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Milestone Brands - Empress Gin Dulce Vida Tequila

Market Manager (Empress 1908 Gin-Dulce Vida Tequila) Michigan

Detroit, MI · Posted Sep 15
70K-75K
Milestone Brands is seeking an energetic and entrepreneurial spirited sales professional to join our team as the Michigan Market Manager. This role involves building and promoting our diverse range of brands in Michigan, including Empress 1908 Gin, Dulce Vida Tequila, Campo Bravo Tequila, Dirty Monkey Whiskey, American Born Whiskey/ Moonshine and Bitter Bianca Aperitif

Key Role-Responsibilities:

· Drive Milestone KPI(s) within target account on & off premise universe

· Deliver depletion results that are at or exceed annual plan goals within target account universe

· Support broader Milestone brand development and state goal attainment thru: Wholesaler work withs, General Sales Meetings, & trainings

· Business reviews on performance vs goal

· Opportunity identification thru use of systems (types-sizes-customers)

· Support building consumer adoption and recall thru execution of events and promotions.

· Contribute and participate to program development and business review templates



About Us

Milestone Brands LLC, a national spirits supplier, acquirer, innovator, and marketer of alcohol beverage brands. 

We are premium spirit’s company based in Austin, Texas, that was founded in February 2016 by two local entrepreneurs and veterans of the beverage and spirits industry, Eric Dopkins, former CEO of Deep Eddy Vodka and Chad Auler, co-founder of Deep Eddy Vodka. The current management team collectively has over 80 years of industry experience working for significant beverage organizations like Diageo, Pernod-Ricard, Deep Eddy Vodka, Pabst and Red-Bull. 


Become a part of our Best in Class Sales Team.

With a network of 50+ sales team members in key markets across the country, Milestone has the experience and infrastructure to manage rapid growth in all retail and distribution channels. We believe in making lasting connections with consumers through packaging, innovation, storytelling, and experiences that rapidly move consumers from awareness to advocacy.


Required Skills and Experiences:

· Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business or related field. 

· Minimum 2yrs experience within Spirits industry, experience in Michigan preferred.

· Microsoft Office baseline knowledge and openness/ability to learn new systems

· Ability to work nontraditional hours (nights-weekends)

· Fact based/ Feature and benefit selling

· Entrepreneurial mind set. (aka problem solver)

· Ability to work solo and thru others to deliver results

· Prior experience selling to multi outlet-concept operators preferred

· Valid driver’s license