Sales Merchandiser - Markham

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director, National Field Sales, the Sales Merchandiser will develop and grow existing business, prospect new in store opportunities for the assigned customer base. They will also provide executional support to the Independent Team with duties such as merchandising, display building and other ROS driving activities.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage a weekly schedule to ensure full assigned territory coverage and support for Metro/Food Basics and ensure objectives are efficiently achieved;
• Install point of sale material (POS) to support promotions or product launches, ensuring product and promotional/POs materials are visible and accessible;
• Support the Regional Sales team to reach established sales targets by ensuring execution requirements negotiated by the Sales Representative or Key Account teams are applied at store level;
• Attain more space allotment and product visibility/accessibility by persuading customers with sales or execution comparisons based on knowledge of other regional stores, informing customers of "best practices", and various other techniques;
• Establish business relationships with customers and regularly follow up to ensure on-going satisfaction with products and services;
• Participate in Team meetings and share customer feedback, potential business opportunities and detailed local market intelligence with Sales Team, as required;
• Remain apprised of industry trends and changes to the competitive environment. Communicate with key resources in stores and perform other duties as required;
• Audit and enforce distribution, visibility, promotion, and pricing activity with relevant banners;
• Assist stores to secure impactful product merchandising and proper stock rotation;
• Support Independent Specialists with display building, merchandising, cheque collection and demo support;
• Manage a base of direct sale customers to drive increased rate of sale and minimize store level credits;
• Complete required activity tracking reports for Regional Director and supported Sales Representative;
• Participate in sales meetings to obtain information on sales objectives, promotional actions, new products, field problems, etc.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year customer service experience in a Retail sales environment;
• College or University degree is desirable;
• Valid driver's license and vehicle.

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