INFRA INTERNAL TEAM ONLY Retail Specialist - North East Region
$65,000–$80,000 year
RemoteNew York, United States or New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Conduct ground-level visits to member stores in the North East region to support promotions, merchandising, and operational strategies. Lead planning, implementation, and tracking of planograms, store resets, and new store setups while training staff on best practices. Perform competitive and performance analysis using data-driven goals to identify participation obstacles and drive association-wide improvement. Collaborate with the INFRA team to develop new strategies, increase member engagement, and integrate feedback into future work plans. Requires 4+ years in retail merchandising with 65% travel; reports to Member Success Manager.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years' experience in creating and implementing broad-scale promotions and merchandising planning, multi-store buying and resets, or digital marketing and promotion program implementation
- Retail grocery and/or natural foods experience required
- Travel up to 65% is required for this position, usually weekly
- Home state location must be within the territory with preference given to candidates in Massachusetts or Connecticut due to business establishment and territory layout
- Home office must be located within 100 miles of a major airport
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience working with businesses in a consultative role or professional services partnership role strongly preferred
- Experience working with independently owned businesses strongly preferred
- Proven experience defining and applying merchandising best practices
- Skilled with a variety of technology platforms including Microsoft365, Sharepoint, CRMs, Project Management tools, planogram tools, or equivalents
- Proven leadership through influence. Ability to inspire others by communicating benefits/value propositions, leading by example, and utilizing a spirit of service approach
- Self-directed and comfortable prioritizing time
- Comfortable navigating multiple projects, complex logistics and relationships, tight deadlines, and high-pressure situations, all while producing results with exceptional attention to goal attainment, detail and accuracy
- Depth of communication expertise, active listening, determining root causes, incorporating feedback, giving presentations, and keeping everyone up to date
- Proactive, solution-oriented, iterative mindset with high value on continual improvement
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