Merchandiser at Smollan

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables:

Shelf health and effective administration

• Maintains store shelves by observing displays of company products
• Check quality continuously, respond to poor quality or damage
• Keep area clean, tidy and uncluttered including store room
• Observe and Maintain perfect store through maintaining inventory by restocking shelves with product from inventory; observing inventory levels; prompting supervisors to reorder when levels appear low; arranging for return for damaged products.
• Identify cross merchandising opportunities and ensure execution after approval
• Provides information by reporting growth, expansion, or closing of supermarkets in assigned territory.
• Timeously identify problems areas and communicate to relevant party for resolution
• Observe call cycle by reviewing priorities with supervisor; discussing special instructions, product promotions, new products, and price changes.
• Document data or Input data on Handheld Terminals (HHT) with integrity and observing data hygiene.
• Ensuring that the set sales targets are achieved.
• Daily collection sales orders from the outlets.
• Observe layout and themes according to the planograms.
• Maintain Minimum number of stores required.
• Helps field sales representatives with special promotions by setting-up displays at aisle ends; checking daily on special promotions; observing customer reaction to special promotions; forwarding observations to management through supervisors; removing promotions at end of special promotion period.

Customer/Client satisfaction

• Enhances merchandising and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Ensure professional appearance and conduct
• Ensure company uniform is clean and tidy
• Maintains customer relationships by visiting store, (modern trade outlets) & General Trade outlets and answering their questions; responding to special requests; describing product features.
• Knowledge of competitor Products and Positioning of our brands in the market

Effective teamwork and self-management

• Maintains quality results by following and enforcing standards.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs
• Responsible for own career pathing and initiative
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; as organized by learning and development officer.
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
• Grade D+ (D Plus) in Secondary Education
• 3months’ experience in Merchandising
• Valid motorbike/vehicle licence
• Own motorbike/vehicle