Merchandiser – Gatineau Area – RF0025
Role and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of business development, the merchandiser will drive volume and increase visibility of products in assigned accounts and support sales teams in merchandising activities. He is maintaining current customers.
Main Tasks
- Lead merchandising efforts in customer for all products, general distribution and promotions/programs.
- Develop effective business relationships with assigned customers Provide management with specific and current information on competitive activity, market challenges and merchandising opportunities.
- Execute sales driver objectives
- Service and improve the marketability of our products through shelf management, display position and frequency, concept selling and price point management
- Pack out shelves, build and refresh displays, place POS and stock deli counters.
- Obtain feedback from accounts on effectiveness of consumer programming and report trends to management
- Design and build creative displays to showcase brands
- Coordinate timing of merchandising activities with regional sales manager and communicate merchandising tactics to customer
- Continual development of industry, channel, and brand knowledge
- Collect orders as needed from retail accounts.
- Other related tasks requested by the Director of business development
Qualifications and Experiences
- Minimum of 1 year experience in retail, or similar experience
- Undergraduate degree in business, marketing, or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience (asset)
- Demonstrate and exhibit high levels of professionalism
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task
- Knowledge of dairy industry, market trends and competition
- Proficient MS Office skills
- Ability to work on weekends when required occasionally.
- Ability to attend tradeshows.
- Valid driver’s license and access to vehicle.
Skills required
- Results oriented: implements strategies to achieve sales targets
- Ability to influence: able to reach agreements and partnerships based on win-win proposals
- Ability to build business relations: facility to build relationships with customers and team members and posses the ability to develop sustainable business relationships.
- Analytical skills, problem solving and decision making: Demonstrate sound judgment and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills: able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in both English and French
- Resourcefulness : identifies et uses appropriate means to fulfill its mandate
- Teamwork : Contributing to the company’s growing success by participating in the development of the team by sharing information, expertise and supporting all stakeholders face the challenges andchanges
- Open minded : Open to change and other opinions and demonstrates a positive attitude
- Rely on some instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
- Planning and organizational skills : planning and organizing a task from start to finish, keeping the focus on the objectives and results, Perform job duties in an accurate, proficient and timely manner
- Bilingual : French and English, spoken and written
Full time position offering a competitive salary.
Deadline to Apply: May 6th, 2015
We thank each candidate for their interest however, only selected candidates will be contacted.
Please send your resume along with a cover letter to rh@fromage-st-albert.com indicating the job title and Ref No as subject