Retail Execution Specialist - Grand Rapids, MI

The Coca-Cola Company; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 58,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company is hiring a Retail Execution Specialist in Grand Rapids, MI. You will amplify the execution of Advanced Hydration brands in-store, focusing on merchandising and upselling, acting as a brand ambassador across a large territory.

Responsibilities include installing displays, driving sales programs, and partnering with field teams to maintain stock and planograms. A Bachelor's degree or relevant experience is preferred, with 0-2 years in related roles encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience preferred.
• 0-2 years’ experience in sales, merchandising, marketing, or customer service encouraged to apply.
• Must be located in Grand Rapids, MI or willing to relocate at your own expense.
• Strong selling skill set and ability to influence store/ownership personnel through data selling, problem solving, and creative thinking.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently within a large territory and multitask across many stores.
• Must have a personal vehicle, a valid driver’s license, and willingness to drive throughout the territory; MVRs must meet policy standards.

Responsibilities

• Sales Growth and Merchandising: identify opportunities to grow base business, increase sales, optimize display space, and maintain excellent service.
• Creative Display Management: install and maintain displays aligned with branding initiatives.
• Brand Ambassadorship: interact with store personnel and consumers to share product knowledge and insights.
• Program Execution: execute sales programs and promotions, ensure customer compliance, maximize brand potential.
• Collaboration: work with Coca‑Cola Merchandisers and Field team to meet merchandising plans and minimize stockouts.
• Customer Insights: gather needs and issues to inform internal teams for improvement.
• Territory Account Maintenance: manage date codes, planograms, decals, and POS materials across accounts.
• Technology Utilization: use company tech for real-time reporting and insights.

Skills

Sales

Merchandising

Customer service

Communication

Time management

Influence

Driving

Education

Bachelor's degree or relevant experience

Job description

## Retail Execution Specialist - Grand Rapids, MIApply: US - MI - Grand Rapids - Remote: Full time: Posted Today: R-147904**Job Description Summary:****Join Team our team for an Exciting Career with Advanced Hydration!**If you’re interested in starting a career where sales, insights, sports and creativity intersect—you’ve come to the right place.Our Advanced Hydration Team is looking for a Retail Execution Specialist (RES) to join our team. Advanced Hydration seeks energetic, passionate, and positive individuals who want to join the biggest underdog fight in the history of consumer-packaged goods. Our Retail Execution Team will bring our OBSESSION with becoming #1 in Advanced Hydration to life in-store.As a Retail Execution Specialist (RES), you will be the ultimate ambassador for our Advanced Hydration Brands. You'll be responsible for amplifying the execution of our fan and athlete-loved brands on shelves and displays in-store, focusing on execution, merchandising, and upselling. Your role is crucial in driving sales growth and maximizing the presence of our brands within your assigned territory.**RESPONSIBILITIES:*** **Sales Growth and Merchandising**: Identify and capitalize on opportunities to grow the base business, increase sales, optimize display space, and improve productivity while maintaining excellent customer service.* **Creative Display Management**: Assist with the installation and maintenance of creative displays aligned with branding initiatives, creating disruption points throughout the store to engage consumers with our brands.* **Brand Ambassadorship**: Actively interact with store personnel and consumers to provide in-depth product knowledge and insights, ensuring a positive brand experience.* **Program Execution**: Efficiently execute all sales programs and initiatives, including selling-in promotional programs, ensuring customer compliance, and achieving maximum brand potential.* **Collaboration**: Partner with Coca-Cola Merchandisers and the Advanced Hydration Field team to execute sales and merchandising plans effectively, maintain product inventory levels, minimize out-of-stocks, and uphold company merchandising standards.* **Customer Insights**: Gather and report customer needs, problems, interests, and competitive activities, providing valuable input to internal teams for continuous improvement and increased customer goodwill.* **Territory Account Maintenance**: Handle tasks such as checking date codes, managing account adherence to plan-o-grams, replacing decals or tags, and transporting, building, and maintaining point-of-sale advertising and coupons for territory accounts as needed.* **Technology Utilization**: Utilize company-provided technology for real-time daily reporting, analyze reports, and leverage insights to drive success in-store.**REQUIREMENTS:*** Bachelor's degree or relevant experience preferred* Entry-level applicants with a willingness to learn will be considered; candidates with 0-2 years’ experience in sales, merchandising, marketing, or customer service are encouraged to apply* Must be located in Grand Rapids, MI or willing to relocate at your own expense* Strong selling skill set and ability to influence store/ownership personnel through fact-based data selling, problem solving, and creative thinking* Self-motivated with the ability to work independently within a large territory and multitask across a large number of stores* Strong interpersonal and time-management skills; ability to effectively communicate successes, challenges, and opportunities, verbally and in writing, cross-functionally and through all levels of management* Entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm for our brands and their purpose* Must be able to lift upwards of 25-50 lbs with frequent bending, reaching, and kneeling to support product display building and events* Occasional off-hours/weekend work, as needed* Must have a personal vehicle, maintain an excellent driving record, and hold a valid driver’s license for use during work hours; willingness to drive throughout the territory is essential, including the ability to drive long distances as needed* Motor Vehicle Records must satisfy company standards per Driving PolicyThe Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.**Skills:****Pay Range:**United States: 57,800 - 69,400 USD*Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.***Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:**7.5*Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.***Location(s):**United States of America**City/Cities:**Atlanta**Travel Required:**76% - 100%**Relocation Provided:**No**Job Posting End Date:**October 30, 2026**Our Purpose and Growth Culture:**We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.