Specialist Alcohol Category

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 Please review the job profile below and apply today! 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.