Specialist Merchandising

Position Summary

Responsible for supporting the day to day activities of a selling organization culture with a consumer-centric focus through Category, Merchandising and Pricing (CMP) responsibilities. Coordinate the development of the perishable merchandising planner in support of weekly Ad. Serve as the single point of contact between perishable category and commercial planning teams.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities

• Support perishable display planning and ad development within Category, Merchandising and Pricing (CMP) as it relates to the strategies and initiatives.
• Track, analyze and report out on weekly ad performance and financial goals.
• Partners with Category, Marketing and pricing teams to deliver display planning for all key elements of Thematic Planning and Merchandising.
• Develop the weekly Merchandising Planner and effective communication of Merchandising Planner to Category teams and Retail Operations.
• Collaborate with Perishable Merchandising teams to deliver weekly communication of perishable merchandising plans.
• Conduct regular visits with retail leaders, distribution partners, perishable merchandising teams and field merchandising teams to best understand and respond to needs/opportunities.
• Follow-up on execution of merchandising programs and strategies.
• Cook up and save, buy this get that.
• Provide support for motivating peers and function as an effective promoter of change and growth.
• Provide support for the implementation of a continuous improvement culture.
• Serve as a member of key teams and committees as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• Knowledge of Fresh and/or Center Store categories.
• Experience in leading projects and influencing consensus.
• In depth understanding of standard practices and merchandising strategies.
• Mature level of knowledge for company, business and industry practices.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of Programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA).
• Relationship management experience with vendors, brokers and third party consultants.
• Negotiation experience.
• Experience with the following computer programs: SEGA, DSS, LlamaSoft, WMS, PFT, Inforem, Tableau, Revionics, MSP Spatial.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to provide direct, effective and professional feedback to those not within a direct reporting structure, and across multiple levels of the organization.
• Ability to influence, lead, teach, and coach across multiple levels of the organization.
• Ability to effectively build relationships and negotiate and influence across multiple levels of the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build and sustain supportive relationships with others.
• Ability to manage day to day activity for identified responsibilities.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to think innovatively.
• Demonstrate a personal acceptance of change and the ability to adapt and drive change.
• Demonstrate an ability to implement and analyze retail business using consumer insights and analyzing trends.
• Active listener with an ability to build trust across varying levels of the organization.
• Ability to work with all levels of management.
• Excellent organizational, planning, influence, communication and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated and persuasive in presenting and selling ideas and executing their implementation.

Benefits

Food Lion provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions) national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.