Retail Market Specialist

Acosta; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 20,457 - 29,136; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Training and certification

Reimbursement program for mileage

Job summary

Acosta is seeking a part-time Market Specialist in Lansing, MI. This role involves ensuring product availability and display standards at assigned stores, conducting store visits, and collaborating with store managers. Applicants must have a High School Diploma/GED and at least one year of retail experience. Flexible scheduling allows you to set your own workdays, with completion requirements between 6 AM and 6 PM. Competitive salary and potential growth opportunities are provided, along with vehicle reimbursement for travel between stores.

Qualifications

• One year of customer-facing retail experience required.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and stand/walk for long periods.
• Must have reliable transportation and be at least 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Conduct store visits to ensure products are available and properly displayed.
• Collaborate with store managers to resolve inventory discrepancies.
• Complete client-mandated audits and report work using mobile technology.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Technology proficiency (tablets, mobile devices)

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

General Information

Company: ACO-US
Location: LANSING, Michigan, 48910
Ref #: 126584
Pay Rate: $18.00
Experience/skills and/or location may influence position wage rate
Range Minimum: $18.00
Range Maximum: $18.00
Function: Merchandising
Employment Duration: Part-time

Retail Market Specialist

Job Title: Market Specialist - Grocery / Walmart

As a Dedicated Retail Market Specialist at Acosta, you’ll ensure products from one of the world’s largest CPG companies stand out at assigned stores by driving product availability and incremental sales. Your duties include conducting store visits, collaborating with store managers, utilizing technology for data collection and maintaining product display standards. Your efforts executing retail merchandising activities will connect customers with the brands they love for one of the largest companies in the world.

What Will You Do:

• Visit assigned stores to ensure our client’s products are available, properly displayed, and driving incremental sales.
• Collaborate with store managers to resolve inventory discrepancies and maintain product display standards.
• Sell pre-approved incremental products to build secondary displays and support promotional initiatives.
• Accurately complete client‑mandated audits and report work the same day using mobile technology.
• Stock, pack out, and merchandise products, routinely lifting up to 40 pounds, ensuring shoppers can easily find what they need.
• Receive marketing and promotional materials at home and deliver them to stores, installing materials according to instructions.
• Pre‑sell and build displays to showcase client products as needed.
• Take photos of completed work to demonstrate success and represent Acosta and our client professionally.
• Partner with store management and associates, collaborating with your direct manager via email, phone, and text to ensure store goals are met.
• Provide specialized "white glove" retail coverage in retail locations within a 75‑mile radius from your home address.
• Help train and develop new (RCM’s) Retail Coverage Merchandisers to work in their assigned zone within the market.

What’s In It for You:

• Flexible scheduling, allowing you to set your own workdays Monday through Friday with hours between 6 AM and 6 PM. Starting each day by 8 AM.
• Merchandise brands you know and love across multiple categories.
• Variety in daily tasks and independence in your day‑to‑day work.
• Training and certification provided by retail experts.
• Reimbursement program for mileage driven between stores.
• Competitive salary and opportunity to grow within Acosta.

If You Meet These Qualifications, We’d Love to Meet You:

• High School Diploma/GED is required. One year of customer‑facing retail experience required.
• Strong desire to train and develop new retail employees.
• Strong attention to detail, quality commitment, customer service, and communication skills.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and stand/walk for long periods.
• Comfortable using technology such as tablets or mobile devices for data collection, reporting, and Microsoft platforms (Teams, Excel, Outlook).
• Must have reliable transportation and be at least 18 years of age.

Equal Opportunity Employer (Disabled, Veteran)
Under applicable requirements, such as the San Francisco FCO and the Los Angeles FCHIO, we consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records or criminal histories.
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• Acosta Group, in good faith, believes that any posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta Group may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.