What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Store Delivery and Produce Merchandiser position at Melissa's Produce?
Company Description
Melissa's Produce, the brand under World Variety Produce, Inc., is a leading distributor of over 1,000 exotic and specialty produce items, including organic and ethnic offerings like Latin and Asian varieties, as well as a unique soy product line for health-conscious consumers. Certified by CCOF under USDA standards, Melissa’s ensures the highest quality in organic produce. The company is also committed to food safety, actively participating in the HACCP program overseen by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). Known nationwide, Melissa's specializes in providing innovative and diverse food solutions to meet evolving consumer demands.
Job description:
We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Direct Store Delivery and Merchandiser. You will be responsible for ensuring that our produce and products are well-stocked, visually appealing, and align with our high standards. You will play a key role in providing excellent customer service while maintaining inventory control and merchandising standards in the San Diego and OC areas.
Responsibilities:
- To increase customer sales, margins, and profits through effective merchandising.
- Weekly meetings with our corporate procurement staff to review products and programs.
- Provide solution-based options to increase sales and profitability.
- Build merchandising displays and concepts.
- Review inventory in the produce cooler, unload products, and display.
- Good analytical skills for each account by customer and category, weekly.
- Identify additional points of entry for products to increase overall sales and profitability.
- Analyze customer assortment, mix, ethnic diversity, and merchandising strategy.
- Give timely feedback to our business teams, defining growth opportunities.
- Communicate customer needs and business plans to our sales, marketing, and procurement teams.
- Share success stories and innovative ideas, offering assistance to other team members.
- Team player, flexible, and willing to play different roles within the team
- Collaborate with in-house teams, including Sales, Procurement, Marketing, and social media, to solve problems, share new ideas, and effectively deliver increased value to our customers.
- Manage customer service needs, including marketing requests, credits, rejections, and short-pay invoices.
*Produce merchandising required