MERCHANDISNG/DIV MERCHANDISER - RULER (Finance)

Own end-to-end assortment, financials, and overall department strategy and use data to drive decisions. Select appropriate assortment, set pricing, develop plans, and ads to promote strong sales. Ensure execution of and establish store accountability for sales plans for the department through frequent and timely store visits; encourage valuable feedback from store, area, and district leadership that provide opportunities to increase sales and profits. Balance time in stores and office to ensure Merchandising strategies and plans are written, delivered, and executed with excellence. Address issues that hinder stores' ability to meet/exceed customers' expectations for ease of shopping, variety, freshness, cleanliness, pricing, regulatory and food safety. Partner with Corporate to coordinate the Merchandising strategies and plans when appropriate, including the achievement of all budgeted goals for their department. Coach and develop direct reports and stores teams to achieve and execute all goals and company strategies. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.MINIMUM

• Store management experience
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficient with industry-standard tools and software
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong organization and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to establish priorities, anticipate consumer trends, project and react to business issues
• Ability to manage and lead people

DESIRED

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience as a corporate Grocery coordinator, background in category management or procurement

• Oversee product selection and sourcing, pricing, ad and promotional planning for respective department(s)
• Track and monitor SKU performance and adjust assortment as needed to meet financial and strategic goals
• Set base prices and use data to evaluate decisions
• Determine response to competitor price moves or cost change based on competition price checks
• Create and oversee promotional strategy to engage customers and drive excitement
• Review past ad performance and define promo strategies and goals
• Select products for promotion, leveraging data on shelf capacity, number of stores selling, display locations
• Set starting promotional prices and define guardrails for division promotions
• Oversee end-to-end product flow and provide direction for stores/replenishment when supply issues occur
• Oversee plan-o-gram process, including deadlines, placement, and flow, ensuring guidelines are met
• Own all financial lines for the department(s) to include sales, delivered gross, gross profit, and shrink
• Maintain budgets, forecasts, and plans; understand contribution to total enterprise and division goals by department at commodity level
• Locate, negotiate, and manage vendor relationships to support strong product selection, pricing, and service
• Create and communicate sales plans, department standards and inspired selling through printed merchandising plans and regular communication calls
• Work with buyers, operations, warehousing, transportation, and vendors to resolve store issues and remove barriers that prohibit the stores from implementing the budgeted department sales plan
• Develop formalized short and long-term department strategies and tactics that deliver a unified customer experience
• Understand the competitive landscape within the division and implement necessary changes to support a strong customer experience
• Conduct frequent and timely store visits and encourage valuable feedback from district, area, and store leadership and associates that provide opportunities to increase sales, profits, and improve shrink
• Collaborate with corporate Merchandising on needs for the Ruler division
• Monitor the daily/weekly reports to identify any product cost or transportation charge corrections
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Ensure all impacted associates have a complete understanding of all aspects and functions of the department and its alignment with the company strategy
• Perform other job duties as assigned by supervisor
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation