National Merchandising Manager
Company: Red Bull Distribution Company
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: May 10, 2022
Job Description:
The National Merchandising Manager is responsible for leading
and executing national strategy and consistency for Red Bull
Distribution Company's (RBDC) merchandising program. This person
will develop a sales merchandising force and is responsible for
further developing, implementing and executing the strategic plans
while coordinating the region's sales merchandising effort in order
to ensure retail customer's needs. This position will be
responsible for developing and implementing merchandising best
practices, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and will be accountable
for creating process to ensure Red Bull initiatives are executed.
In addition, this role will look ahead to the role sales
merchandising will play in our route to
market.RESPONSIBILITIESAreas that play to your strengthsAll the
responsibilities we'll trust you with:
- *STRATEGIC MERCHANDISING PLANNINGAnalyze and recommend
merchandising structure and headcount planning to create an ongoing
model that will support proper headcount planning.Conduct Time and
Motion studies to establish proper merchandising techniques and
timing. Utilize these processes to determine proper store level
service timing and frequencies.Create and define Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) for Merchandising Managers and District Sales
Managers that manage merchandisers to drive executional
excellence.Analyze and develop merchandising plans that increase
execution and implementation with the field management
teams.Manages cross-functional relationships with other key
departments to ensure that overall merchandising
initiatives/programs are communicated, implemented, and results are
shared in a timely manner.*EXECUTIONAL EXCELLENCEReport regularly
on Monthly Performance Review (MPR) and Quarterly Business Review
(QBR) needs, and other ad hoc reporting to the Director, Sales &
Distribution.Responsible for executing innovative merchandising
programs and continually defining high quality merchandising
standards and "best practices."Manage Merchandising communication
and coordination between all levels of the organization.Ensure the
company's high standards are met for shelf presentation, on shelf
availability, and product freshness.Responsible for enabling the
profit centers that do not have a Merchandising Manager within new
and existing profit centers and define ways of working with these
organizational restructures.Responsible to drive, train, and report
monthly merchandising budget spend (hours and mileage).*BUILDING &
DEVELOPMENT OF MERCHANDISING SUCCESSDefine and develop new ways of
working and best practices.Lead, develop, implement and sustain
specific learning programs for the Merchandising Teams to support
the internal readiness and fuel internal pipelines.Work
collaboratively across the organization, sharing and implementing
best practices; act as a major contributor/leader among peer
group.Implement tools and resources that will drive merchandising
efficiencies to allow more time to build selling
capabilities.Implement scheduling model that will be dynamic based
on business seasonal and promotional needs.Evaluation of the
overall merchandising culture and engagement within the profit
centers and collaborate with leaders to action plan, solve and
address trends.Work with outside partners to research and implement
new capabilities.EXPERIENCEYour areas of knowledge and
expertisethat matter most for this role:
- *MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong planning, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
- Highly competent in implementing and executing strategic
plans.
- Advanced proficiency in sales merchandising, business
development and retail operations.
- Strong proficiency with utilizing analytical methods to prove
merchandising hypothesis and measure program effectiveness.
- Strong leadership and managerial skill sets required.
- Minimum 8-10+ years CPG field sales merchandising experience
with proven results
- 5+ years managerial and/or business development experience,
preferred
- Proven effectiveness as creative problem solver
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including
being able to prepare
- presentation materials and present the information one-on-one
and in a group
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and
Excel
- Demonstrated analytical and organizational skills
- *PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years managerial and/or business development experience,
preferred
- *TRAVEL / PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Travel 50%
- Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand, walk and sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or
crawl
- Regularly lift, move and place up to 25 pounds of inventory
and/or advertising
- Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside
weather conditions
- Travel 50%
- PermanentJOIN THE TEAM
Keywords: Red Bull Distribution Company, Santa Monica , National Merchandising Manager, Hospitality & Tourism , Santa Monica, California
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