Job Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION The Creative Merchandising Program Manager – Grocery Channel plays a key role in shaping and bringing to life innovative grocery programs from concept to customer. This role blends creative thinking, merchandising insight, and program execution, acting as a partner in developing new product ideas and translating them into compelling, customer-ready concepts. Working closely with Product Development and Sales, this individual helps identify whitespace opportunities, contributes to trend exploration and product ideation, and builds engaging materials that bring new concepts to life for key grocery customers. This is a highly collaborative role for someone who combines a strong creative and merchandising eye with the ability to turn ideas into actionable programs. The ideal candidate is energized by brainstorming, storytelling, and building visually compelling presentations that support both internal alignment and customer sell-in. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Product Ideation & Trend Development Partner with Product Development to brainstorm and shape new product concepts specific to the grocery channel bringing a creative and commercially relevant perspective Contribute to trend research and concept development, create inspiration boards, and visual storytelling materials. Help translate market trends and customer needs into actionable product ideas and program concepts Merchandising & Program Development Apply a strong merchandising lens to product concepts, ensuring they resonate on shelf and align with shopper behavior Help define how products are presented—from packaging direction to display concepts and assortment strategies Bring a creative eye to elevate how ideas are communicated internally and externally Sales Enabl