Market Manager (On-Premise)- Seattle Metro Area

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

As a Market Manager, you will guide your market to deliver sales goals and objectives within territory and key customer accounts with excellence. You will gain exposure to different elements of the sales and marketing organization to develop and execute customer strategies and business plans. You will also maintain an account list of top influential accounts in your market and deliver KPI goals.

ABOUT YOU

• You are an inspiring leader and owner of your market putting the customer and consumer at the heart of everything you do to achieve sales goals and objectives leaving a long-lasting impact.
• You are an important day-to-day face of Bacardi towards the distributors, customers, and agency partners (ambassadors or event staff) in your dedicated territory and will act as the key contact for those customers, driving new business and maintaining sustainable long-lasting relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES - WITH OUR CONSUMER AT THE HEART YOUR KEY FOCUS WILL BE

• You will be responsible to deliver key commercial KPIs for your dedicated territory as determined by the Company’s state-level annual operating plan (AOP), working in concert with the State Manager to deliver against a segmented AOP for your channel
• You are the day-to-day face representing Bacardi before distributors, customers and consumers in your dedicated territory and will act as the key contact for customers in that territory, driving new business and sustainable relationships.
• Collaborate cross-functionally utilizing Bacardi resources and distributor partnerships to achieve maximize performance and sales efforts by achieving increased volumes while building long lasting business opportunities in your market and account universe
• Development and strengthening relationships with key customer accounts to develop customer strategies and plans that translate into “win/win” scenarios through impactful presentations and evaluating return on investments
• Manage your budget effectively and efficiently by applying thoughtful financial decisions to increase profitability and demonstrating strong financial acumen with an understanding of retail finances, pricing, and logistics
• Provide market and competitive brand updates to the commercial team to include timely and accurate communication of changing field conditions that may affect volumes as well as staffing changes at distributors and competitors
• Collaboration and Coordination with Distributor, Advocacy Managers and Brand Marketing
• Survey market to ensure distribution, menus, brand programs and more are executed to standard
• Responsible for reviewing overall market performance including Rate of Sale drivers, activations, executions
• Expected Alaska travel is approximately 1–2 trips per year.
• You will be based in Seattle, WA
• The base salary range listed for this position is $95,000 - $100,000 and the salary within the range will be determined by the successful candidate's location, experience, skillset and other relevant factors.

SKILLS - THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO CREATE YOUR LEGACY

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred or related years of experience
• 5+ years of sales experiences preferably in the spirits or beverage industry and 3+ years of on-premise experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of the on-premise business and the critical business factors that drive and impact customer’s business decisions.
• By living a Founder’s mentality, you are a leader and owner of your market passionate about driving business results.
• You are influential communicator with strong interpersonal skills. You will have opportunities to display excellent written and verbal communication skills while also being confident giving presentations in front of small groups of people including executives, Bacardi Primos, vendors and customers (both internal and external) at all levels of an organization.
• You are computer proficient working in MS Office Products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and can use advanced computer functions, including navigating the Internet.
• Ability to travel up to 10%

PERSONAL QUALITIES – SHARE OUR FOUNDER’S PASSION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FLAIR

• You are a highly motivated and passionate individual with desire to drive results.
• You’re highly organized and dependable, can work equally well with a team or by yourself to reach a collective goal.
• You are not afraid to make mistakes and learn from those on your team.
• You are adaptable a