Merchandiser

Tropicana Brands Group; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Tropicana Brands Group in Abilene, TX is seeking a labor-intensive Merchandiser to stock and rotate PepsiCo's complete portfolio in large-volume stores. You will set up displays, stock coolers, move products from backroom to sales floor, and maintain neat backroom areas.

The role requires lifting 20–45 lb cases, standing long shifts, and using hand trucks and pallet jacks. You’ll build relationships with store personnel, follow procedures, input orders on handheld devices, and ensure reliable

Qualifications

• 18 years or older and able to pass physical capability test.
• Must have own car/transportation for multi-store coverage within shift.
• Valid U.S. driver's license and proof of insurance.

Responsibilities

• Merchandise shelves, coolers and displays with products in assigned accounts.
• Rotate products in backroom and on shelf; transport between backroom and sales floor.
• Use equipment such as hand trucks, pallet jacks and U Boats.
• Display promotional materials (signs/banners) in accounts.
• Keep back room stock neat and orderly; manage inventory flow.
• Communicate issues to store managers and Pepsi management.
• Build customer relationships at store level; provide customer service.
• Follow operating procedures and designated routes; ensure reliable attendance.
• Input orders using handheld devices.

Skills

Merchandising

Stocking shelves

Display setup

Customer service

Equipment operation

Multi-store travel

Tools

Handheld devices

U Boats/hand truck

Pallet jack

Job description

*Add: Start Times 12am-2am

Position is responsible for product merchandising PepsiCo's complete portfolio within large volume stores (Grocery, etc.). This includes stocking shelves, rotating shelved product, setting up displays, stocking and rotating products in coolers, organizing and rotating products in storage rooms, and moving products from storage to the sales floor. This position interacts with personnel at the store location.

This position is labor intensive, requiring lifting, loading, pushing and pulling cases weighing from 20-45 pounds per case repeatedly over 10-12 hour work period, as well as bending, reaching and squatting while merchandising and moving products.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Merchandise store shelving, coolers and displays with products in assigned accounts
• Rotate products in the backroom and on the shelf
• Transport products to and from backroom to shelf location
• Use equipment to transport products (e.g., U Boats, hand trucks, pallet jacks, etc.)
• Display promotional material such as signs and banners in accounts
• Keep back room stock in neat and orderly condition
• Communicate store issues to store managers and Pepsi management
• Build customer relationships at the store level
• Comply with operating procedures (e.g., scan-in/scan-out, following designated route, etc.)
• Service accounts during designated times established by management
• Deliver customer service (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)
• Ability to operate under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
• Use hand held devices to write/input orders
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance

Job Requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 18 years or older
• Pass the physical capabilities test (if applicable)
• Must have car or personal transportation to access multi-store locations within assigned shift
• Valid U.S. driver's license
• Proof of insurance

HELPFUL EXPERIENCE:

• Working for a retail business or grocery store (e.g., understanding store operations, knowing the backroom and inventory, stocking aisles and shelves, etc.)
• Moving products within a store (e.g., safely stacking and moving products on equipment such as a u-boat, hand truck/dolly and/or breakdown, etc.)
• Merchandising products (e.g., filling shelves, building displays, making products look attractive, rotating products, cleaning shelves, eliminating out of stocks and out of date products, etc.)
• Managing backroom/stock room inventory (e.g., organizing pallets, stacking and storing inventory or products, etc.)
• Serving customers (handling customer complaints, responding to customer requests, or meeting customer needs)

For positions that require use of a personal vehicle for a sales route, mileage reimbursement is provided.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity