Lead Merchandising & Procurement Coordinator

About Us: 

Proudly serving our San Francisco Bay Area communities since 1986, Mollie Stone’s Markets is a local, family-owned grocery store chain. With over 38 years of exemplary performance, Mollie Stone’s Markets continues to make a difference in people’s lives through food. We succeed in the industry by ensuring we deliver a large variety of exciting and quality products in an attractive and positive environment. Our roots remain in healthy, natural and specialty foods. Mollie Stone’s Buyers work closely with local producers around the greater Bay Area to bring high quality products to every aisle. Our goal is to surprise and delight our customers.

We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice, and we are proud to offer competitive wages, paid time off, physical and mental health benefits, 401(k) or pension plan, as well as career training programs through our professional partnerships. As a local, family owned and operated business, we are grateful to our customers as they support our vision, which allows us to care for our employees by making a difference in their lives.

About the Role:

The Lead Merchandising & Procurement Coordinator reports directly to the Senior Procurement Director and supports merchandising and procurement initiatives across all Mollie Stone's Markets locations. This hybrid role combines hands-on store merchandising, procurement support, administrative responsibilities, vendor program coordination, and data analysis.

This is a highly hands-on position requiring regular travel between store locations. The role works closely with store teams to support execution and maintain strong merchandising standards.

The role requires initiative, organization, sound judgment, and follow-through while maintaining alignment with the direction and priorities established by the Senior Procurement Director.

The ideal candidate is resourceful, adaptable, comfortable solving problems, and able to create practical solutions while remaining open to feedback and changing business priorities.

Merchandising & Store Support

• Serve as a lead resource for merchandising initiatives and personally execute merchandising projects in stores.
• Perform hands-on merchandising.
• Work alongside store teams to execute merchandising initiatives and provide support as needed.
• Ensure merchandising and promotional initiatives are executed according to company standards and objectives.
• Conduct regular store visits to merchandise, evaluate execution, identify opportunities, and recommend improvements.
• Partner with Store Operations and Marketing on merchandising and promotional initiatives.
• Develop practical merchandising solutions when formal planograms, templates, or established processes are not available.

Procurement & Administrative Support:

• Provide operational and administrative support to the Senior Procurement Director.
• Support department priorities, special projects, and follow-up on key initiatives.
• Pull, organize, and analyze sales movement reports, performance reports, and other operational data.
• Assist with product maintenance, pricing updates, data entry, and other procurement-related administrative functions.
• Support reporting and other computer-based tasks necessary to the department.

Vendor and Store Support:

• Serve as the primary administrator for the company's product demonstration program, including vendor communication, scheduling, and program coordination.
• Support Senior Procurement Director  andstore teams with ordering questions, product setup, pricing discrepancies, and other operational issues.
• Coordinate vendor samples and maintain the department sample library.
• Assist with vendor meetings, product reviews, and store walkthroughs.
• Support invoice verification, claims, pricing reviews, and vendor follow-up.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Store Operations, vendors, and internal teams to support company initiatives.

Operational Support:

• Implement new merchandising and procurement initiatives.
• Develop practical solutions and improve workflows.
• Maintain accurate product, pricing, and purchasing information as needed.
• Assist with reports and tracking key business information.
• Follow through on assigned projects and initiatives.
• Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly lift up to 25 pounds.
• Frequent bending, kneeling, reaching, stocking, shelf resets, and display building.
• Stand and walk for extended periods.
• Work in both stores and the corporate office.

Travel Requirements:

Frequent travel between the corporate office and all Mollie Stone's Markets locations

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $80K-90K
• Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits Packet

Other Duties:

Responsibilities may change to meet business needs.

Mollie Stone’s Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer