Stocker Merchandiser SPRINGFIELD (Primary), JACKSONVILLE

Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks dedicated Merchandisers to join their team. In this dynamic role, you will stock and maintain Coca-Cola beverage products across retail accounts, ensuring that displays are attractive and well-stocked for customers. Your responsibilities will include managing inventory, communicating effectively with store personnel, and ensuring product quality through proper rotation. This position offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with opportunities for growth and development within the company. If you are passionate about customer service and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years old and have a valid driver's license.
• Prior experience in grocery, retail, or manual labor is required.

Responsibilities

• Stock and replenish Coca-Cola products in retail locations.
• Build and maintain product displays while adhering to company standards.

Skills

Customer communication

Inventory management

Basic computer skills

Flexibility with work hours

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Pallet jacks

High loader lifts

Smartphone

Laptop

Job description

Join the team at Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company!

Job Summary

Merchandisers stock Coca-Cola beverage products in retail accounts. Merchandisers ensure that all beverage sections, end caps, racks, and displays are filled for consumers to purchase our products. Merchandisers monitor product date codes and rotate our products to ensure the best quality and freshness.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain and replenish products in store shelves, racks, displays, and coolers by transporting product between backroom/storage room to the sales floor with a manual or powered equipment while ensuring product deliveries are fully worked.
• Build, change, or remove product displays while adhering to company standards; maintaining product signage; cleaning product space and securing damaged or defective product.
• Manage backroom by organizing our products, identifying, monitoring, and reporting inventory levels in partnership with the account manager of the store. Utilizing FIFO training to ensure timely sales of product.
• Evaluate and process damaged product; re-packing product; organizing backroom materials (i.e., pallets, product shells etc.) and weekly rotation of front-stock and back-stock; completing any required paperwork.
• Communicate and collaborate as needed upon completion of each account and at the end of the shift. Communicate through Teams app recap pictures for accounts immediately after servicing account. Communication may include posting recaps and pictures, connecting with sales on out of stock, customer concerns, and checking in/out with store manager/personnel.
• Maintain professional relationships with co-workers and customers.

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred and minimum of one year of work experience required.
• Minimum of one year of work experience in grocery, retail, warehouse, manual labor or related field is required.
• Must be 18 years of age and legally eligible to work.
• Must have a personal vehicle for use during working hours.
• Valid Driver's License, current vehicle liability insurance, driving record within policy guidelines including no major violations within the last three years.
• Prior experience using equipment such as pallet jacks and high loader lifts preferred. Ability to obtain powered industrial truck certification upon hire is required.
• Basic computer application and technology skills; knowledge of how to operate a smart phone and/or laptop.
• Flexibility with work hours; able to work evenings, weekends, and some holidays due to customer demand.

Physical Requirements

• Speaking: Constantly (investigates, negotiates, recommends, reports, etc.)
• Acute Vision: Constantly (observing both near and far, reading documents)
• Typing: Frequently using electronic devices for day-to-day business (email, reports, texting)
• Mobility: Frequent travel throughout customer locations (Walking in backrooms, aisles, greeting customers)
• Bending/Squatting: Frequently (looking in racks at all levels, ordering product, counting cases, checking dates)
• Lifting: Frequent- Lift 40 lbs. or less (full cases of product)
• Pushing/pulling: Frequent use of manual carts
• Driving: Frequent travel between customer locations

About Heartland Coca-Cola

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company produces, sells, and distributes the highest quality and best tasting Coca-Cola and Monster Beverages across the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our brand offerings provide multiple beverage options in non-alcoholic categories including sparkling soft drinks, water, ingredient enhanced, isotonics, tea, energy, juice, coffee, and nutrition. We value our people, customers, and community which drives our passion to work and win together as a team.

Benefits and Other Information

We offer a competitive benefits package to our full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, wellness programs, and tuition reimbursement. This role may be eligible to participate in an incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program.

Pre-employment background check is required.

Heartland Coca-Cola is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and any other class protected by law. Veteran friendly.

Requisition ID: 213771
Company: Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC

Disability Accommodation for Applicants

Heartland Coca-Cola is committed to providing individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations in its job application and hiring process. If you have difficulty using our on-line application system because of a disability, you may contact us at the following email address and phone number: [e-mail] or [phone].

This email address is reserved for individuals who require an accommodation due to a disability only. The Heartland Coca-Cola representative who monitors this email account will not have access to existing profiles in the system and will be unable to provide any application status updates.