Vacancies

Primary Responsibility:

The Brand Support Representative is a cross-functional role that combines marketing execution with member support to drive brand visibility, consistency, and engagement across GHRA’s signature brands, including Kudos, Big Madre, Gameday, and others. This position is responsible for coordinating marketing efforts, supporting social media and branding strategies, and assisting members during the brand adoption process. The role also involves vendor coordination to ensure smooth brand integration and promotional execution.

Job Responsibilities

Marketing Design & Execution

• Support the planning, design, and rollout of marketing campaigns for assigned GHRA brands.
• Assist in the creation of promotional content for print, digital, and social media platforms.
• Coordinate with graphic designers and content creators to produce branded marketing materials.
• Help execute brand-specific social media strategies, including content scheduling, post creation, and campaign performance monitoring.
• Maintain consistent brand messaging and visual identity across all channels and touchpoints.
• Support marketing events, product promotions, and local brand awareness initiatives.

Member & Vendor Support

• Assist members through the brand onboarding and site conversion process for programs such as Kudos, Big Madre, and Gameday.
• Serve as a liaison between members and approved vendors to ensure smooth project execution and timely delivery of marketing-related services.
• Review, compare, and manage vendor quotes for marketing materials or signage, ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with GHRA standards.
• Provide prompt, accurate responses to member inquiries related to branding, marketing materials, or vendor services.
• Coordinate with internal teams to process site approvals and handle exception requests in line with brand guidelines.
• Support basic contract tracking and coordination related to brand marketing agreements.

Brand Oversight & Collaboration

• Monitor brand presence at member locations to ensure adherence to GHRA brand standards.
• Work closely with directors and brand managers to implement branding strategies and drive ongoing improvements.
• Identify opportunities to enhance the marketing and visual impact of GHRA’s branded programs at the store level.
• Provide input on brand performance and customer feedback to inform strategic adjustments
• Perform all other duties as assigned to support the goals of the department and organization.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 1–3 years of experience in marketing, brand support, or member/vendor coordination preferred

Technical and Soft Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience managing or creating content for social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, etc.)
• Familiarity with marketing tools such as Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or any social media management tools is a plus
• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines simultaneously
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Customer service mindset with a professional, proactive approach
• Experience working with retail or foodservice brands is a plus

Additional Requirements:

• Occasional travel to member stores or vendors may be required.
• Requires the employee to stand, walk, use hands, tools, controls, reach with arms, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; sit; use hands; read; talk or hear.
• Ability to work under stress during peak workload periods.
• On-site position

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

General Summary:

Reports to Transportation Manager

Responsible for transporting, unloading and staging merchandise at customer locations.

Primary Responsibility:

Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction through timely and accurate deliveries. Ensures proper product returns and accurate invoicing. Ensures deliveries are in accordance with the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. 

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for the transportation of products  to customer locations
• Unloads, stages and verifies products properly at customer locations 
• Ensures proper documentation of all returns
• Delivers all returned product and empty totes back to the warehouse daily
• Accountable for all assigned company assets
  • Truck equipment/inventory
  • Service and appearance
  • Record retention and maintenance requirements
• Follows all operational and quality control procedures
• Maintains all government requirements
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Experience and Skills:

• 2-3 years driving 26FT box truck experience with class C license
• Able to communicate effectively with customers and coworkers
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Excellent verbal communication
• Maintains professional appearance
• Ability to read maps
• Able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Lift gate experience

Educational Requirements:

• Class “C” driver’s license
• Completed Drivers safety classes

Physical Requirements:

• Lifting: Will be required to lift items up to 75 lbs.
• Pushing/Pulling: Pallet jack or dolly-pulling product out of the trailer
• Standing: To operate controls on equipment
• Sitting: Drive from one location to another
• Climbing: Up and down enter/exit truck up to 18in. high and climb ladder, steps and ramps
• Walking: With pallet jack or dolly
• Squatting: To restack items if needed
• Stooping: To adjust dock ramps

Click here to apply

General Summary:

Reports to Transportation Supervisor

Responsible for transporting, unloading and staging merchandise at customer locations.

Primary Responsibility:

Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction through timely and accurate deliveries. Ensures proper product returns and accurate invoicing. Ensures deliveries are in accordance with the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. 

