Sales Assistant/Merchandiser, San Antonio Texas

Serendipity Wines LLC; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Serendipity Wines LLC in San Antonio is seeking a Sales Assistant and Merchandiser to serve as the link between wholesalers, buyers, and the sales floor, ensuring the right stock is on display to maximize sales.

You will collaborate with buying and store operations, monitor stock, rotate displays, and assist customers with product availability and paperwork as needed. This is a hybrid, hourly role with commissions based on experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1–2 years’ merchandising or retail experience.
• Must possess a dependable vehicle and valid driver's license.
• Must be 21 years of age and have a working cellular phone.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and grow stores within designated route.
• Collaborate with customers to create attractive sales floor displays and ensure prominent product display.
• Serve as liaison between customers and company to address issues and resolve problems.
• Assist customers in organizing back stock for easier product access.
• Fill and rotate all product in the cold boxes.
• Learn product knowledge to hand-sell effectively.
• Provide sales support by overseeing shelf space and communicating with sales reps about buyer preferences and stock concerns.
• Stay aware of market conditions and identify opportunities to increase coverage in accounts.
• This is an hourly position + commissions based on industry experience.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal communication

Dependable transportation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

This is a hybrid position for a Sales Assistant and Merchandiser within the San Antonio market. Retail Sales Assistants are the link between wholesalers, buyers, and the sales floor, ensuring the right stock is in the right place at the right time to maximize sales and margin performance. They ensure that the correct mix of products are stocked and displayed, to achieve greater sales and maximize exposure. They liaise closely with buying and store operations teams to make sure the stock is properly monitored and available, monitoring slow sellers and providing ideas for a solution, and increasing the stock of those products that are proving popular. The successful Sales Assistant will also offer customer service to our retail store owners by answering questions, tracking down lost orders, getting customers the products they need and resolving potential paperwork issues. There are paths for progression with the company for the best performers.

Sales Assistant Responsibilities

• Maintain and grow stores within designated route.
• Collaborate with customers to create attractive sales floor displays and make sure that our product is prominently displayed.
• Act as the liaison between customers and the company by addressing customer issues and solving customer problems.
• Assist customers in creating organized back stock that allows for easier product accessibility.
• Fill and rotate all product in the cold boxes.
• Obtain knowledge on the products to hand sell while in the account.
• Perform sales support functions to include the oversight of the shelf space, consistent communication with sales representatives regarding changes in buyer preferences and or out-of-stock inventory concerns/situations encountered during business hours.
• Stay knowledgeable of business/market conditions, recognize new opportunities within each account and support the sales representative's visibility and market saturation in the account.

This is an hourly position + commissions based on industry experience.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED required (associate degree preferred)
• 1-2 years’ experience in merchandising or retail
• Possess a dependable vehicle
• Valid driver's license, an acceptable driving record, proof of state car registration and insurance.
• Lift and carry a 45+ pound case of product on a repetitive basis.
• Must be 21 years of age.
• Must obtain/have a working cellular phone.
• Strong customer service skills required.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills