Merchandiser - Greater Mount Pocono Area

Merchandiser - Greater Mount Pocono Area

Company: ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages Job Location: 4900 Mount Pocono, PA Other Potential Locations: Mount Pocono, PA; Dingmans Ferry, PA; Honesdale, PA; Lehighton, PA; Milford, PA; Stroudsburg, PA

We are actively seeking enthusiastic team players who want to work with the world's most trusted and iconic brands. ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages is a family-owned company committed to being a visible, engaged partner to the customers and communities we serve. We value diversity and individuality and when you thrive, we thrive. ABARTA offers the perks of a large corporation with the personalized touch of a smaller company. We are a workplace that encourages sharing ideas in a supportive environment, growing professionally, maintaining a healthy work/life balance, and interacting with all levels of the organization. We would love for you to become a part of our family to help make our vision of Quenching the Thirst of Our Neighbors a reality!

Summary Our Merchandisers work in local stores to keep Coca-Cola products fully stocked on the shelves. This position is primarily responsible for maintaining product availability and merchandising products at all designated accounts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain product in store racks, shelves, displays, and coolers by identifying replenishment needs
• Transport product between backroom and display floor with manual equipment (for example, pallet jack, hand-truck)
• Utilize hand tools
• Replenish, face, and rotate product
• Build, change, and take down product displays
• Maintain product signage
• Clean product space
• Secure damaged or defective product
• Manage backroom by organizing and consolidating backstock (product); identify, monitor, and report backstock inventory levels
• Evaluate and process damaged or defective product
• Re-pack product
• Organize backroom materials (for example, pallets, product shells); operate powered equipment (for example, straddle stacker, powered pallet jack) and manual equipment (for example, pallet jack); complete store documentation; and clean backroom
• Maintain areas of responsibility in designated accounts by communicating status and concerns to store and company personnel
• Identify and report unsafe working conditions
• Attend and complete company training and certifications
• Follow company and store policies regarding backroom, display floor, replenishment, equipment, and safety
• Follow applicable local, state, and federal laws
• Utilize a mobile device to complete work activities
• Operate a motor vehicle
• Follow established company Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality procedures and policies
• Actively participate in Hazard Mitigation
• Complete assigned Health & Safety trainings
• Provide customer service to consumers and store personnel by identifying and resolving concerns
• Answer questions
• Locate products and respond to assistance requests

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to repetitively push and pull objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance while kneeling; squatting; reaching above the head; reaching the waist; reaching below the knees; and bending at the knees
• Ability to repetitively push and pull manual transport equipment (for example, pallet jack, hand-truck) containing product loads a minimum of 100 yards without assistance
• Ability to repetitively grasp and manipulate objects of varying size and weight requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
• Ability to exert oneself physically over sustained periods to complete job activities
• Ability to read the information in small, medium, and large print
• Ability to stand a minimum of 6 hours during the workday
• Ability to walk a minimum of 4 miles during the workday

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must have current vehicle liability insurance
• Must have a driving record with no major moving violations in the last three (3) years
• Must provide and maintain a personal vehicle for use during employee working hours

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-year experience working in replenishment or as Merchandiser
• 1-year experience working in grocery, retail, consumer goods, warehousing, or related field
• 1-year experience working in physically demanding fields such as construction, food service, landscaping, manufacturing, military, nursing, or related experience
• 1-year experience working with manual or powered pallet jacks
• Straddle stacker certification
• Powered pallet jack certification
• 1-year experience working under little or no supervision
• 1-year of college coursework in business, marketing, communication, or related area

Additional Information ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC applicants must submit to a background verification process prior to commencing employment with the company. Employment with ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC is contingent on a pre-employment background check which may include drug screening, driving records (including minor moving violations) and will be evaluated according to ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC guidelines to determine eligibility for this position. ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disable/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.