Retail Merchandising Representative
A leading food and beverage organization is seeking a Retail Merchandising Representative to own order and merchandising execution across a 40-45-store Miami-area grocery territory. This field-based representative will visit approximately five to six stores per day, partner with dairy managers, protect on-shelf availability, build displays, and identify opportunities to grow sales.
The best fit is an outgoing, bilingual English/Spanish field professional who is comfortable with physical merchandising, daily local driving, mobile reporting, and direct conversations with grocery department leaders. A high school diploma is sufficient; practical grocery, retail, route, sales, or customer-service experience matters most.
Location: Miami-Dade and southern Broward County grocery territory; daily local travel required
Schedule: Full-time, five field days per week; approximately five to six store visits daily
Work Setting: Remote home base in Miami FL with daily onsite travel to assigned grocery stores
Role Type: Contract
Contract Duration: Six months
Openings: 2
Target Start: Mid-October 2026
Pay Rate: $33.87 per hour
Equipment: Company-provided iPad; regular use of a personal iPhone is required
Benefits
- Eligible full-time CRG contract employees who work at least 30 hours per week may enroll in the CRG benefits program.
- Coverage begins on the first day of the month following 30 days after the hire date.
- Three Aetna medical plan options are available, including an HSA-compatible option; in-network preventive care is covered in full.
- Voluntary dental and vision coverage.
- Company-paid $25,000 basic life and AD&D coverage for employees enrolled in a CRG medical plan.
- Voluntary life and AD&D, short-term disability, long-term disability, and accident coverage.
- Employee assistance resources and benefit advocacy support.
- Weekly pay, direct deposit, referral bonus opportunities, and ongoing CRG recruiting and account-management support.
- 401(k) eligibility after 12 months as a CRG employee.
- This is a summary only. Eligibility, coverage, exclusions, limits, waiting periods, payroll deductions, and employee costs are governed by official CRG plan documents and carrier materials.
Responsibilities
- Own order and merchandising execution for approximately 40-45 grocery stores across the assigned territory.
- Plan and complete an efficient daily route of approximately five to six stores while maintaining dependable attendance and timely reporting.
- Meet with dairy managers each week to support inventory levels for normal and promotional volume.
- Maintain distribution of authorized products and sell incremental distribution, shelf space, displays, coolers, and secondary placements.
- Build productive relationships with dairy managers, store leadership, receiving teams, and other store personnel.
- Maintain shelf standards, product rotation, backstock organization, point-of-sale materials, and at-shelf availability across the product portfolio.
- Merchandise approximately 50-70 cases per store when route volume requires it and safely lift up to 50 pounds.
- Support planogram and shelf-schematic execution and collaborate with store management to improve category space and visibility.
- Use an iPhone and company-provided iPad to complete questionnaires, photographs, store documentation, and follow-up reporting.
- Translate category-management direction into store-specific action plans and raise local opportunities or execution barriers to the appropriate sales contacts.
- Manage route priorities, travel, follow-up, and approved business expenses independently.
Qualifications
- Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills required for the Miami market.
- High school diploma or equivalent required; a four-year degree is not required.
- Sales, customer service, grocery, retail merchandising, route service, DSD, field marketing, or related customer-facing experience.
- Reliable personal transportation, a valid driver's license, and an excellent driving record.
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout the assigned field territory five days per week.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and complete sustained standing, walking, bending, reaching, stocking, display building, and case movement.
- Extroverted, professional communication style and confidence approaching dairy managers and store leadership.
- Comfort using an iPhone, iPad, email, mobile questionnaires, photographs, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Self-motivated, organized, results-driven, detail-oriented, and able to work independently while supporting common team goals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Grocery, dairy, refrigerated, yogurt, beverage, snack, bakery, or other consumer packaged goods experience.
- Experience with product rotation, ordering, planograms, shelf standards, displays, backstock, out-of-stocks, or incremental placement.
- Prior ownership of a multi-store route or territory and interest in growing into field sales, customer development, or category management.
Current Territory Snapshot
The broader territory includes approximately 40-45 stores. The current confirmed route includes the following 16 locations; assignments may be adjusted based on business need.
- Milam's Market 3 (Milam's) - 2969 SW 32nd Ave, Miami, FL 33133
- Milam's Market 4 (Milam's) - 17100 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
- Milam's 7 (Milam's) - 11701 S Dixie Hwy, Pinecrest, FL 33156
- Milam Supermarket 8 (Milam's) - 3050 SW 37th Ave, Miami, FL 33146
- Milam's Market 1 (Milam's) - 5767 SW 40th St, Miami, FL 33155
- Milam's Market 2 (Milam's) - 80 Curtiss Pkwy, Miami Springs, FL 33166
- Broward Meat and Fish (By Rite) - 8030 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
- Price Choice 8 (America's Food Basket) - 4500 NW 183rd St, Miami Gardens, FL 33055
- Presidente 30 (Presidente) - 3322 NE 7th St, Homestead, FL 33033
- Presidente 22 (Presidente) - 10855 SW 72nd St, Miami, FL 33173
- Presidente 35 (Presidente) - 3108 S University Dr, Miramar, FL 33025
- Presidente 46 (Presidente) - 4675 NW 199th St, Miami Gardens, FL 33055
- Meridian Food Market (Bravo) - 812 6th St, Miami Beach, FL 33139
- Presidente 59 (Presidente) - 6301 County Line Rd, Miramar, FL 33023
- Presidente 19 (Presidente) - 19500 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33194
- Presidente 4 (Presidente) - 1510 S Federal Hwy, Hollywood, FL 33020