Merchandiser- Spirit lake IA

Overview/Function: The Merchandiser plays a key role in the sales process of Atlantic CocaCola Bottling Company products. They visit customer locations setting out product rotating new product and install and maintain pointofsale displays.

Major Responsibilities:

• Follow Atlantic CocaCola Bottlings merchandising standards and sales campaign diagrams.
• Set out and rotate products to make visually appealing to consumers and to positively reflect the company and iconic CocaCola brand image.
• Act as corporate liaison for sales team and ensure professional contact with customers while maintaining a clean and neat appearance at all times.
• Follow proper rotation procedure for all product areas (i.e. shelving coolers displays and backstock).
• Install and maintain point of sale items such as: discount coupons channel price tags display headers pole signs static clings etc.
• Assist Account Manager with pricemanagement issues.
• Communicate timely to the sales/account manager and/or supervisor any account issues or potential opportunities.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area while ensuring a safe environment for themselves customers and consumers. Keep back stock area organized clean and condensed per company and customer standards.
• Regularly perform minor asneeded maintenance on displays and report escalated repairs to Merchandising Supervisor.
• Other duties as required.

Experience & Qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED
• Ability to follow directions
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Excellent teamplayer
• Customerfocused with the ability to positively and effectively interact with customers is essential
• Ability to make frequent visits to multiple customer sites each day
• Valid drivers license and dependable transportation
• Good problemsolving skills with the ability to analyze and effectively solve onsite problems while under potentially stressful situations
• Flexible with the ability to adapt to varying situations
• Regular consistent attendance is an essential job function

Additional:

• The role will travel to various customer sites as a result each environment will vary.
• Extensive regional day travel is required with this role.
• This position is very active and requires constant standing walking pushing and pulling. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear and spend their time both on the customer floor and in their back room(s). As a result they should expect a fastpaced production environment and will frequently lift and/or move items up to 40 pounds. (Moving equipment and tools will be provided to reduce strains and injury.
• The role is expected to be able to:
  • Lift 40 pounds up to shoulder height occasionally.
  • Lift up to 20 pounds above the head occasionally.
  • Push carts using 100 pounds of force occasionally.
  • Carry up to 40 pounds occasionally.
• The role will have occasional to frequent twisting grasping reaching bending kneeling sitting stooping crouching crawling and climbing will be required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The role is considered a safety sensitive position.
• Work hours TBD. (It will be a static fiveday work week. Additional or alternative days/times may be occasionally needed depending on customer and/or promotional campaign.

Note: No posting can contain a fully comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required in this role. Atlantic CocaCola Bottling Company offers a dynamic everchanging environment requiring flexibility and a willing teambased attitude. Some duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To ensure the safety of our employees our customers and our products Atlantic CocaCola Bottling Company offers a drugfree workplace. Employees are subject to preemployment/postoffer drug and random drug testing.

AA/EOE