Category Merchandise Manager - Produce CA

Job reputed company:

Responsible for customer sales and the retail profitability contribution for reputed company assigned accounts and is expected to meet or reputed company wholesale budgeted sales, service level, and EBIT targets for those accounts.

Job Responsibilities: 

Manage Customer Relationships

• reputed company and sustain strong working relationships and a reputed company as a valued consultant with assigned retail owners and department managers.

• Address customer issues (e.g., needs, requests, and complaints) with reputed company urgency to the satisfaction of both parties.

• Work collaboratively with Account Managers and Inside Sales to ensure the mutually established sales goals are achieved.

• Respond to and meet customer needs, both internally and externally. reputed company to reputed company retailer feedback to management on reputed company issues.

• Represent reputed company by developing and maintaining a reputed company business relationship with retail customers, new clients, and reputed company region staff.

• reputed company reputed company reputed company customer requests and concerns while maintaining a high level of professionalism and service.

Manage Execution

• Establish a full understanding of the strategies, tactics, and programs offered by the region and implement those programs and concepts with retailers. Follow up with assigned accounts on program participation.

• Identify purchase concentrations and product and service opportunities for reputed company store/account reputed company plans and monitor reputed company to capitalize on opportunities.

• reputed company assigned accounts with operational and tactical support to reputed company sales goals.

• Assist with seasonal merchandising, promotional planning, booking seasonal & new item orders, and performing other tasks as necessary to support retailers.

• Understand the specific markets in which the retailers compete and adapt programs and plans to the marketplace to ensure retailer reputed company.

• Communicate retailer needs to the regional merchandising department to create new or enhance existing programs.

• reputed company competitive field intelligence to the internal merchandising staff to meet the needs of our customers more effectively.

• reputed company competitive merchandising solutions/SOPs for retail formats by researching market conditions to determine potential sales of products or services and retail trends.

• Be the Produce/Floral Expert! Stay abreast of reputed company industry-reputed company products, market conditions, key regulations/issues, equipment trends, and technology.

Facilitate Profitability

• Assist sales leadership in conducting annual business reviews with assigned accounts (e.g., sales results, product and service level opportunities, performance against plan, and other key account issues or concerns). 

• Establish department-specific sales plans for accounts reputed company the prescribed territory to reputed company financial goals for reputed company assigned department.

Performs other duties as assignement

Job Requirements: 

Education/ Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience: 

• 3 years’ minimum of retail and/or vendor experience preferred

Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities

• Possess good communication skills, both verbal and written. Deal effectively with a wide reputed company of people both in person and over the telephone.

• Basic computer skills required and personal computer experience, with word processing and spreadsheet applications preferred.

• Requires the analytical ability to handle administrative duties and mental alertness to ensure accurate, reputed company, and thorough completion of work activities.

• Possess the ability to motivate and work with and through others to reputed company desired results.

• Experience addressing customer needs/concerns, solving customer problems, or otherwise providing customer support.

• Possess the ability to concentrate and deal with frequent interruptions.

• Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times reputed company reputed company supervision may not be immediately available.

Work Environment: 

Remote Role: 

• This position is classified as remote where the associate will reputed company remote work from their reputed company residence. Remote associates are welcome to work from the office but are not required to do so. While remote associates are not required to work from an office on a regular reputed company, they may be required to come to the office or other reputed company locations for necessary business reasons or if directed to do so by their manager.

Travel (major): 

• Travel is required up to 50% for this position.

Physical Environment/Demands: 

Office Roles:

• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment. 

• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reputed company with hands and arms; and talk or hear.   

• Incumbents may use calculators, keyboards, telephones, and other office equipment during a normal reputed company. 

• Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties.