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Merchandising Manager
Continental. Lead execution of approved merchandising programs, assortment changes, seasonal initiatives, promotional activations, and remerchandising projects across assigned vending and micro-market locations .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in merchandising execution, inventory management, and route optimization, with a strong focus on data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement. Proven ability to lead teams, drive operational excellence, and enhance customer experience through effective merchandising strategies.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Merchandising ExecutionInventory ManagementRoute OptimizationData AnalysisTeam Leadership
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Hard Skills
Merchandising PrinciplesReplenishment ProcessesPlanogram ExecutionAnalytical SkillsPerformance Data InterpretationMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeOperational JudgmentKPI TrackingSpoilage Control
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsCoachingCollaborationAttention to DetailProblem-Solving
Industry Keywords
Retail ManagementSupply ChainFood ServiceConvenience RetailVendingMicro-MarketsOperational ExcellenceCustomer ExperienceSales PerformanceMarket Expansions
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead execution of approved merchandising programs, assortment changes, seasonal initiatives, promotional activations, and remerchandising projects across assigned vending and micro-market locations
- Ensure regional compliance with merchandising standards, planograms, and operational merchandising processes
- Monitor merchandising performance and identify opportunities to improve sales, product availability, inventory productivity, customer experience, and spoilage control
- Lead replenishment management and review inventory performance, product velocity, sales trends, stockout risks, and spoilage trends
- Oversee route scheduling and recommend adjustments to route composition, service schedules, replenishment parameters, and merchandising settings
- Ensure implementation and maintenance of approved planograms, assortments, merchandising layouts, and space allocation standards
- Oversee merchandising resets, product transitions, assortment updates, seasonal changes, and new business installations
- Maintain accurate merchandising system data, replenishment parameters, service frequencies, asset information, and merchandising attributes
- Monitor operational requests and resolve issues affecting merchandising execution
- Partner with Operations, Technology, Merchandising, Category Management, Marketing, Sales, and other cross-functional teams
- Support new business openings, market expansions, client transitions, grand openings, and major merchandising initiatives
- Lead, coach, develop, recruit, onboard, train, and retain Merchandising Specialists
- Establish priorities, workload allocation, and project assignments
- Monitor team KPIs and provide coaching, feedback, and development planning
- Drive continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, responsiveness, and operational excellence
- Track KPIs including gross profit margin, stockouts, sales performance, units per visit, spoilage, reset completion, planogram compliance, route efficiency, and missed service
Requirements
What you’ll need- Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Retail Management, Analytics, or a related field (preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in merchandising, replenishment, inventory management, route operations, retail operations, food service, convenience retail, vending, micro-markets, or a related field
- Prior leadership, supervisory, or team leadership experience
- Strong understanding of merchandising principles, replenishment processes, inventory management, route optimization, and planogram execution
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret performance data and identify actionable opportunities
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments
- Execution-oriented and results driven
- Strong operational judgment and understanding of field execution
- Data-informed and analytical decision-making
- Collaborative and responsive partnership-building
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Effective coaching and people leadership
- Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence
Benefits
Comp & perks- Health Coverage – Medical, Dental and Vision
- Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Critical Illness
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Programs
- Referral bonus
- Additional Perks