Merchandising Manager
Circle K · Corona, CA · 3 wk ago
MarketingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes essential functions (responsibilities), qualifications, physical requirements, work environment, etc. No explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule given. So we should not create those sections. We need to include sections like Responsibilities, Qualifications, maybe Physical Requirements, Work Environment? The instruction says use
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes essential functions (responsibilities), qualifications, physical requirements, work environment, etc. No explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule given. So we should not create those sections. We need to include sections like Responsibilities, Qualifications, maybe Physical Requirements, Work Environment? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. We can include headings like Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Requirements, Work Environment. Must not repeat job title. Must not include metadata like Job ID. Must remove boilerplate like EEO, E-Verify, etc. Also remove duplicated lines (e.g., "Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team." appears twice). Keep only one instance.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to extract responsibilities list, qualifications list, physical requirements list, work environment list.
Let's parse the posting.
Essential Functions (list of responsibilities):
- Position requires a minimum of 60% time in the field of the assigned business unit.
- Supports pilots/testing activities, including preparation and delivering communication materials.
- Also tracking of results and feedback to the appropriate team.
- Provide the local point of view to Hub leadership based on marketplace understanding.
- Be an advocate for the customer across the category, engaging Ops to support.
- Supports marketing; POP are executed across BU.
- Locally lead the execution of national schematics efforts with local assortment.
- Coordinate with and manage reset teams in all aspects.
- Own product launches locally.
- Support local partners and technical teams to troubleshoot customer facing issues.
- Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team.
- Coaches and mentors Operational staff to merchandise product assortments that reflect Hub initiatives, buying trends and support seasonal local customer demand.
- Supporting the operations team regarding best merchandising practices for the category at site level.
- Other tasks as assigned that are site merchandising related.
- Collaborate and support Country and HUB activities for the Category.
- Collaborates with Hub for product forecasts and distributions.
- Monitors local competitor retail and makes recommendations appropriately.
- Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team. (duplicate)
- Oversees the local level of store layouts, category space allocation, product affinity/adjacencies based on recommendations by the Hub.
- Recommends changes in products, service and policy to the HUB for evaluating results and competitive developments.
- For local business unit programming only Selects vendors, negotiates costs and terms for products and develops schematics by applying category management principles in accordance with the HUB strategic objectives.
- Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs; develops category plans.
- Establishes and monitors gross margins by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and determining placement and promotions.
- Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results by developing and maintaining records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars.
- Maintains local external vendor relations by providing direction, guidance, and information, resolving concerns.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.
We need to deduplicate duplicate line about fostering positive relationships (appears twice). Keep one.
Now Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred.
- Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
- Five years of experience or more preferred in merchandising; including three years of management responsibility.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) required.
- May require up to 60% travel.
- Valid Driver’s License supported by a clean driving record.
Physical Requirements (list):
- Sit for long periods of time.
- Operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
- View computer monitor.
- Hear and speak via telephone.
- Reach forward and/or overhead.
- Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
- Occasionally lift and/or carry, up to 60 pounds from ground to waist level for up to 30 minutes of a workday. (I.e. to replenish fountain syrups).
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up 30 pounds from the ground to overhead up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets.)
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds from the ground to waist up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets)
- Ability to push and pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds. (i.e. utilizing a hand truck).
- Ability to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials, place and/or replace signage.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at a normal range.
- The lighting will include natural light from the outside as well as fluorescent lighting throughout the work areas.
- Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.
Also there is a note: "THE ABOVE STATEMENTS REFLECT THE GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS / DUTIES AND /OR RESPONSIBILITIES NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THE JOB AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY INTENDED TO SET FORTH ALL OF THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB." This is boilerplate? It's a generic statement; could be considered boilerplate but it's part of description. Might be okay to keep? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This note is not exactly those categories; it's a disclaimer about the job description. Might be considered legal boilerplate? It's about the job description not being exhaustive. Could be considered legal. Safer to remove? The instruction says remove legal boilerplate. This is a legal disclaimer. So we should remove it.
Also "NOTE: This Job Description may change periodically as required by business necessity, with or without advance notice to employees." That's also legal boilerplate; remove.
Also "Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Remove.
Also "Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process." Remove.
Also "Click below to review information about our company's use of the federal E-Verify program..." Remove.
