Merchandiser

PepsiCo - Eau Claire, WI

- Entry Level

Eau Claire, WI

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

The position is responsible for product merchandising within large volume stores, such as grocery stores. This includes tasks such as stocking shelves, rotating shelved products, setting up displays, and organizing products in storage rooms. The role requires moving products from storage to the sales floor and involves interaction with store personnel. The job is labor-intensive, requiring physical activities such as lifting, loading, pushing, and pulling cases weighing between 20-45 pounds, as well as bending, reaching, and squatting while merchandising and moving products. The position follows a consistent schedule with specific start times and customers, with the opportunity to attain different work schedules over time.

Responsibilities

• 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, etc.)
• 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 Pepsi management
• Build customer relationships at the store level
• Comply with operating procedures (e.g., scan-in/scan-out, following designated route, etc.)
• Service accounts during designated times established by management
• Deliver customer service (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)
• Ability to operate under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
• Use hand held devices to write/input orders
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance

Requirements

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

Nice-to-haves

• Working for a retail business or grocery store (e.g., understanding store operations, knowing the backroom and inventory, stocking aisles and shelves, etc.)
• Moving products within a store (e.g., safely stacking and moving products on equipment such as a u-boat, hand truck/dolly and/or breakdown, etc.)
• Merchandising products (e.g., filling shelves, building displays, making products look attractive, rotating products, cleaning shelves, eliminating out of stocks and out of date products, etc.)
• Managing backroom/stock room inventory (e.g., organizing pallets, stacking and storing inventory or products, etc.)
• Serving customers (handling customer complaints, responding to customer requests, or meeting customer needs)

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement for positions that require use of a personal vehicle for a sales route