Hospitality Specialist, On Premise CPWS - Indianapolis & Surounding Area

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By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The On Premise Sales Consultant specializing in Hotels, Clubs, and Venues represents Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits in the market as a trusted industry expert. This individual is passionate, innovative, and self-motivated with a business-oriented and customer-focused mindset. The primary responsibilities include visiting customers, engaging in consultative sales conversations, and increasing sales revenue within the hospitality sector. This role requires building strong relationships with high-profile accounts, driving maximum value for customers, supplier partners, and the SGWS organization. 

Primary Responsibilities

• • Build positive, credible, lasting customer relationships based on trust in high-volume, visible hotel, club, and venue accounts 
  • Discover and identify customer business growth needs specific to the hospitality industry 
  • Develop tailored business growth plans for each account within hotels, clubs, and venues 
  • Assume responsibility for struggling accounts in the hospitality sector and implement strategies to make them successful 
  • Analyze data and insights to increase sales, grow customer business, and better achieve objectives 
  • Build a pipeline of selling opportunities to drive incremental sales above base business within the hospitality sector 
  • Regularly and consistently pre-plan account visits with an agenda, service purpose, and selling opportunities specific to hotels, clubs, and venues 
  • Prioritize sales activities to achieve objectives based on each customer business growth plan 
  • Visit accounts regularly, capture visit notes, and build visit plans considering previous visit outcomes 
  • Maintain expert knowledge of SGWS products and correctly present and position them in each hospitality account 
  • Propose selling solutions to each customer and win the sale using consultative selling skills 
  • Achieve internal SGWS and supplier objectives as prioritized by management 
  • Manage customer issue resolution and seek additional opportunities to support the customer’s needs 
  • Adapt a selling approach based on each customer’s buying styles and individual business needs 
  • Be knowledgeable and experienced in all hospitality accounts staying current with what competitors are offering and how SGWS products are positioned relative to the competition 
  • Document and maintain account- and customer-specific information in the Proof CRM application 
  • Participate in sales meetings, on-site training, and supplier events as required 
  • Perform other duties as assigned 

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• • At least 5 years experience as a Sales Consultant 
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