Merchandiser, Retail

PBNA $21.80 / hour

The Merchandiser position is responsible for product merchandising within large-volume stores (e.g., grocery). Responsibilities include stocking shelves, rotating shelved product, setting up displays, stocking and rotating products in coolers, organizing and rotating products in storage rooms, and moving products from storage to the sales floor. This role interacts with personnel at the store location. The position is labor intensive, requiring lifting, loading, pushing, and pulling cases weighing 20–45 pounds per case, and bending, reaching, and squatting while merchandising and moving products.

The job follows a consistent schedule with specific start times and opportunities for different work schedules.

• Merchandise store shelving, coolers, and displays with products in assigned accounts
• Rotate products in the backroom and on the shelf
• Transport products to and from backroom to shelf location
• Use equipment to transport products (e.g., U Boats, hand trucks, pallet jacks)
• Display promotional material such as signs and banners in accounts
• Keep back room stock in neat and orderly condition
• Communicate store issues to store managers and corporate management
• Build customer relationships at the store level
• Comply with operating procedures (e.g., scan-in/scan-out, following designated route)
• Service accounts during designated times established by management
• Deliver customer service (communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs)
• Operate under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
• Use handheld devices to write/input orders
• Maintain regular, reliable, predictable attendance

• 18 years or older
• Pass the physical capabilities test (if applicable)
• Have a car or personal transportation to access multi-store locations within the assigned shift
• Valid U.S. Driver's License
• Proof of insurance

• Experience working in a retail business or grocery store (understanding store operations, backroom, inventory, stocking aisles, and shelves)
• Experience moving products within a store (stacking, moving with equipment such as U-boat, hand truck, etc.)
• Experience merchandising products (filling shelves, building displays, making products look attractive, rotating, cleaning shelves, eliminating out-of-stock and out-of-date products)
• Experience managing backroom/stock room inventory (organizing pallets, stacking, storing inventory or products)
• Experience serving customers (handling customer complaints, responding to requests, or meeting customer needs)

For positions that require use of a personal vehicle for a sales route, mileage reimbursement is provided.

Because the material job duties of this role involve regular field work, including visiting customer locations and interacting with employees, vendors, and customers of the Company, the Company may conduct a criminal history review in accordance with applicable laws to ensure safety. A conditional offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug screening. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

The Company will also verify education, employment history, and driving history if applicable to this role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pepsi Co is an Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.

No criminal history, or the presence of a criminal history, will be a basis for discrimination in any employment decisions.