Thus we keep only essential functions, qualifications, physical requirements, work environment.
Now we need to format as HTML: use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We have multiple sections: Responsibilities (essential functions), Qualifications, Physical Requirements, Work Environment.
Each section heading
then either a list or prose if needed. The essential functions are a list; we can put them in
. Qualifications also list. Physical Requirements list. Work Environment list.
We must not repeat job title. Not include any other headings.
We must preserve all substantive information; we have deduplicated duplicate line.
Let's craft the HTML.
We'll start with Responsibilities
then with each responsibility as - . Ensure we keep the exact phrasing? Slightly adjust for clarity but preserve meaning. Should not invent or summarize away detail. We'll keep the sentences as given.
List responsibilities:
- Position requires a minimum of 60% time in the field of the assigned business unit.
- Supports pilots/testing activities, including preparation and delivering communication materials.
- Also tracking of results and feedback to the appropriate team.
- Provide the local point of view to Hub leadership based on marketplace understanding.
- Be an advocate for the customer across the category, engaging Ops to support.
- Supports marketing; POP are executed across BU.
- Locally lead the execution of national schematics efforts with local assortment.
- Coordinate with and manage reset teams in all aspects.
- Own product launches locally.
- Support local partners and technical teams to troubleshoot customer facing issues.
- Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team.
- Coaches and mentors Operational staff to merchandise product assortments that reflect Hub initiatives, buying trends and support seasonal local customer demand.
- Supporting the operations team regarding best merchandising practices for the category at site level.
- Other tasks as assigned that are site merchandising related.
- Collaborate and support Country and HUB activities for the Category.
- Collaborates with Hub for product forecasts and distributions.
- Monitors local competitor retail and makes recommendations appropriately.
- Oversees the local level of store layouts, category space allocation, product affinity/adjacencies based on recommendations by the Hub.
- Recommends changes in products, service and policy to the HUB for evaluating results and competitive developments.
- For local business unit programming only Selects vendors, negotiates costs and terms for products and develops schematics by applying category management principles in accordance with the HUB strategic objectives.
- Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs; develops category plans.
- Establishes and monitors gross margins by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and determining placement and promotions.
- Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results by developing and maintaining records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars.
- Maintains local external vendor relations by providing direction, guidance, and information, resolving concerns.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.
Check for duplicates: we removed duplicate "Foster positive relationships..." line.
Now Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred.
- Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
- Five years of experience or more preferred in merchandising; including three years of management responsibility.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) required.
- May require up to 60% travel.
- Valid Driver’s License supported by a clean driving record.
Physical Requirements:
- Sit for long periods of time.
- Operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
- View computer monitor.
- Hear and speak via telephone.
- Reach forward and/or overhead.
- Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
- Occasionally lift and/or carry, up to 60 pounds from ground to waist level for up to 30 minutes of a workday. (I.e. to replenish fountain syrups).
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up 30 pounds from the ground to overhead up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets.)
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds from the ground to waist up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets)
- Ability to push and pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds. (i.e. utilizing a hand truck).
- Ability to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials, place and/or replace signage.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at a normal range.
- The lighting will include natural light from the outside as well as fluorescent lighting throughout the work areas.
- Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section in
and then - ...
. No extra divs.
Make sure to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes ampersand? Not really. There's "Oops"?
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We have multiple sections: Responsibilities (essential functions), Qualifications, Physical Requirements, Work Environment.
Each section heading
then either a list or prose if needed. The essential functions are a list; we can put them in
. Qualifications also list. Physical Requirements list. Work Environment list.
We must not repeat job title. Not include any other headings.
We must preserve all substantive information; we have deduplicated duplicate line.
Let's craft the HTML.
We'll start with Responsibilities
then with each responsibility as - . Ensure we keep the exact phrasing? Slightly adjust for clarity but preserve meaning. Should not invent or summarize away detail. We'll keep the sentences as given.
List responsibilities:
- Position requires a minimum of 60% time in the field of the assigned business unit.
- Supports pilots/testing activities, including preparation and delivering communication materials.
- Also tracking of results and feedback to the appropriate team.
- Provide the local point of view to Hub leadership based on marketplace understanding.
- Be an advocate for the customer across the category, engaging Ops to support.
- Supports marketing; POP are executed across BU.
