store managers and Pepsi management
• Build customer relationships at the store level
• Comply with operating procedures (e.g., scan-in/scan-out, following designated route, etc.)
• Service accounts during designated times established by management
• Deliver customer service (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)
• Operate under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
• Use hand-held devices to write/input orders
• Maintain regular, reliable, predictable attendance

Requirements

• 18 years or older
• Pass the physical capabilities test (if applicable)
• Must have car or personal transportation to access multi-store locations within assigned shift
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License
• Proof of insurance

Helpful Experience

• Working for a retail business or grocery store (e.g., understanding store operations, knowing the backroom and inventory, stocking aisles and shelves, etc.)
• Moving products within a store (e.g., safely stacking and moving products on equipment such as a u-boat, hand truck/dolly, and/or breakdown, etc.)
• Merchandising products (e.g., filling shelves, building displays, making products look attractive, rotating products, cleaning shelves, eliminating out of stocks and out of date products, etc.)
• Managing backroom/stock room inventory (e.g., organizing pallets, stacking and storing inventory or products, etc.)
• Serving customers (handling customer complaints, responding to customer requests, or meeting customer needs)

Pay

$21 per hour. Mileage reimbursement provided for positions requiring use of a personal vehicle for a sales route.

A conditional offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment background check and drug screening. The Company will verify education, employment history, and motor vehicle or driving history (if applicable to this role).