Merchandising Coordinator

Reports to: Inventory Manager Location: Healdsburg & Windsor Type: Full time Range:

$19.50 - $22

About the Role

We're looking for an organized, execution-focused Merchandising Coordinator to manage the

flow of product across our sales floor. This role is about planning and executing department

resets, integrating new products, maintaining aisle standards, and ensuring pricing and

merchandising are accurate across the store. If you love systems, checklists, and the

satisfaction of a well-organized aisle, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

Department Resets & Aisle Management

● Plan and execute department resets as product mix, vendors, or category strategies

change

● Reorganize aisles and sections to optimize product flow, adjacencies, and shopability

● Update planograms or section layouts and ensure they're maintained over time

● Coordinate reset timing with deliveries, promotions, and store operations to minimize

disruption

New Product Integration

● Receive and integrate new product into the appropriate department or category

● Determine placement for new SKUs based on category, price point, and product flow

● Ensure new arrivals are tagged, priced, and on the floor in a timely manner

Cross-Merchandising

● Identify cross-merchandising opportunities to pair complementary products across

departments and drive add-on sales (e.g., placing accessories near core categories,

pairing consumables with hardgoods)

● Build secondary placements throughout the store to give key products multiple

touchpoints

● Refresh cross-merch placements regularly based on sales trends, seasonality, and new

arrivals

End Caps & Feature Placement

● Build and rotate end caps to feature new arrivals, promotions, key vendors, or high-

margin product based on merchandising calendar

● Ensure end caps are fully stocked, accurately priced, and refreshed on a consistent

cadence

● Tie end cap product to current promotions and sales priorities

Seasonal Sales Floor Transitions

● Execute seasonal floor changes on main store floor — bringing in new seasonal product

and transitioning out prior-season inventory (including pallet drops, spring/summer

seasonal, promotional highlights, etc)

● Coordinate markdowns and clearance placement for outgoing seasonal product

● Ensure seasonal categories are fully built out and ready ahead of key selling periods

Merchandising Standards & Pricing Accuracy

● Walk the floor daily to uphold merchandising standards — product faced, filled, sized,

and signed

● Audit pricing across the store to ensure tags, signage, and POS match

● Update promotional signage, and clearance tags promptly

Inventory & Back Stock

● Partner on inventory flow between back stock and the sales floor

● Keep back stock organized so product can be located and replenished efficiently

● Flag inventory issues, overstocks, and slow movers to the owner

Qualifications

● Retail, merchandising, or inventory experience

● Strong organizational skills and attention to detail — especially with pricing and product

accuracy

● Self-starter who can manage projects independently and hit deadlines

● Able to work efficiently and prioritize across multiple departments at once

● Willing to be on your feet, lift up to [25] lbs, climb ladders, and work early mornings,

evenings, or weekends for resets and deliveries

● Reliable, punctual, and consistent

Nice to Have

● Prior experience with department resets, planograms, or new product integration

● Background in specialty retail, grocery, hardware, home goods, or similar product-heavy

environments

● Familiarity with POS systems, inventory software, or basic reporting

Company Introduction

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.