Merchandiser - Wholesale

Would you like the opportunity to work with some of the world’s largest brands? Do you have a strong commercial awareness? Do you have excellent planning and organisational skills? If so, read on… DCS is the UK’s official sales and distribution company for P&G, Gillette, Unilever, Colgate, SC Johnson and more. We are looking to recruit a Merchandiser - Wholesale to cover The Midlands and Northern England. In return, we are offering a competitive salary plus excellent benefits. What will you be doing as our Merchandiser - Wholesale? You will be responsible for the merchandising of Cash and Carry depots across The Midlands and Southern England along with the checking the compliance of DCS Customer Accounts. This will include: - Filling stock gaps in fixture and on display and requesting depot staff to make additional stock available to implement visual brilliance - Implementation of POS material in depot (Bus stops / Shelf Barkers / Pallet wraps / Displays etc.) - Compliance checking of core range / promotional implementation and feedback - Reporting of stock issues / poor compliance to Team Lead in the appropriate format - Completion of compliance, Call Record Cards and all Visit Reports within 24hrs - Assisting Account manager to implement and execute successful trade days / events and Head Office agreements Your responsibilities as our Merchandiser - Wholesale will include: - Merchandise Health, Beauty, Household & Grocery products within the cash and carry - Complete monthly Supplier and Account specific objectives as per your monthly briefings - Achieve individual KPIs each month, such as Cases Merchandised, Displays Built, Price Labels, Extra Facings etc. - Negotiating secondary space and building visually brilliant displays in depot - Carry POS material to be ready to deploy in all depots. Site POS material wherever possible - Build and maintain good customer relationships with all depot contacts from the aisle to the Depot Manager - Complete Depot Call File within the monthly rolling period and feedback - Complete Core Range Gap Analysis and close the gaps with a depot order where possible - Monthly reporting of KPIs to Team Lead - Follow the Steps of The Call with all planning, execution and follow up of visits - Maintain all personal administration such as, Call Records Cards, Call File, Price Checkers, etc. - Supplier brand day involvement and team meetings when required - Presenting the function at meetings as and when required - Always seek to ‘Add Value’ to the customer, business and the supplier - Resolution of customer queries on time and in full, within 24 hrs - Ensure all activities relating to medicines and medical devices are in accordance with Good Distribution Practice of medicinal products What makes you our ideal Merchandiser - Wholesale? - Developing knowledge of Shopper based behaviours - Planning and organising skills - Basic commercial awareness - Good communication skills - Initiative - Customer focus - Good communicator - Team working - Self-Motivation - Results focused - Basic - Email, Excel, PowerPoint DCS is a Top 250 private company in the UK – if you wish to be part of our expanding company which offers exciting opportunities for career progression, we look forward to hearing from you. Click ‘Apply’ now to find out more about our Merchandiser - Wholesale position