Job Description
Job Description
JOB STATEMENT:
The Merchandising Supervisor is responsible for all assigned team members and chain accounts. Primary responsibility includes promoting CWOC brands through leading and training a team that builds business through selling in wine displays, wine placements and performs merchandising duties.
Essential Duties:
- Motivate and train team members on a daily basis to CWOC standards
- Work with assigned Merchandisers on a weekly basis
- Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate department staff
- Implement merchandising plans to increase sales on priority items
- Educate retailers on brands and maintain a good rapport with them
- Review assigned Merchandisers reports and make sure they are current and correct
- Implement ongoing goal execution for all team member
- Conduct regular sales meetings to educate and train team members
- Work independently of assigned Merchandisers to improve sales in key accounts
- Call on priority accounts in open territories
- Be aware of competitive activity that can adversely affect our sales efforts and devise a strategy to overcome it
- Keep assigned team members advised of sales trends, promotions, special pricing, etc
- Advise senior management of all problems and opportunities and recommend solutions
- Understanding and ability to improve and to grow sales in all areas of the business
- Provide timely and accurate reports to management
- Return phone calls, text messages and emails in a timely manner
- Maintain a professional appearance at all times
- Travel out of town with overnight stays to work with team members and perform resets
- Able to work wine tasting, industry events, etc. (evenings and weekends if needed)
- Ability to stay current with company brands, programs, initiatives, policies, and procedures
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Supervisory Techniques
- Selling and negotiation skills
- Interact with and effectively supervise different people
- Make sound decisions regarding sales and personnel
- Work independently and effectively in assigned area
- PC literate with solid knowledge in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Organization skills
- Interact with internal and external contacts with professionalism and courtesy
- Work with minimal supervision
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Sit for an extensive period of time
- Lift up to 45lbs.
- Perform data entry tasks using standard computer equipment
- Use hands to grasp, feel, move, reach or assemble
- Expressing ideas/instructions through spoken words (accurately, loudly)
- Required to successfully pass a background and drug test
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Limited noise level
- Indoor climate
- Outdoor climate / traveling to accounts
PERSONAL AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
- Dependable transportation with car insurance to company standards
- Use of a safety cutter to cut card board boxes
- Use of safety equipment when in production facility