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for the transportation of products  to customer locations
• Unloads, stages and verifies products properly at customer locations 
• Ensures proper documentation of all returns
• Delivers all returned product and empty totes back to the warehouse daily
• Accountable for all assigned company assets
  • Truck equipment/inventory
  • Service and appearance
  • Record retention and maintenance requirements
• Follows all operational and quality control procedures
• Maintains all government requirements
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Experience and Skills:

• 2-3 years driving experience with class A license
• Able to communicate effectively with customers and coworkers
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Excellent verbal communication
• Maintains professional appearance
• Ability to read maps
• Able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

Educational Requirements:

• Class “B” driver’s license
• Completed Drivers safety classes

Physical Requirements:

• Lifting: Will be required to lift items up to 75 lbs.
• Pushing/Pulling: Pallet jack or dolly-pulling product out of the trailer
• Standing: To operate controls on equipment
• Sitting: Drive from one location to another
• Climbing: Up and down enter/exit truck up to 18in. high and climb ladder, steps and ramps
• Walking: With pallet jack or dolly
• Squatting: To restack items if needed
• Stooping: To adjust dock ramps

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

Finance

•  Lead the operation with integrity to meet or exceed the Business Plan targets.
•  Identify issues with the operating metrics and make required adjustments in a timely manner.
•  Ensure associate weekly timecards are prepared timely and accurately.

Growth/Customer Experience

•  Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.
•  Execute a process to track and record values delivered to the customer.
•  Utilize available metrics to monitor and maximize customer efficiencies and achieve cost. savings

Experience And Skills

• 10+ years managerial or supervisory experience with supervising warehouse associates in a distribution center setting required.
• Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint required.
• Must can connect and build rapport and relationships with associates and management at all levels.
• Must can master time management and organizational skills with follow-up and follow through.
• Ability to manage through a problem and think and make decisions independently.
• Ability to drive process improvement and lead change.
• Must demonstrate ownership & responsibility for running the operation with a sense of urgency.
• Strong written/oral communication skills, including the ability to present in front of others and demonstrate active listening skills are required.
• High Sense of urgency

Physical Requirements

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The associate will be required to read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Educational Requirements

•  Bachelor’s degree in business or Supply Chain Management

Click here to apply

General Summary:

Reports to the VP of Supply Chain Operations

The Data Analyst is responsible for developing and preparing business models, data analysis, dashboards/visualization, and trend reports to assist in the evaluation of key business and product opportunities. The information you curate will be used to determine current and future business strategies while the company is going through a period of certain changes.

In addition, this job is responsible for creating support tools to assist with daily business operations.

• Create reports for Executives/management, and internal teams.
• Collaborate with team members to collect and analyze data.
• Use graphs, infographics, and other methods to visualize data.
• Establish KPIs to measure the effectiveness of business decisions.
• Structure large data sets to find usable information.
• Identify trends and opportunities for growth through analysis of complex datasets.
• Evaluate internal systems for efficiency, problems, and inaccuracies, and develop and maintain protocols for handling, processing, and cleaning data.
• Create presentations and reports based on recommendations and findings.

Primary Responsibility:

• Work closely with project managers to understand and maintain focus on their analytics needs, including critical metrics and KPIs, and deliver actionable insights to relevant decision-makers.
• Proactively analyze data to answer key questions for stakeholders, with an eye on what drives business performance, and investigate and communicate which areas need improvement in efficiency and productivity.
• Create and maintain rich interactive visualizations through data interpretation and analysis, with reporting components from multiple data sources.
• Develop and maintain databases by acquiring data from primary and secondary sources and build scripts that will make our data evaluation process more flexible or scalable across datasets.
• Using statistical tools to identify, analyze, and interpret patterns and trends in complex data sets could be helpful for the diagnosis and prediction.
• Assigning numerical value to essential business functions so that business performance can be assessed and compared over periods of time.
• Analyzing local, national, and global trends that impact both the organization and the industry.
• Preparing reports for the management stating trends, patterns, and predictions using relevant data.
• Performs other related and assigned duties as necessary.

Essential Functions:

Data Analyst responsibilities and preferred requirements include, but are not limited to:

Data Analysis/Visualization

• Perform research to identify data issues and develop/create solutions for managing data quality and integrity.
• Responsible for collecting, analyzing, evaluating, and reporting sales data to evaluate performance measured against sales targets to increase sales productivity.
• Research and evaluate economic, market, industry and customer growth trends and conditions.
• Monitor competitor activity on a weekly basis and update systems as needed.

Effective Communications

• Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

Business Acumen

• Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

ERP System Knowledge

• Experience with ERP systems, PowerBI, or any additional tools.
• Knowledge of database and application software, concepts, and structures, as well as ERP implementation preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• 2-3+ years of experience using data visualization tools like PowerBI or Tableau
• Working knowledge of ERP systems and tables

• Confidence working with Excel formulas (VLOOKUP, COUNTIFS, etc.)
• Strong mathematical skills to help collect, measure, organize and analyze data.
• Knowledge of programming languages like SQL, Oracle, R, MATLAB, and Python a plus.
• Technical proficiency regarding database design development, data models, techniques for data mining, and segmentation.
• Proficiency in statistics and statistical packages like Excel to be used for data set analyzing.
• Knowledge of how to create and apply the most accurate algorithms to datasets to find solutions.
• Adept at queries, writing reports, and making presentations.
• Must be able to define, diagnose, and resolve problems.
• Must be able to operate with little guidance.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Performs duties with the highest degree of accuracy.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• May be standing or sitting for extend period of times.
• Extended period of time working in front of computer monitor.
• Flexible/able to work additional hours when needed.

