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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

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.