Job Description:

Description

Our mission at The Boston Beer Company is to bring the highest-quality products to the U.S. beer drinker. To answer that mission, we are creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the differences in both our people and our brands.Our diversity makes us stronger, and when you bring your authentic self to work, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more sustainable company & community.

As a fast-paced, growing company with a strong family of brands (Samuel Adams, Dogfish Head, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, and Truly Hard Seltzer), we seek constantly to challenge the status quo. We are always looking for hardworking, talented, and passionate people (that means you!) to join our team.

We are The Boston Beer Company, and together we are heavy.

We are currently hiring aMarket ManagerinSavannah and Augusta, GA.

The Market Manager (MM) is responsible for driving Boston Beer Company's (BBC) sales volume and market goals through the wholesaler(s) and to the market's respective account base. The MM is accountable for increasing the availability and visibility of the BBC's portfolio in the market while working closely with the On and Off Premise National Account teams to drive national programs to the account level. The MM must deliver the annual tactical plan to wholesaler(s) while managing resources to budget. The MM must accomplish these goals while adhering to BBC's selling process and skills.

What You'll Do:

Wholesaler Management & Planning:

• Establish rapport with wholesaler's middle and upper level management


• Instill commitment and enthusiasm for high levels of performance


• Successfully organize and deliver the tactical plan via planning and review meeting to the wholesaler(s) including volume, distribution and visibility, and programming goals


• Create and deliver impactful wholesaler and BBC presentations, including objectives and tactics to achieve goals


• Wholesaler correspondence through commitments, bench marking, and recapping


• Communicate beer inventory needs to the wholesaler network and the BBC Operations team


• Inventory and point-of-sale (POS) management


• Must stay within all allocated budgets

Market Management and Development:Must be able to maintain and grow current business while identifying and closing new business opportunities by:

• Calling on core accounts and identifying and prioritizing opportunities for incremental volume


• Developing tactics to close identified sales opportunities through wholesaler


• Building and maintaining professional business relationships with key accounts

Selling and Negotiating Skills: Must practice BBC's selling process for:

• Portfolio selling all our brands


• All sales call procedures, process, and selling skills


• Establishing goals, creating a selling story, anticipating and handling objections * Negotiation tactics, including bracketing and concession management


• Understanding and supporting wholesaler's needs through solution based selling

Merchandising & Promotions: Supports brands in conjunction with the wholesaler through:

• Maintaining proper brand positioning to BBC standards


• Executing point-of-sale programs at retail to BBC standards


• Executing the BBC's beer freshness standards


• Creating and executing impactful promotions & events at on and off premise accounts

Knowledge: Ability to learn and execute on:

• Brand styles, brand priorities, national programs and brand strategy


• Romancing all products to include style, ingredients and pairings


• Brewing process and beer history


• Wholesaler structure, portfolio, and personnel


• Beer industry trends and current market trends


• Market and competitors to include: distribution and volume trends, market share, wholesaler network, supplier network, pricing


• BBC sales data to include: sales trends, opportunity gaps, customers, competitive activities, and BBC/wholesaler activities that affect the market


• IRI, PowerBI, and other data sources to evaluate BBC business and make recommendations to retailers, BBC and wholesalers

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree


• 3+ years consumer packaged goods sales experience


• Must be able to lift weight equivalent to one case of beer


• 40%-50% travel (8-10 days per month) to attend retail and distributor sales calls and meetings

Some Perks:

Our people are our most important "ingredient." We not only have to hire the best, but we have to reward, develop, and retain them too. We also have a variety of benefits including a competitive compensation package, extensive training programs, excellent healthcare, a discounted stock purchase plan, and a 401K program with a generous company match. Not to mention, there's the free beer too!

Boston Beer Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to help ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who wish to request accommodation in the job application process can contact jobs@bostonbeer.com for assistance.

Primary Location

:US-MA-Boston

Work Locations

:Working RemotelyOne Design Center PlaceSuite 850Boston02210

Job

:Field Sales

Organization

:Sales

Schedule

:Full-time

Employee Status

:Regular

Job Type

:Standard

Job Posting

:May 13, 2021, 1:01:44 PM Apply Now