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

The Greater Houston Retailers Cooperative Association, Inc. is one of the leading independent convenience store cooperatives in the nation. GHRA provides many benefits and values to its members. GHRA operates a full service warehouse and distribution center supplying goods and services to the convenience store industry.

General Summary:

Reports to VP of Supply Chain Operations

The Category Manager position manages assigned categories within the Supply Chain team with major responsibilities in achieving both financial and department goals. It is responsible for all buying functions of assigned products and is the resident expert for all products within the assigned category. Fosters strong business relationship with suppliers to maximize program opportunities for members.

Primary Responsibility:

Develops strong relationships with suppliers, assessing capabilities and evaluating performance.  Ensures products are sourced and delivered at lowest possible cost.  Monitors buying network and trade channel to keep up to date on ongoing special buys, promotions, and new opportunities.  Manages the marketing of assigned products along with maximizing category program funding for members including retail pricing architecture.  Determines SKU offering (new and discontinued items).  Maintains high executional standards to ensure vendor and member compliance.

Essential Functions:

• Creates and develops a long term plan and strategy for development of the category
• Plans for and negotiates annual programs, cost, delivery and payment terms for assigned categories.
• Develops income and expense budgets with responsibility for category revenue.
• Manages vendor contracts to ensure timely receipt of rebates and promotional funding.
• Manages category business plans, budgeted allowances and margins within assigned categories.
• Establishes new product selections. Identifies emerging trends, brands and items within assigned categories through lifestyle research, industry publications, supplier meetings, trade shows and market data.
• Planogram development and recommendations based on results and market data.
• Manages promotional activity, seasonal activity and merchandising selling events within assigned categories.
• Manages new and discontinued items process to include an exit plan for all discontinued item inventory.
• Manages warehouse inventory (if applicable) on slow movers, discontinued items, items with zero movement and develops plans for minimizing each. 
• Develops and communicates reporting on category item performance trends in markets we operate with regular updates.
• Updates and maintains all essential information such as cost, package, size, SRP and projected margins
• Works effectively with members, vendors, and internal departments to determine market needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience and Skills:

• 5 years retail/wholesale purchasing experience with manufacturers, distributors and alternative buying sources
• Excellent analytical skills
• Very strong negotiation skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Good communications skills

• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft Office

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Physical Requirements:

• May be standing or sitting for extend period of times
• Occasional light travel
• Extended period of time working in front of computer monitor     

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

General Summary:

Reports to Inventory Supervisor

Accountable for the fluid movement of pallets and products received in a safe and accurate manner.

Primary Responsibility:

Responsible for operating a forklift to move, locate, relocate, stack, count merchandise and to create pallet modules. Accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the vehicle and may also be required to perform Order Filler and Checker duties.

Essential Functions:

• Unloads inbound shipments safely
• Moves product to storage locations
• Efficiently stack and store the merchandise in the appropriate areas
• Ensures inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and free of damage
• Pulls and prepares product for shipment, ensuring that the exact number and type of product is loaded and shipped
• Loads, unloads, moves, stacks, and stages product and materials using a forklift
• Maintains the facility’s equipment and materials in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion
• Inspects and performs minor maintenance on the forklift or other equipment
• Operates all equipment in a safe and efficient manner following prescribed work methods
• Keeps appropriate records and reports to guarantee that tight inventory controls and security is maintained
• Assists in physical inventories and ensures proper stock rotation
• Maintains a clean, neat, and orderly work area
•  Complies with OSHA and MSDS Standards
• Maintains certification on all necessary equipment

Experience and Skills:

• 2-3 years forklift experience  
• Basic math skills

Educational Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent 

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged walking and standing for 8 continuous hours including but not limited to a concrete or tile surface
• Product replenishing which includes frequent bending, stooping, crouching, reaching, balancing, pushing and pulling
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

General Summary:

Reports to Inventory Supervisor

Accurately process Delivery orders and help shipping supervisor to complete daily orders to be delivered. Eliminates/reduces out of stocks of products in the warehouse but not picked by the puller.

Primary Responsibility:

Ensures accurate scanning and pulling of all items being ordered.  Reduces out of stocks of items in the warehouse but not picked. Communicate with customers for out of stock, add and missing items.

