SALES MERCHANDISER

Sales Merchandiser

Region: Little Rock, Arkansas

Benefits: Health insurance, paid time off, dental insurance, 401(k), 401(k) matching, vision insurance, life insurance

Summary of Duties: A Sales Merchandiser proactively executes retail business directives, maintains in-store conditions to standards and resolves issues at store level in a timely manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support sales or create maximum sales order potential by proactively executing in-store directives and timely communication in the resolution of issues and/or identification of opportunities;
• Set and reset merchandise in store to match the authorized layout provided by the Store owner/Manager or Merchandising Manager;
• Perform basic merchandising duties including timely updating store order tags, replacing worn pegs, stripping, and channel strips; maintain adequate inventory of merchandising supplies and tools to remove deleted products and place new products and/or rearrange products;
• Assemble or breakdown, install and determine proper placement for racks and store fixtures consistent with increasing profitability to the customer and company;
• Drive truck, unload and unpack merchandise into the store;
• Maintain proper merchandising and shelf labeling in existing accounts to remove deleted items and place new items;
• Maintain proper locations for racks and store fixtures and adequate quantities in location to be shipped;
• Maximize sales and profit objectives by timely execution of in-store directives;
• Identify potential new customers via regular and timely qualified referrals to the business development team;
• Report needs and changes in the marketplace to Sales Support Manager and Business Development personnel;
• Execute all directives as mandated and requested by management and company;
• Attend sales support meetings and specified company functions;
• Be regularly engaged away from the Company's place or places of business;
• Own/lease a reliable vehicle and maintain company required level of insurance for the purpose of executing the duties and responsibilities listed in the job description;
• Report to work, meetings, and scheduled business affairs on time, as directed by management and complete above listed tasks in a competent manner.

All personnel within this job description shall be subject to cross-training into jobs within the organization based on Company needs.

Physical Demands: The physical demands of this job include light physical activity performing somewhat strenuous activities of an administrative, productive and/or technical nature that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. To perform the functions of this job the employee must regularly stand, walk, sit, talk, or hear, use hands to touch, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The employee must occasionally work in outdoor weather conditions and in wet, humid conditions. The noise level of the work environment is moderate.

Equal Employment Policy: Imperial Trading Co., LLC's hiring, and employment practices are based on job qualifications, performance, and/or conduct without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, height, weight, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.

At-Will Employment: All employees of the Company are employees' at-will and, as such, are free to resign at any time without reason. The Company, likewise, retains the right to terminate an employee's employment at any time with or without reason or notice. Nothing contained in the Employee Handbook, or any document provided to the employee is intended to be, nor should it be, construed as a guarantee that employment or any benefit will be continued for any period. Any salary figures provided to an employee in annual or monthly terms are stated for the sake of convenience or to facilitate comparisons and are not intended and do not create an employment contract for any specific period.