Field Merchandiser Job Opening

Field Merchandiser

Gordon Food Service

• Hollywood, Florida
$17.00 - $22.00 an hour
Category: Merchandiser

Is your expertise making things visually appealing? Better yet, are food and produce displays your thing? Come be our expert and train our teams in handling, displaying, and preparation of our products in the stores!

As a Field Merchandiser you will provide guidance and direction for store merchandising, planogram compliance, point-of-purchase, and shelf management services in retail stores to encourage and produce retail sales across multiple markets, paying special attention to fresh and prepared foods.

Duties you will fulfill:
  • Work with store team on merchandising by establishing displays of company or featured products
  • Provide feedback to category managers, inventory analyst and store team on opportunities for product transfer and/or markdowns
  • Provide feedback to Merchandising and Product team regarding space management, new item launches, planogram resets regarding needed changes and/or adjustments
  • Make regular observations on competitors' products, pricing and merchandising
  • Maintain quality results by following and enforcing safe food handling practices, product rotation, and temperature standards
  • Train and educate employees on new products and best practices for product display and rotation, backroom organization and overstock procedures
  • Support the stores as needed with special promotions by setting-up end cap displays; observing and collecting feedback of customer reaction to special promotions
  • Support store resets, remodels and new store product merchandising set up by ensuring final set configuration optimizes store merchandising space along with directing activity of project to ensure sequence of events is executed in meeting project objectives
  • Give feedback to the Director, Field Merchandising on store conditions, facility conditions, scheduling, shrink risk, product overstock, product outs, and freshness
  • Maintain customer relationships by visiting with store managers and employees; answering their questions; responding to special requests; describing product features

Does this sound like you?
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • 3+ years hands-on, retail grocery or kitchen management experience
  • 1+ years of experience in a leadership role in retail grocery e.g. Produce, Deli/Bakery, or Meat/Seafood manager or kitchen management experience
  • Ability to travel daily within assigned territory (South Florida)
  • Bilingual Preferred (English & Spanish)