Merchandising Manager

Retail Manager – Joe Leone’s Italian Specialties Come join our F.A.M.I.L.Y.! Joe Leone’s Italian Specialties is seeking a strong, hands-on Retail Manager to support and lead operations across our Point Pleasant Beach and Manasquan locations. This role is built for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume retail and food service environment and takes pride in leading teams from the front, maintaining high standards, and delivering an exceptional guest experience every day. This is not a sit-back management role—this is a position for a leader who is fully engaged in the operation. Compensation: $20.00 – $30.00 per hour, based on experience and qualifications. The Role The Merchandising Manager oversees the daily execution of merchandising operations across our retail locations, ensuring products are properly stocked, rotated, organized, and presented to Joe Leone's standards. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires strong inventory management skills, attention to detail, product knowledge, and the ability to lead a team in a fast-paced, high-volume retail environment. You will be responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy, minimizing shrinkage, maximizing product availability, and creating attractive, well-organized displays that enhance the guest experience and drive sales. Success requires strong organizational skills, accountability, operational efficiency, and a working knowledge of Italian specialty foods and merchandise. What You’ll Do Oversee daily merchandising operations, ensuring shelves, displays, refrigerated cases, and retail areas are fully stocked, organized, clean, and visually appealing. Lead, train, coach, delegate, and hold merchandising team members accountable for productivity, performance, and established standards. Maintain accurate inventory through routine cycle counts, inventory adjustments, proper documentation, and investigation of discrepancies. Enforce proper product rotation using FIFO (First In, First Out), expiration-date monitoring, and established freshness and quality standards. Identify, monitor, and reduce product shrinkage, spoilage, damage, and unnecessary waste through proactive inventory controls. Coordinate with Purchasing and Receiving to maintain appropriate inventory levels, monitor product availability, and prevent overstocking and out-of-stock conditions. Ensure all merchandise is properly priced, labeled, displayed, and organized according to company standards. Develop and maintain attractive product displays, seasonal merchandising presentations, and promotional features that encourage purchases and increase sales. Monitor product movement, sales trends, and inventory turnover to identify opportunities for improved merchandising and profitability. Maintain strong knowledge of Italian specialty products, including imported groceries, pasta, sauces, olive oils, cheeses, cured meats, confectionery, and seasonal merchandise. Delegate daily assignments, utilize task sheets effectively, and ensure timely completion of stocking, replenishment, rotation, and merchandising responsibilities. Coordinate product transfers and inventory needs between locations while maintaining accurate records and clear communication. Ensure merchandising areas, storage spaces, and backstock locations remain clean, organized, accessible, and compliant with food safety standards. Partner with Purchasing, Retail Management, and senior leadership to improve inventory efficiency, product presentation, and overall merchandising performance. What We’re Looking For Proven merchandising or inventory management experience in a high-volume retail, grocery, specialty food, or similar environment. Strong understanding of inventory control, cycle counting, product rotation, shrinkage management, and stock replenishment. Knowledge of Italian specialty foods, imported merchandise, and related products, with the ability to identify, understand, and effectively …

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