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Merchandiser – Part-Time (Various East Bay Routes)

Part Time

About the Role

Clover Sonoma is looking for several part-time Merchandisers for East Bay routes. You will be responsible for product merchandising, ordering products within Grocery, Mass, and Specialty Retailers. This includes stocking coolers, rotating products, setting up displays, stocking and rotating products in coolers and moving products from storage to the cooler and display cases. You will build relationships with personnel 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 work periods, as well as bending, reaching and squatting while merchandising and moving products.

Responsibilities

Merchandise store shelving, coolers and displays with products in assigned accounts
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
Use hand held devices to write/input orders
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
Communicate store issues to store managers and Clover management
Build customer relationships at the store level
Comply with store and Clover operating procedures
Service accounts during designated times established by store
Provide excellent customer service (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)

What You Bring to the Team

Bachelor’s Degree preferred, High School Diploma or equivalent required
Ability to operate under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
21 years or older
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 have car or personal transportation to access multi-store locations within assigned shift
Must possess valid driver’s license and proof of insurance

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

May be kneeling to stack on lower racks.
Walking on a variety of surfaces.
Twisting motions predominately at the waist level.

Occasional weekend hours may be required

We value Clover Sonoma’s 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.

Pursuant to Clover Sonoma’s Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy, applicants to this position are required to take and pass a drug test with results satisfactory to the Company following a conditional offer of employment and before commencing work.

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 California’s 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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