Merchandising Lead

About the role

Provides member service by acknowledging members, identifying member needs, offering guidance and support regarding self-service technology, assisting with purchasing decisions, locating merchandise, resolving member issues and concerns, and promoting the company’s products and services.

Assists management with supervising associates in assigned areas by assigning duties, communicating goals and feedback, training associates on processes and procedures, providing direction on member service approaches, ensuring compliance with company policies, supporting the Open Door Policy, and participating in recruiting, hiring, scheduling, promoting, coaching, and evaluating associates.

Responsibilities

• Receives and stocks supplies and merchandise from distribution centers and vendors; organizes and maintains the sales floor using equipment, merchandising, and completing required documentation.
• Maintains facility safety according to company policies by conducting safety sweeps, following procedures for forklift spotting and hazardous materials handling, adhering to steel standard guidelines, and reporting unsafe situations.
• Ensures maintenance of the sales floor and merchandise presentation by handling claims and returns, zoning, stocking, arranging and organizing merchandise, setting up displays, removing damaged goods, signing and pricing merchandise, identifying shrink, and securing fragile or high-shrink items.
• Monitors food and merchandise quality by ensuring product rotation, code dating, adherence to sanitation standards, and proper merchandising, stocking, zoning, and cleaning across all departments.
• Oversees the picking and staging of club pickup orders throughout the day, ensuring products are selected and staged according to company policy.
• Develops, communicates, and implements processes to meet business needs by collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers, and partners; analyzing information; monitoring progress; and addressing improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrates and promotes compliance with company policies, procedures, and ethical standards by guiding and modeling application, implementing action plans, and assisting with ethical or compliance issues.
• Leads and participates in teams by sharing resources, determining customer needs, coordinating work assignments, providing feedback, and adapting to change or new challenges.
• Embraces diversity by fostering an inclusive workplace, creating opportunities for associates to thrive, and building strong, trusting relationships.
• Acts with integrity by maintaining high ethical standards, modeling company values, holding oneself and others accountable, and supporting sustainability goals.
• Serves customers and members by delivering results with a customer-first approach, making decisions based on reliable information, and balancing short- and long-term priorities.
• Strives for excellence by displaying curiosity, driving continuous improvement, embracing new technologies, and supporting others through change.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• 6 months of retail experience AND 6 months of customer service experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a team, including hiring, evaluating, mentoring, developing, and managing workloads.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards.
• Health benefits: medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase plan, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off: PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Additional benefits: short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Education benefits: Live Better U program covers tuition, books, and fees for high school completion, bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates (eligibility requirements apply).

Pay

The hourly wage range for this position is $21.00 to $29.00. The actual hourly rate will meet or exceed the minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation in the form of premiums may apply in specific circumstances, ranging from $0.35 to $3.00 per hour, based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed.

7200 PEACH ST, ERIE, PA 16509-4754, United States of America