Full Time Retail Sales Merchandiser Canada

Summary:
**Full Time Retail Sales Merchandiser Canada**

**What We Offer**:

- Full Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life).
- Generous Paid Time Off.
- Paid training and ongoing career development.
- Mileage reimbursement.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Flex your organizational skills to build relationships with store personnel, create impactful action plans, and support a positive brand image.
- Ensure sales are flawlessly executed on time and against client’s growth initiatives.
- Meet and exceed sales goals by increasing in-store visibility of client products and promotions.
- Ensure products are always available by maintaining merchandising and display standards.
- Implement innovative marketing strategies that drive product positioning and awareness.

**Qualifications**:

- High school diploma, GED, or 1-2 years of retail sales or merchandising experience.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills as this position requires daily discussions with customers at all personnel levels.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task, elevated sense of urgency, and attention to detail.
- Adaptability to changing demands and client goals.
- Strength working independently, but also as a member of the larger company team.

**Responsibilities**:
The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

**Position Summary**

The Retail Sales Merchandiser (RSM) is responsible for servicing and selling to retail accounts within an assigned territory to ensure Client standards are met and volume is increased.

**Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities**

Sales and Merchandising
- Maintain Client objectives by ensuring secondary placements of product(s) are fully stocked, correctly signed, properly faced, and set to schematics
- Shelf Standards and Conditions: authorization of items to meet Client shelf schematic standards
- Meet Client and Company objectives by maintaining full distribution on existing SKUs.
- Take direction regarding tagging, rotating, and placing POS materials for products on shelf
- Prepare for and respond to audits
- Manage time and prioritize for store call coverage
- Complete accurate and timely paperwork and reports, recaps, itineraries, timesheets, expense reports, etc.
- May provide feedback for Client audit objectives

Customer Relations
- Communicate effectively both internally with the company management and externally with all customers
- Build rapport with Clients and Customers
- Field questions and proactively develop action plans to resolve issues

Additional Responsibilities
- Demonstrates high degree of professionalism in communication, attitude and teamwork with customers, peers and management
- Demonstrates high level of quality work, attendance and appearance
- Adheres to all Company Policies & Procedures and Safety Regulations
- Adheres to local, state and federal laws
- Performs the job safely utilizing proper equipment and safety techniques
- Additional responsibilities as assigned by supervisor related to the position/department

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time.

**Supervisory Responsibilities**

Direct Reports

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports

This position does not have guidance or mentoring responsibilities for indirect reports

**Travel and/or Driving Requirements**

Travel and Driving are essential duties and function of this job

Travel up to 20%

Must maintain current and valid driver’s license and valid proof of current insurance.

**Minimum Qualifications**_The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job_

Education Level**:(required)**: High School Diploma or GED **o**r equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience: Basic knowledge of retail merchandising and/or selling

**Skills, Knowledge and Abilities**
- Aggressive self-starter with a strong bias for action and results orientation
- High sense