Commercial Merchandising Manager

**Position Summary**:
Organizes and manages a category (or more than one) asumming the iniciative and risk of the business to deliver sales, gross margin, profit and coverage plan

**Position Responsibilities**:

- Commercial business Development - Identify market needs and develop commercial strategies to fill them, build strategic partnerships, develop market opportunities
- Pre-Line Reviews/Line Reviews - Build attractive assortment to grow business by creating commercial business plan to deliver coverage, sales, gross margin and profit plan.
- Category Management - Gross margin control, category growth, vendor management incluiding negotiations.
- Planogram - Building the Planogram, Min Review, ZAP Revision, Planogram Maintenance, Secondary Placement Follow up
- Category insight - Store checks, market visit, competition research, Commercial customers visit.
- Store Support & Team development - Customer Satisfaction, Pricing Deals, Develop ACM capabilities and skills (if applicable)
- Marketing - Create marketing plans, brand development and promotions commercial customer focused
- Supply Chain - Fill Rate, Special Orders, Instock Follow up

**Position Requirements**:

- Level of Formal Education:A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent.
- Area of Study:Marketing - Management
- Years of Experience:Five to seven years.
- Type of Experience:Merchandising, sales, category management
- Special Certifications or Technical Skills:Microsoft office, negotiation skills, bilingual (English /Spanish)