Center Store/AIM Assistant III at Associated… · Kansas…

This position supports AWG’s mission to remain firmly committed to our long-established mission statement:
“Our mission is to ensure the success of our Member retailers and provide opportunities to our employees. This will be
accomplished by satisfying the customers’, and our Member retailers’, needs for quality supermarket merchandise and
superior support services. We will do this with high quality employees whose mission is to provide the lowest possible
cost of goods in order to ensure our Members profitability, competitiveness and continued growth.”

Summary
Function is to support our Members, Center Store Director, and AIM Specialist (ad coordinator). This position
fields calls and emails from Members and either provides great Customer Service to resolve issues or routes
the issue to the appropriate leader for resolution. In addition, this position performs administrative functions
for the Center Store Director and AIM Specialist.

Description of Work
Essential Functions:
AIM SPECIALIST SUPPORT
- Handle billing vendors and crediting retailers, as appropriate
- Help plan, create, proof and finalize weekly ad planner information (using iPro ad planning software) to
help retailers plan their weekly ad with low cost items to increase sales
- Provides ad group members with information in a timely manner
- Prepares and provides event deal information
- Maintains retailer ad group file; sends out pertinent information to retailers between planners
- Coordinates new item launch process
- Conducts validation reporting
CENTER STORE OFFICE SUPPORT
- Order supplies, as needed
- Daily order uploads
- Monthly order guide PO creation
- Research repay requests
- Help track hot POs to ensure product arrives in a timely manner
- Pay storage fees and copier billings, as needed
- Print and prepare inventory paperwork, as needed, for Director to review (Total, Aged, Excess inventory)
- Print and prepare period-end reporting for Director to review
- Maintain Director files for period reporting, deep dives, ad copies, etc…
- Respond to ad hoc requests, as needed

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. A reasonable
accommodation will be considered according to the ADA if it would not impose an undue hardship on the
operations of the business without significant difficulty or expense. The accommodation would permit a
qualified employee the ability to perform all essential functions of the job within the safety and contractual
guidelines of the position.

ABILITIES:
- Extremely strong attention to accuracy and strong follow-up skills
- Exceptional communication skills, including proactive listening skills
- Excellent Customer service skills
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to read and speak fluent English and comprehend operating and maintenance instructions and
procedure manuals
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Capacity to learn to make presentations effectively before small and large groups
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to reason with Members and gain mutual respect with a common goal of increasing sales and
profitability
EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION and TRAINING:
- Minimum of high school diploma. Associates degree or higher preferred.
- Proficient in Excel, Work, Access and Powerpoint
- Strong computer literacy
- Prior retail grocery experience a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle,
or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee must
occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions providing a hardship is not required of the
company or Membership. Indoors. Adequate heating, cooling, lighting and ventilation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.