Merchandiser- East Columbus

Are you looking to get your foot in the door in the Building Materials Industry? We are currently looking to hire a Merchandising Specialist to service our Eastern Columbus area. This is a great position for those that thrive working independently in the field and for those looking to pursue multiple career development tracks.  

The territory is Eastern Columbus, and includes 18 stores in the following cities: Columbus, Washington Courthouse, Chillicothe, Athens, Zanesville, Lancaster, Grove City, Canal Winchester, Heath, Newark, and Mt Vernon

100% Travel is required. Company vehicle and gas card will be provided. The associate will use their own vehicle until receiving the PrimeSource Dodge Ram. 

You will also be provided with an iPhone and company polo shirts. 

FULL TIME JOB WITH BENEFITS! 

FLEXIBLE START TIMES (5AM to 9AM) FLEXIBLE END TIMES (1:30PM to 7PM), depending on your start time. 

NO WEEKENDS! WORK INDEPENDENTLY IN THE FIELD! 

Responsibilities: 

Merchandising Specialists are expected to service 2 to 3 stores a day within their territory. You will work remotely and independently. Merchandising Specialist are responsible for merchandising fasteners (nails and screws) in assigned home improvement retail stores. 

Once onsite, the primary job responsibilities include down-stocking products, installing signage, maintaining plan-o-gram layouts, pricing displays, and training store employees on the different fasteners. 

Our Merchandising Specialists plays an integral role within our company because their efforts are critical to achieving our sales goals and improving our customer’s profitability. 

The Merchandising Specialists represent PrimeSource in the field, are the first line of customer service, and are essential for maintaining important partnerships between our customers and vendors. 

Qualifications: 

• Full down-stocking of products from overheads to sales floor shelves and cross-merchandise locations throughout the warehouse stores. 

• Monitor customer warehouse inventory levels and submit comprehensive inventory reports each week. 
• Collaborate with customers and their associates and/or merchandising teams to create attractive sales floor displays.  
• Make sure that our product is down stocked and prominently displayed and ensure inventory counts are accurate. 
• Act as the liaison between customers and the company by addressing customer issues and solving customer problems. 
• Assist customers in creating an organized warehouse that allows for easier product accessibility. 

• Stock sales floor shelves for the customers who request additional inventory management assistance. 

Requirements 

• Must have a valid driver’s license and insurance. 
• Must have experience in big box retail. 
• Hardware and building material knowledge preferred.  

• Must be able to work safely in a retail construction environment. 
• Must have strong customer service skills. 
• Exceptional interpersonal communications skills, both written and verbal. 
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Regularly. 
• Must be capable of moving merchandise up and down ladders. 

• Must live within the territory that you support. 
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. 

PLEASE NOTE: This position requires at least 40 hours a week with occasional overtime mandated. Each day, Monday-Friday, will require 8 hours per shift and 100% travel within your region of control. Daily shifts will consist of 2-3 store visits assigned to you, which you will drive to. You will be provided with a company truck and gas card, but pending arrival you may temporarily have to drive your own vehicle.

Pay: $18.00 per hour, based on experience. 

Benefits: 

• Health insurance 
• Vision insurance 
• Dental insurance 
• 401(k), with company matching 

• 15 days of accrued paid time off 

License/Certification: 

• Driver's License (Required) 

Work Location: Remote 

Qualifications: 

• Full down-stocking of products from overheads to sales floor shelves and cross-merchandise locations throughout the warehouse stores. 

• Monitor customer warehouse inventory levels and submit comprehensive inventory reports each week. 
• Collaborate with customers and their associates and/or merchandising teams to create attractive sales floor displays.  
• Make sure that our product is down stocked and prominently displayed and ensure inventory counts are accurate. 
• Act as the liaison between customers and the company by addressing customer issues and solving customer problems. 
• Assist customers in creating an organized warehouse that allows for easier product accessibility. 

• Stock sales floor shelves for the customers who request additional inventory management assistance. 

Requirements 

• Must have a valid driver’s license and insurance. 
• Must have experience in big box retail. 
• Hardware and building material knowledge preferred.  

• Must be able to work safely in a retail construction environment. 
• Must have strong customer service skills. 
• Exceptional interpersonal communications skills, both written and verbal. 
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Regularly. 
• Must be capable of moving merchandise up and down ladders. 

• Must live within the territory that you support. 
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. 

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour, based on experience. 

Benefits: 

• Health insurance 
• Vision insurance 
• Dental insurance 
• 401(k), with company matching 

• 15 days of accrued paid time off 

License/Certification: 

• Driver's License (Required) 

Work Location: Remote 

PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. is fully committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, gender, religion, age, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, and other non-merit factors. All persons shall be afforded equal employment opportunity at PrimeSource Building Products, Inc.

PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. prohibits discrimination in all aspects of its personnel policies, program practices and

operations and relationships with employees and applicants, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring and merit promotion. PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. promotes programs of affirmative recruitment and employment at all levels of PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. subscribes to, and will implement to the full extent, all applicable laws that promote equality of opportunity.

PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities, and will reasonably accommodate the needs of those persons. PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced based on merit within PrimeSource Building Products, Inc.