Seasonal Merchandiser - Charleston; Primary

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Date:
Mar 4, 2026

Location:

CHARLESTON, IL, US, 61920

Join the team at Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company!

This is a seasonal position. The seasonal period will start April 2026and will run through our summer busy season. Typically ending September 15th.

If you have a specific earlier beginning or end date needed, please provide that information to your recruiter at the time of phone screen.

Days/Hours of Work:
10am-7pm, weekends required, days off to be determined.

Need to be available to cover all stores in our area:
Charleston, Mattoon, Sullivan, Tuscola, Robinson, Shelbyville, Effingham, Altamont, Newton, Greenup, etc.

Merchandisers stock Coca-Cola beverage products in retail accounts. Merchandisers ensure that all beverage sections, end caps, racks and displays are filled for consumers to purchase our products. Merchandisers monitor product date codes and rotate our products to ensure the best quality and freshness.

• Maintain and replenish products in store shelves, racks, displays, and coolers by transporting product between backroom/storage room to the sales floor with a manual or powered equipment while ensuring product deliveries are fully worked.
• Build, change, or remove product displays while adhering to company standards; maintaining product signage; cleaning product space and securing damaged or defective product.
• Manage backroom by organizing our products, identifying, monitoring, and reporting inventory levels in partnership with the account manager of the store. Utilizing FIFO training to ensure timely sales of product.
• Evaluate and process damaged product; re-packing product; organizing backroom materials (i.e., pallets, product shells etc.) and weekly rotation of front-stock and back-stock; completing any required paperwork.
• Communicate and collaborate as needed upon completion of each account and at the end of the shift. Communicate through Teams app recap pictures for accounts immediately after servicing account. Communication may include posting recaps and pictures, connecting with sales on out of stock, customer concerns, and checking in/out with store manager/personnel.
• Maintain professional relationships with co-workers and customers.

• High School Diploma or GED preferred and minimum of one year of work experience required.
• Minimum of one year of work experience in grocery, retail, warehouse, manual labor or related field is required.
• Must be 18 years of age and legally eligible to work.
• Must have a personal vehicle for use during working hours.
• Valid Driver's License, current vehicle liability insurance, driving record within policy guidelines including no major violations within the last three years.
• Prior experience using equipment such as pallet jacks and high loader lifts preferred. Ability to obtain powered industrial truck certification upon hire is required.
• Basic computer application and technology skills; knowledge of how to operate a smart phone and/or laptop.
• Flexibility with work hours; able to work evenings, weekends, and some holidays due to customer demand.

• Speaking:
  Constantly (investigates, negotiates, recommends, reports, etc.)
• Acute Vision:
  Constantly (observing both near and far, reading documents)
• Typing:
  Frequently using electronic devices for day-to-day business (email, reports, texting)
• Mobility:
  Frequent travel throughout customer locations (Walking in backrooms, aisles, greeting customers)
• Bending/Squatting:
  Frequently (looking in racks at all levels, ordering product, counting cases, checking dates)
• Lifting:
  Frequent
  - Lift 40 lbs. or less (full cases of product)
• Pushing/pulling:
  Frequent use of manual carts
• Driving:
  Frequent travel between customer locations

About Heartland Coca-Cola

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company produces, sells, and distributes the highest quality and best tasting Coca-Cola and Monster Beverages across the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our brand offerings provide multiple beverage options in non-alcoholic categories including sparkling soft drinks, water,…