Category Merchandiser

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Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The associate is responsible for the functions below, in addition to other duties as assigned:

• Provide merchandising assistance to assigned category team to ensure objectives for sales, profit and customer shopping experience are being met.
• Serve as liaison between the Store Support Center and the stores, regularly communicating merchandising plans, ad programs and in stock conditions. Work closely with the supply chain team to achieve expectations.
• Regular visits to the stores to conduct detailed walk-throughs and evaluate how sales/merchandising programs are being executed. Provide timely and constructive feedback to store managers and associates to enhance their overall business awareness, merchandising program execution and focus on the customer.
• Assist the category team with communication of merchandising plans for new items, sale items, promotional tie-ins, displays and signage in order to meet or exceed the sales and profit objectives for the assigned category team.
• Build understanding and awareness of merchandising programs, sales building and profitability initiatives through timely communication to the appropriate store associates.
• Interview the supplier community in order to develop strong overall merchandising/ad program for the assigned categories. Assure the new innovation is considered and all processes are followed on deleted items. Work through the process so that the speed to shelf requirements are met when evaluating your categories and implementing the POG’s.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position currently has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, the associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:


Bachelor’s degree in a Business-related field or equivalent combination of education and 3 years’ retail management experience. In addition, the associate must have experience in report analysis.

Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer:  Weis Markets is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with a disability may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the ways things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Weis Markets.