MERCHANDISNG/DIV MERCHANDISER - RULER

Own end-to-end assortment, financials, and overall department strategy and use data to drive decisions.

Select appropriate assortment, set pricing, develop plans, and ads to promote strong sales.

Ensure execution of and establish store accountability for sales plans for the department through frequent and timely store visits; encourage valuable feedback from store, area, and district leadership that provide opportunities to increase sales and profits.

Balance time in stores and office to ensure Merchandising strategies and plans are written, delivered, and executed with excellence.

Address issues that hinder stores' ability to meet/exceed customers' expectations for ease of shopping, variety, freshness, cleanliness, pricing, regulatory and food safety.

Partner with Corporate to coordinate the Merchandising strategies and plans when appropriate, including the achievement of all budgeted goals for their department.

Coach and develop direct reports and stores teams to achieve and execute all goals and company strategies.

Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.MINIMUM


* Store management experience


* Excellent oral/written communication skills


* Strong attention to detail


* Proficient with industry-standard tools and software


* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills


* Strong organization and multi-tasking skills


* Ability to establish priorities, anticipate consumer trends, project and react to business issues


* Ability to manage and lead people

DESIRED


* Bachelor's Degree


* Experience as a corporate Grocery coordinator, background in category management or procurement



* Oversee product selection and sourcing, pricing, ad and promotional planning for respective department(s)


* Track and monitor SKU performance and adjust assortment as needed to meet financial and strategic goals


* Set base prices and use data to evaluate decisions


* Determine response to competitor price moves or cost change based on competition price checks


* Create and oversee promotional strategy to engage customers and drive excitement


* Review past ad performance and define promo strategies and goals


* Select products for promotion, leveraging data on shelf capacity, number of stores selling, display locations


* Set starting promotional prices and define guardrails for division promotions


* Oversee end-to-end product flow and provide direction for stores/replenishment when supply issues occur


* Oversee plan-o-gram process, including deadlines, placement, and flow, ensuring guidelines are met


* Own all financial lines for the department(s) to include sales, delivered gross, gross profit, and shrink


* Maintain budgets, forecasts, and plans; understand contribution to total enterprise and division goals by department at commodity level


* Locate, negotiate, and manage vendor relationships to suppor...