- Locally lead the execution of national schematics efforts with local assortment.
- Coordinate with and manage reset teams in all aspects.
- Own product launches locally.
- Support local partners and technical teams to troubleshoot customer facing issues.
- Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team.
- Coaches and mentors Operational staff to merchandise product assortments that reflect Hub initiatives, buying trends and support seasonal local customer demand.
- Supporting the operations team regarding best merchandising practices for the category at site level.
- Other tasks as assigned that are site merchandising related.
- Collaborate and support Country and HUB activities for the Category.
- Collaborates with Hub for product forecasts and distributions.
- Monitors local competitor retail and makes recommendations appropriately.
- Oversees the local level of store layouts, category space allocation, product affinity/adjacencies based on recommendations by the Hub.
- Recommends changes in products, service and policy to the HUB for evaluating results and competitive developments.
- For local business unit programming only Selects vendors, negotiates costs and terms for products and develops schematics by applying category management principles in accordance with the HUB strategic objectives.
- Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs; develops category plans.
- Establishes and monitors gross margins by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and determining placement and promotions.
- Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results by developing and maintaining records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars.
- Maintains local external vendor relations by providing direction, guidance, and information, resolving concerns.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.
Check for duplicates: we removed duplicate "Foster positive relationships..." line.
Now Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred.
- Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
- Five years of experience or more preferred in merchandising; including three years of management responsibility.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) required.
- May require up to 60% travel.
- Valid Driver’s License supported by a clean driving record.
Physical Requirements:
- Sit for long periods of time.
- Operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
- View computer monitor.
- Hear and speak via telephone.
- Reach forward and/or overhead.
- Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
- Occasionally lift and/or carry, up to 60 pounds from ground to waist level for up to 30 minutes of a workday. (I.e. to replenish fountain syrups).
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up 30 pounds from the ground to overhead up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets.)
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds from the ground to waist up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets)
- Ability to push and pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds. (i.e. utilizing a hand truck).
- Ability to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials, place and/or replace signage.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at a normal range.
- The lighting will include natural light from the outside as well as fluorescent lighting throughout the work areas.
- Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section in
and then - ...
. No extra divs.
Make sure to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes ampersand? Not really. There's "Oops"?
for prose. We have multiple sections: Responsibilities (essential functions), Qualifications, Physical Requirements, Work Environment. Each section heading
then either a list or prose if needed. The essential functions are a list; we can put them in
. Qualifications also list. Physical Requirements list. Work Environment list.
We must not repeat job title. Not include any other headings.
We must preserve all substantive information; we have deduplicated duplicate line.
Let's craft the HTML.
We'll start with Responsibilities
then with each responsibility as - . Ensure we keep the exact phrasing? Slightly adjust for clarity but preserve meaning. Should not invent or summarize away detail. We'll keep the sentences as given.
List responsibilities:
- Position requires a minimum of 60% time in the field of the assigned business unit.
- Supports pilots/testing activities, including preparation and delivering communication materials.
- Also tracking of results and feedback to the appropriate team.
- Provide the local point of view to Hub leadership based on marketplace understanding.
- Be an advocate for the customer across the category, engaging Ops to support.
- Supports marketing; POP are executed across BU.
- Locally lead the execution of national schematics efforts with local assortment.
- Coordinate with and manage reset teams in all aspects.
- Own product launches locally.
- Support local partners and technical teams to troubleshoot customer facing issues.
- Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team.
- Coaches and mentors Operational staff to merchandise product assortments that reflect Hub initiatives, buying trends and support seasonal local customer demand.
- Supporting the operations team regarding best merchandising practices for the category at site level.
- Other tasks as assigned that are site merchandising related.
- Collaborate and support Country and HUB activities for the Category.
- Collaborates with Hub for product forecasts and distributions.
- Monitors local competitor retail and makes recommendations appropriately.
- Oversees the local level of store layouts, category space allocation, product affinity/adjacencies based on recommendations by the Hub.
- Recommends changes in products, service and policy to the HUB for evaluating results and competitive developments.
- For local business unit programming only Selects vendors, negotiates costs and terms for products and develops schematics by applying category management principles in accordance with the HUB strategic objectives.
- Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs; develops category plans.
- Establishes and monitors gross margins by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and determining placement and promotions.
- Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results by developing and maintaining records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars.
- Maintains local external vendor relations by providing direction, guidance, and information, resolving concerns.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.
Check for duplicates: we removed duplicate "Foster positive relationships..." line.
Now Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred.
- Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
- Five years of experience or more preferred in merchandising; including three years of management responsibility.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) required.
- May require up to 60% travel.
- Valid Driver’s License supported by a clean driving record.
Physical Requirements:
- Sit for long periods of time.
- Operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
- View computer monitor.
- Hear and speak via telephone.
- Reach forward and/or overhead.
- Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
- Occasionally lift and/or carry, up to 60 pounds from ground to waist level for up to 30 minutes of a workday. (I.e. to replenish fountain syrups).
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up 30 pounds from the ground to overhead up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets.)
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds from the ground to waist up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets)
- Ability to push and pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds. (i.e. utilizing a hand truck).
- Ability to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials, place and/or replace signage.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at a normal range.
- The lighting will include natural light from the outside as well as fluorescent lighting throughout the work areas.
- Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section in
and then - ...
. No extra divs.
Make sure to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes ampersand? Not really. There's "Oops"?
prose if needed. The essential functions are a list; we can put them in
- . Qualifications also list. Physical Requirements list. Work Environment list.
We must not repeat job title. Not include any other headings.
We must preserve all substantive information; we have deduplicated duplicate line.
Let's craft the HTML.
We'll start with
- . Ensure we keep the exact phrasing? Slightly adjust for clarity but preserve meaning. Should not invent or summarize away detail. We'll keep the sentences as given.
List responsibilities:
- Position requires a minimum of 60% time in the field of the assigned business unit.
- Supports pilots/testing activities, including preparation and delivering communication materials.
- Also tracking of results and feedback to the appropriate team.
- Provide the local point of view to Hub leadership based on marketplace understanding.
- Be an advocate for the customer across the category, engaging Ops to support.
- Supports marketing; POP are executed across BU.
- Locally lead the execution of national schematics efforts with local assortment.
- Coordinate with and manage reset teams in all aspects.
- Own product launches locally.
- Support local partners and technical teams to troubleshoot customer facing issues.
- Foster positive relationships between the Hub team, Spoke team and Operational team.
- Coaches and mentors Operational staff to merchandise product assortments that reflect Hub initiatives, buying trends and support seasonal local customer demand.
- Supporting the operations team regarding best merchandising practices for the category at site level.
- Other tasks as assigned that are site merchandising related.
- Collaborate and support Country and HUB activities for the Category.
- Collaborates with Hub for product forecasts and distributions.
- Monitors local competitor retail and makes recommendations appropriately.
- Oversees the local level of store layouts, category space allocation, product affinity/adjacencies based on recommendations by the Hub.
- Recommends changes in products, service and policy to the HUB for evaluating results and competitive developments.
- For local business unit programming only Selects vendors, negotiates costs and terms for products and develops schematics by applying category management principles in accordance with the HUB strategic objectives.
- Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs; develops category plans.
- Establishes and monitors gross margins by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and determining placement and promotions.
- Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results by developing and maintaining records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars.
- Maintains local external vendor relations by providing direction, guidance, and information, resolving concerns.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.
Check for duplicates: we removed duplicate "Foster positive relationships..." line.
Now Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred.
- Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
- Five years of experience or more preferred in merchandising; including three years of management responsibility.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) required.
- May require up to 60% travel.
- Valid Driver’s License supported by a clean driving record.
Physical Requirements:
- Sit for long periods of time.
- Operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
- View computer monitor.
- Hear and speak via telephone.
- Reach forward and/or overhead.
- Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
- Occasionally lift and/or carry, up to 60 pounds from ground to waist level for up to 30 minutes of a workday. (I.e. to replenish fountain syrups).
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up 30 pounds from the ground to overhead up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets.)
- Occasionally lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds from the ground to waist up to 30 minutes a workday. (I.e. stocking/maintaining inventory levels; resets)
- Ability to push and pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds. (i.e. utilizing a hand truck).
- Ability to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials, place and/or replace signage.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at a normal range.
- The lighting will include natural light from the outside as well as fluorescent lighting throughout the work areas.
- Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section in
and then
- ...
Responsibilities
then- with each responsibility as