Merchandiser

Roles and Responsibilities:

• On a daily basis responsible for interacting with the customer to ensure:
• Minimum order quantity
• Displays/store planogram
• Responsible for interacting with customers in gathering stock status and ensuring share of shelf
• Thorough positive interaction and responsiveness to ensures customer satisfaction
• Checks validity of municipal approvals for promotions
• Reviews and updates planogram with the trade marketing team
• Work towards achieving the units short term monthly goals
• Provides leave coverage when required
• Gathers and analyze easily available stock data to ensure that merchandizing principles such as First in First Out are adhered to
• Gathers and analyze competitor price trends, new product introduction and recommends change/ price to next level management
• Analyses stock movement trends to provide reports on non-moving and slow-moving stocks
• When required mentor’s new merchandiser
• Identifies merchandising process improvement opportunities and provides information to next level in order to facilitate change or improvement
• Uses visual creativity in displays to ensure product off take