Retail Merchandising Specialist - 175878

Job Description

Job Description

Retail Merchandising Specialist

Retail Merchandising Specialist Location: Woonsocket, RI
Retail Merchandising Specialist Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Work Arrangement: Hybrid — 2–3 days onsite per week
Job Type: Full-Time Contract
Contract Length: 6 months, with possible extension
Pay: $36.10/hour

Retail Merchandising Specialist – Associate Category Designer

Are you an experienced Retail Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Retail Merchandising Specialist, or Merchandising Coordinator looking to take your retail experience into a corporate merchandising environment?

We are seeking a Retail Merchandising Specialist to support our Category Management and merchandising teams in developing and executing retail merchandising plans.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with hands-on experience managing a retail store, merchandising products, planning displays, optimizing product placement, or executing store layouts.

Direct planogram experience is preferred, but NOT required. Candidates with strong retail merchandising experience can be trained on the planogram process.

What You'll Do

• Partner with Category Management and Category Designers to develop and execute retail merchandising plans.
• Assist with creating and maintaining planograms, planogram versions, and merchandising communications.
• Merchandise products creatively and identify opportunities to maximize sales.
• Help develop product displays and merchandising solutions designed to influence shopper behavior.
• Prepare merchandising and planogram sections for review.
• Review, proofread, and quality-check store communication materials.
• Ensure store-facing merchandising instructions are accurate, clear, and easy to follow.
• Coordinate planogram updates, new-item notices, and discontinued-item communications.
• Capture product images and dimensions for merchandising communications.
• Check in new product samples.
• Interpret merchandising plans and translate them into clear, actionable instructions for store teams.
• Collaborate with Merchandising, Store Operations, and Marketing teams.
• Maintain accurate version control and ensure stores receive the correct merchandising materials.
• Use Adobe tools to review and annotate communication materials.
• Track projects, deadlines, and merchandising activities using Microsoft Office tools.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in retail management, retail merchandising, merchandise displays, or a related area .

Strong candidates may include:

• Retail Store Managers
• Assistant Store Managers
• Retail Merchandising Specialists
• Merchandising Coordinators
• Department Managers
• Visual Merchandising professionals with strong retail operations experience
• Grocery Store Managers or Assistant Managers
• Pharmacy Retail Managers
• Large-format retail managers
• Candidates with experience at retailers such as Target, Walmart, CVS, grocery chains, or similar organizations

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in retail management, retail merchandising, merchandise display, coordination, marketing operations, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of retail operations and merchandising.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, SharePoint, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Adobe Acrobat experience required.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes and systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Planogram experience.
• Space-management software experience.
• Experience creating or executing retail planograms.
• Adobe Illustrator or InDesign experience.
• Experience with product displays, store layouts, or visual merchandising.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Management, Business, or a related field.

Planogram Experience Is NOT Required

If you have managed a retail store and have significant experience with merchandising, product placement, displays, store layouts, inventory presentation, or driving sales through merchandising , we encourage you to apply.

You do not need to have previously held the title "Category Designer."

Why This Role?

This position allows an experienced retail professional to leverage their knowledge of customers, products, store operations, merchandising, and sales in a corporate merchandising environment.

You will work alongside Category Designers and Category Management professionals to develop merchandising solutions that help stores execute product changes accurately and effectively.

Schedule & Contract

• Monday–Friday
• 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
• Hybrid schedule
• Onsite 2–3 days per week in Woonsocket, RI
• 6-month contract
• Possible extension
• $36.10/hour
• Full-time position
• Two interview rounds, approximately 30 minutes each

If you have retail management or merchandising experience and are interested in moving into a corporate merchandising role, apply today.