About this role
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! Meijer Rewards
• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth
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The Alcohol Category Specialist role supports the Core Merch Team (Alcohol) as a category expert and will handle vendor relations, case pack sourcing, contract documentation (under the buyer’s guidance), legal standards by state, manage category-specific initiative execution. What You'll Be Doing:
• Alcohol Category Specialist will be responsible and accountable to make recommendations on all Alcohol pricing each month by state based on impact to Sales, Margin and Inventory results. • Have extensive knowledge of all legal compliance requirements by state (including pricing, contracts and regulations) by state and monitoring execution across footprint. • Identify and resolve issues and concerns on product availability and item set up with vendors and stores. • Determining appropriate case pack allocations by store based on Vendor and Distributor availability. • Will be point of contact to Vendors, Distributors and for all Wine Stewards, coordinating and facilitating in store execution and events. • Support the buyer in Category Management process by compiling data to deliver reportable solutions. • Exception Reporting for Accuracy for Item Set up on/maintenance. • Ensuring the Meijer Systems are accurate and align to advertised pricing. • This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring With You (Qualifications):
• Bachelor’s preferred • 1 -2 years of previous merchandising or retail experience preferred. • Project Management Skills. • Highly organized and detail-oriented with attention to detail and time Management. • Ability to gather and interpret data for various reports, as appropriate. • Knowledge of the retail industry; understanding of specific category product lines and core customer behavior. • Results focused; uses performance targets and goals to drive own activities as well as help team succeed. • Office computer skills; able to learn company systems and tools. • Excel intermediate level.