Merchandiser - Durango Coca-Cola

Overview: As a Merchandiser, you represent the Coca-Cola of Durango brand in local grocery stores. Your responsibilities include stocking shelves, product rotation, ensuring customer satisfaction, maintaining product displays, and contributing to our brand's success. This role offers insights into the beverage industry and opportunities for career growth within our Company, directly impacting sales and brand recognition.

Major Responsibilities:

• Merchandise Coca-Cola products in assigned accounts by stocking and rotating our beverages including shelving, displays, racks, and coolers
• Build or take down displays as needed
• Condense all back stock prior to leaving an account
• Communicate with the sales team daily regarding low or out of stock items, product rotation, display activity, back stock, and missing point of sale
• Provide relief sales of assigned accounts as needed
• Follow Company safety guidelines and always comply with safe working procedures
• Maintain auto insurance, mileage reporting, and servicing of vehicle per the Company Vehicle Use Policy, whether operating a Company provided vehicle or a personally owned vehicle
• Additional:
• The role will travel to various customer sites, as a result each environment will vary.
• To accomplish tasks, the position will need to work around a variety of weather environments (i.e. sun, rain, sleet, rain, snow, excessive cold & heat).
• This position is very active and requires constant standing, walking, lifting, 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 fast-paced production environment and will frequently lift and/or move items up to 65 pounds. (Moving equipment and tools will be provided to reduce strains and injury.)
• The role is expected to be able to lift and carry 65 lbs. repetitively. Must be able to lift weight above shoulders and below waist. Must be able to push and pull a manual pallet jack with a pallet of product on level and sloped surfaces moving pallets weighing up to 2,600 lbs.  Must be able to push and pull beverage carts weighing up to 1,000 lbs. on level and sloped surfaces.
• Work hours: 5:00am – 7:00am start until routes are complete, Monday through Friday. (Start times may vary slightly according to route assignment.)
• Additional or alternative days/times may be occasionally needed, depending on customer and/or promotional campaign including holidays.

Experience & Qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED
• Valid driver’s license (no major traffic violations and no more than 2 minor violations in the last 3 years)
• Ability to pass physical exam and obtain certification
• Ability to follow directions
• Team-player attitude
• Ability to perform essential functions of position with little or no supervision
• Regular, punctual, and consistent attendance is an essential job function
• Excellent customer service communication skills to interact with customers.
• Must maintain professional appearance with customers which upholds Durango Coca-Cola’s brand image