Do you have a refined palate, a passion for local craft brews and sustainable wines, and the savvy to stock the perfect selection for our community? The Monadnock Food Co-op in charming Keene, NH, is seeking a dynamic Beer & Wine Replenisher to elevate our department! This role is all about building relationships with local breweries and vineyards, predicting trends, and ensuring our member-owners have access to a diverse and exciting array of items. If you're organized, detail-oriented, and ready to contribute to our mission of building a healthier, more sustainable food system within a fun, community-focused environment, cork this opportunity and apply today!

Purchase product for the Beer and Wine Department. Organize and carry out beer and wine sampling. This position may also fill in for other grocery replenishers.  Knowledge of current trends in the wine and beer industry as well as familiarity with basic beer & wine types and flavors is required. Buying and experience working with vendors is preferred. Must enjoy working with the public and have superior customer service and organizational skills. Requires regular lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds. 

The purpose of this position is to replenish-order, receive, manage inventory, and stock sub-department items while meeting objectives for sales and customer service. The Replenishment Buyers, with assistance from Marketing and Merchandising, also organize and carry out product samplings. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Co-op Benefits: 

· 20% employee discount- including sale items!

· Quarterly and Annual Gainshare depending on store performance

· 401K – Traditional or Roth or Both! with up to 4% company match and free retirement counselors

· Health Insurance- 3 plans including an HSA option eligible at 30 hours/week

· Dental Insurance eligible at 20 hours/week

· Vision Insurance eligible at 20 hours/week

· Pet Insurance 

· Short & Long-term disability- company provided at 35 hours per week

· $25,000 Life Insurance policy – company provided at 20 hours per week

· Generous Paid Time Off- even Part-time!

· Employee Assistance Plan 

· Bereavement and Jury Duty Leave

· Free Staffed Out products, plants and flowers

· Staff Appreciation Events throughout the year!

· Co-op gear

. Paid community outreach hours

· Fun at work! We Rock!

Location: 34 Cypress St Keene, NH 03431

Schedule: Tuesday through Saturday

*You must be available for this schedule in order to be considered*

Pay Range: Begins at $18.54 with additional compensation for experience

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• Assist in special events, demos, food fairs, etc. 
• Maintain item par level in Catapult for auto ordering 
• Conduct scheduled cycle counting in collaboration with POS department
• Coordinate with marketing and vendors to ensure product availability to support in-store demos as needed
• Meets regularly with Merchandising Manager to review product assortment, such as new items, discontinued items, etc. 
• Build attractive displays with uniform signage; ensure displays are fully stocked, rotated, and fronted to ensure freshness and abundance
• Assist in planning and implementing seasonal programs
• Execute in-store and NCG promotions in the sub-department
• Stay current of developments in the natural products industry through reading trade publications and talking with brokers
• Attend trade shows as assigned
• Participate in sale change over, building displays and hanging new signs

 Purchasing

• In collaboration with Merchandising Manager, negotiate with distributors, brokers and sales reps for favorable prices, terms, quality and delivery schedule and research and evaluate new suppliers, as needed
• Research and recommend new products; rotate varieties seasonally
• Evaluate suppliers and research new or alternative sources of supply
• Review invoices for accuracy with respects to promotions, proper pricing, discount accuracy, price changes, product additions and department breakout
• Ensure damaged, miss-picked and miss-ordered items are handled using established credit procedures
• Follow up to be sure that credit is received from suppliers where applicable for returned or low-quality produce
• Maintain a sufficient amount of inventory to maximize sales and turnover, keeping overstock to a minimum
• Continually refine plan for back stock storage and ensure that stock clerks understand and follow plan
• Track shrink and adjust ordering to reduce losses. Report slow moving items to the Merchandising Manager
• See that unsellable items (recalled, out of date, damaged products) are recorded, removed from inventory and disposed of properly
• Generate and review physical inventory variance reports and update on hand counts accordingly
• Review departmental financial reports (sales, labor, margin, turns) with the Merchandising and Grocery managers 
• Respond to product request forms and researches customer requests, asking for assistance from the Merchandising Manager when needed.
• Ensure that Special Orders are accurately fulfilled, communicate with customers any changes or pricing questions

Qualifications

The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Regularly lift 50lbs safely
• Ability to be mobile throughout entire shifts
• Bend, squat, stoop, kneel, or crouch 
• Ability to communicate with customers and coworkers
• Sufficient vision to perform your job safely and accurately
• Effective communication skills to listen and to give clear directions in English
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Write simple correspondence
• Effectively present information in one-on-one or small group situations to customers and employees
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least one year of retail purchasing and merchandising, preferably for a department in a natural food store
• Knowledge of specialization in particular department (e.g., beer and wine types and flavors)
• Familiarity and knowledge of current trends in the natural foods industry 
• Experience serving the public
• Will be required to use step stools, step ladders, box cutters and pricing tools