Essential Functions:

• Check orders and maintain pick pack report.
• Provides answers to add and missing item-related queries.
• Scan items if not matched with the order received.
• Print orders received and provide to puller.
• Spot count and verifies accuracy of tobacco products.
• Stays up to date on all promotions and special offers.
• Maintains accurate records of transactions.
• Price changes of certain items in special circumstances.
• Coordinate with Floor employees and packer for out of stock products.
• Maybe required to assist in other areas such as Packing, counting product and clean-up.

Experience and Skills:

• Ability to complete assigned shifts
• Desire to grow in job, good judgment, adaptability, and organized
• Basic mathematical knowledge

Educational Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent 

Physical Requirements:

• May be standing or sitting for extend period of times

• Some days of prolonged walking

• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

General Summary:

Reports to Transportation Supervisor

Primary Responsibility:

Assist company drivers with all deliveries. The Driver Helper’s responsibilities include loading and unloading products by hand or by use of hand trucks, collecting all Return products and empty totes upon approval by customer service, and ensuring that the delivery vehicle is always clean.

Essential Functions:

•             Loading and unloading company products.

•             Assisting drivers to find delivery locations.

•             Keeping accurate delivery records and reports.

•             Reporting all delivery-related problems to Dispatch.

•             Effectively communicating with clients and customers to resolve complaints.

•             Partnering with dispatch to notify the driver of any changes to daily routes.

•             Assisting with the unloading of the delivery vehicle at the end of each shift.

• Obtaining members’ signatures as an acknowledgment of having received the delivered products.

•             Ensuring that all safety policies and procedures are adhered to.

Experience and Skills:

• Proven customer service experience is preferred.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to work flexible hours.
• The ability to lift heavy objects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong work ethic
• Able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment

Educational Requirements:

•             High school diploma or GED.

Physical Requirements:

• Lifting: Will be required to lift items up to 75 lbs.
• Pushing/Pulling: Pallet jack or dolly-pulling product out of the trailer
• Standing: To operate controls on equipment
• Walking: With pallet jack or dolly
• Squatting: To restack items if needed

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.

General Summary:

The Van Delivery Driver/Driver Helper position will be responsible for transporting grocery deliveries and hotshot deliveries utilizing a cargo van. When there are no grocery orders or hotshot deliveries the employee will work as a promo driver, or driver helper for the transportation department. This position is also expected to transition into a route driver position after successfully demonstrating the correct attitude and aptitude for the position.

 Primary Responsibility:

The Van Grocery Driver/ Driver Helper position will deliver promotional product within GHRA delivery zones, and ride as a driver helper on other occasion. They will be responsible for efficiently and safely delivering product to our members. They are expected to maintain their company vehicle in proper working condition and maintain a safe driver record. When working as a driver helper they are expected to assist and learn the entire delivery process from the driver.

Van Delivery Driver/ driver helper requirements:

• Report to dispatch at required start times.
• Do a pre-trip of van.
• Log into route tablet.
• Check paperwork matches route in tablet and the product.
• Log on duty in tablet.
• Load product in van.
• Arrive and depart each stop at the required times.
• Greet the member, verify it is the correct address, deliver product.
• Have member sign for product and take picture of the completed POD.
• Notate on POD any refusals and returns with explanations.
• Complete entire route and inform dispatch if for reason you cannot.
• Upon return to terminal, bring all returns to the RMA specialist.
• Do a post-trip on your unit and inform dispatch of any findings.
• Place your tablet on charger and clock out.

To transition into a route driver, the employee must learn as an driver helper and demonstrate a sustain history of the following capabilities and knowledge:

• clocking in within the required start times and in proper uniform.
• performing proper pre-trips,
• acquire and maintain the proper license and attain a DOT medical card.
• checking paperwork matches route, including having the correct pallets and cold totes.
• logging into their route tablets, electronic logs books, and connecting to their units.
• departing the yard within the departure time limit.
• following delivery procedures at stops, such as counting tobacco, grocery, and cold totes.
• Arriving and departing from delivery stops in their tablets.
• filling out PODs and taking pictures of PODs with tablet.
• meeting stop time requirement at all stops.
• giving great customer service and relating any problems to dispatch.
• unloading their van/truck upon return to yard.
• completing proper post trip.
• returning empty totes and returns with RMA specialist.
• returning keys, PODs, and placing their tablets on charging stand.
• clocking out within requirement time frame.

Understand and comply with FMCSA compliance and DOT Policies.

Experience and Skills:

• Valid Class C or higher driver license
• Over 23 year of age
• Ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to learn driver technologies such as Maven and Samsara ELD devices.

Physical Requirements:

• May be standing or sitting for extend period of times
• Able to lift/push a minimum of 50 lbs.

Click here to apply

The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job.  Responsibilities are subject to change.