Hallmark Field Merchandiser (part-time) Westport, CT 06680

Hallmark Field Merchandiser (Part-Time)

As a Field Merchandiser, you'll have the opportunity to work independently to showcase your organization and time management skills, your ability to establish retailer relationships, while being the face of Hallmark. You will collaborate with local store teams to optimize product placement and maintain inventory levels as well as support fellow team members with seasonal resets and installations, when needed. On occasion you may have the opportunity to work with other products from other companies in the stores that you service.

Your starting hourly pay rate will be $18.00 to $20.00 depending on your skills and experience. We provide paid training, delivered through live, hands-on instruction as well as virtual classroom training. Hallmark part time employees are offered voluntary benefits that include medical, dental, vision etc. Eligible Employees receive annual pay increases. This is a Part-Time position with a variable schedule during the work week. Average weekly hours for this position are between 13-15 hours per week. Availability the week before and after major holidays, which may include weekends is required. Availability to support season changeovers, extended services, installations, and inventory support.

Your role and responsibilities will include performing service work in the Hallmark department of various retail stores such as grocery stores, drug stores, department stores, and mass retailers. The retail merchandiser position consists of three major components: day-to-day engagement, holiday support, department resets, and one team vision.

This is a physically demanding job that requires a high level of energy and a sense of urgency. You will be working on the selling floor as well as in back stockrooms. You must be able to consistently push, pull, lift, and carry cartons, merchandise, and display fixtures up to 30 pounds throughout the workday and up to 50 pounds on occasion. You will also be required to kneel, squat, walk, and stand throughout your workday, and you may be required to climb stairs and step ladders.

Basic qualifications include being at least 18 years of age, able to read, write and understand English, able to grasp, pull, lift, and carry products up to 30 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally, able to operate a digital hand-held device to open and read documents and interpret information, having access to a Wi-Fi network and the internet, and having access to consistent transportation to travel to and between assigned stores as scheduled.