Responsibilities
- Serves as primary contact for the distributor both management & sales force levels.
- Responsible for executing programming assigned to distributors including sales plans, goals, incentives, pricing, & inventory management
- Ensure all National program & brand initiatives are activated in appropriate markets
- Champion key account relationships to develop core partnerships with strategic accounts
- Shares best practices & ideas to the TOPS team for collaboration efforts. One Team, One Dream!
- Manage National tasting agency for event support where needed
- Collaborate with Agency leads on pos needs for assigned markets and distributor ordering and execution. Ensure that all local pos development meets brand standards
- Oversee events & activations
- Teach, train, educate and motivate our distributor partners to be brand champions
- Lead regional chain activity within the territory, work with national team to ensure all moving forward together
Requirements:
- Demonstrated knowledge of management of multiple states & distributor networks. Must have experience in both on & off premise channels
- Ability to build relationships and maintain effective working relationships to drive the business forward efficiently & profitably
- Must have excellent organization & time management skills.
- Proficient in data analyzation
- Efficient in Microsoft Office & Teams programs, Canva, VIP & Micro-strategies with strong presentation skills
- Must have a valid driving license
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, + min 5 years experience in the industry