Albertsons Companies · 1 month ago
Director of Merchandising Malvern, PA
75 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY, MALVERN, PA, 19355, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expAlbertsons Companies is focused on building Customers for Life, centered on bringing people together around the joys of food. The Mid-Atlantic Division is looking for a Director of Merchandising who will oversee merchandising strategy, implementation, and the development of the local Merchandising Team while ensuring financial obligations are met.
Food and BeverageFood DeliveryMeat and PoultryRetail
Responsibilities
Responsible for building a culture of openness, collaboration and ownership within the Merchandising and Marketing Team
Oversees allocation of projections financial deliverables to Division Sales Managers in conjunction with the SVP
Integral in teaching, coaching and development of Sales Managers, ASMs in category excellence and leadership
Partners with SVPMM to oversee Merchandising decisions across the division, both Fresh and Center Store Departments, including assortment, display, pricing and promotion, local and national programs, etc., ensuring those decisions are in line with stated strategies and goals
Helps monitor performance relative to P&L goals, led with Sales and Line 8 profitability and ensures appropriate actions are taken to achieve results
Oversight of direct reporting functional groups: Vendor Funds Analyst, BDR Coordinators, and Reset Coordinators
Oversight of Center Store Refresh and Remodel Layout and Flow development and execution
Chairs and attends sales planning meetings and weekly ad meetings
In collaboration with SVPMM, develops and drives merchandising strategies for division in partnership with Merchandising and Operations team
Oversees implementation, monitoring and reporting on merchandising strategies and major projects
Actively engages with National Team to influence and leverage corporate merchandising strategies and resources
Attends key vendor promotion planning meetings
Drives market branding campaigns/programs (consistent with Corporate) in conjunction with Marketing
Oversees division/market research in coordination with 3rd party research firms, i.e. Symphony, and corporate Customer and Market Intelligence team and ensures reporting is integrated into strategies
Tours stores to assess overall implementation effectiveness
Monitors competitor advertising, promotion, marketing initiatives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, or related field
5-10+ years of retail/category/marketing experience
Ten total years' experience in the grocery industry
5 yrs. experience managing people
Market research experience
Proven ability to develop merchandisers
Sales orientation experience
Arbitration/problem resolution
Excellent communication skills
Company
Albertsons Companies
Albertsons Companies is a food and drug retailer that helped in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research, and treatment.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.25BKey Investors
Apollo
2025-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2022-10-14Acquired
2020-06-25IPO
Leadership Team
Susan Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Sharon McCollam
President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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