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**Merchandiser Part-time (various Bay Area territories)**
**About the Role**
Clover Sonoma is looking for part-time Merchandisers for several Bay Area territories (North Bay, Sacramento, San Francisco, East Bay, San Jose). You will be responsible for product merchandising and ordering products within Grocery, Mass & Specialty retailers in an assigned territory. This includes stocking coolers, rotating product, setting up displays, and moving products from storage to the cooler and display cases. You will build strong relationships with management at the various store locations.
This position is labor intensive, requiring lifting, loading, pushing and pulling cases weighing from 40-50 pounds per case repeatedly over 4-6 hour daily work period, as well as bending, reaching and squatting while merchandising and moving products.
**Responsibilities**
* Merchandise store shelving, coolers and displays with products in assigned accounts
* Build customer relationships at the store level
* Rotate products in the backroom and on the shelf
* Manage inventory between backroom coolers and coolers on the floor
* Utilize iPad to place orders for accounts
* Conduct pricing reports and deliver information back to the team
* Conduct weekly recaps of territory including success stories and any store issues
* Utilize ordering system to understand and analyze store movement to place correct order quantities in store
* Process credit request for unsaleable product in store and notify driver to pick up old product from store
* Transport products to and from backroom to shelf location. Use equipment to transport products (e.g., hand trucks, pallet jacks, etc.)
* Display promotional material such as signs and banners in accounts
* Comply with store and Clover operating procedures
* Provide excellent customer service (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)
* High school diploma or equivalent required, Bachelors degree a plus
* Ability to work under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
* Excellent time management and organizational skills
* Proficient with Microsoft Office
* Regular, reliable, predictable attendance
* Customer service experience (handling customer complaints, responding to customer requests, or meeting customer needs) strongly preferred
* Prior experience working for a retail business or grocery store preferred
* Merchandising or backroom/stock experience preferred
* Must be 21 years or older
**Physical Requirements**
* Work involves heavy lifting, loading, pushing and pulling cases weighing 40-50 pounds per case repeatedly over a 4-6 hour work period.
* Bending, reaching, kneeling and squatting while merchandising and moving products
* Occasional weekend hours may be required
*We value Clover Sonomas company culture and values and an ideal candidate would: Have an overwhelmingly positive attitude; Value and listen to other team members; Possess the aptitude for creative problem solving and critical thinking; and Have the courage to do the right thing even when difficult or unpopular.*
**About Clover Sonoma**
Third-generation family owned and operated, Clover Sonoma is recognized as a leader at the forefront of the dairy industry. The Petaluma-based company in Northern Californias beautiful Sonoma County was the first dairy in the United States to become American Humane Certified, and hold its partnership of family-owned dairy farms to a higher standard by developing its own unique Clover Promise of Excellence. Clover Sonoma is proud to bring conscious dairy products direct from its farms to consumers. As a Certified B Corporation, the company uses its business as a force for good, and its passionate support of animal welfare, sustainable business practices, and local community have always been hallmarks of the business. Each year the company gives back at least five percent of its profits to support these passions under its Clover Cares program. For more information, please visit www.cloversonoma.com and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
*Clover Sonoma is a proud equal opportunity employer. We value and embrace diversity for the benefit of our employees, our consumers, our products, our community and the planet. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, age, religion, marital status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.*
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