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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Boise, ID
Boise, Idaho

About this job


Overview:

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide for space management and section merchandising on the assigned categories at the assigned customers. This includes basic analysis of financial data at both the account and market level.

Responsibilities:

  • The primary responsibility of this position is to provide for space management and section merchandising on the assigned categories at the assigned customers. This includes basic analysis of financial data at both the account and market level.
  • Maintain and update all plan-o-grams for assigned categories and/or sections for assigned customers, and make hardcopies accessible to any Acosta personnel.
  • Advise and update Acosta personnel of any customer distribution and shelving developments when appropriate.
  • Increase shelf space for brands and/or products represented by Acosta based on sales performance from syndicated or internal scan data.
  • Make recommendations to customers for changes in space allocation for entire category and/or sub-category based on available financial data.
  • Assist in developing product variety mix reports for key customers for both the account and competitive market.
  • Routinely visit customers in the market to make category/plan-o-gram presentations and/or proposals regarding shelf merchandising.
  • Gather product specific and/or shelving information (physical characteristics) at the store level either manually or with space technology software.
  • Miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Responsible for the creation, maintenance and analysis of planograms for major retailer(s). Must have planogramming experience in Space Management software such as Apollo or JDA Space Planning and familiarity with assortment tools such as Galleria. Knowledge of syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI) is essential. Needs expertise in the MS Office suite of software, particularly Excel. PowerPoint and Word skills are a plus.

    • Must have a bachelor’s degree or industry level experience with 3 – 5 years experience utilizing space management software.
    • Must have prior work experience in data analysis and space management systems and demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the technology required to operate and maintain such systems.
    • Must have a high degree of proficiency in Windows and related software applications including spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, e-mail, database management, and Prospace, Apollo, or Spaceman.
    • Must be able to effectively communicate with others.
    • Must be able to operate a calculator, computer, printer, fax machine, telephone, and copy machine.
    • Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

    Acosta Sales & Marketing is an Equal Opportunity Employer