Breakthru Beverage Group

Manager, Key Accounts

Breakthru Beverage Group$70K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent training/experience
  • At least 5 years of experience in sales
  • Proficient in MS Office and presentation software
  • Strong verbal/written communication skills with diplomacy
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Analytical and reporting skills
  • Ability to multitask and meet deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Maintain key accounts through effective communication of marketing plans
  • Develop annual plans for key accounts aligning brand strategies with goals
  • Educate account staff on priority brands via training seminars
  • Manage promotional spending effectiveness and implement corrective actions
  • Assist in account-specific presentations and promotional execution goals
  • Participate in strategy briefings and provide constructive feedback
  • Ensure brand visibility and maintain account standards

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Access to internal career advancement resources
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Flexible work schedule options
  • Exposure to diverse cross-functional roles
Full Job Description

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Time Type:

Full time

Remote Type:

Job Family Group:

Sales

Job Description Summary:

Drive volume, share and profit growth in accounts and on annual, monthly, customer, and brand basis. Manage relationships with buyers in charge of purchasing decisions for multi-unit accounts. Work closely with Trade Development, field sales, retailers, and Division Managers to manage business and programs.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities:

Maintains key accounts by effectively communicating marketing plans, developing and maintaining relationships with key influencers of purchasing in multi-unit accounts, presenting new products, executing on promotional events where appropriate, and conducting business reviews as prescribed by management.

  • Lead development of annual plans for key accounts that state agreed brand and consumer strategies and ensure the delivery of business goals.
  • Employ strategies that strengthen position to be the wholesaler of choice in the account’s planning processes.
  • Educates account staff on priority brands by administering instructional staff training seminars and business/category insights where appropriate.
  • Manage and evaluate all promotional spending by account priority with regards to performance and implement corrective business building actions.
  • Assist in the development of account specific presentations as well as goals for volume, profit, distribution, and merchandising promotion execution.
  • Proactively participate in strategy briefing sessions while continuously providing feedback on program executions, effectiveness and generating problem solving ideas where applicable.

Drive volume and profit growth of multi-unit accounts.

  • Obtain and communicate updated market competitive information.
  • Understands company pricing and product programming information on a monthly basis by reviewing and maintaining accurate and up to date records.
  • Understands competitive pricing and product programming by reviewing pricing schedules and surveying accounts.
  • Manages supplier surveys by planning routes, pre-surveying accounts, conducting survey with supplier, recapping the survey, executing follow-ups, and scheduling Sales Representatives if appropriate.
  • Establish and present merchandising objectives relative to brand priority for each account by understanding company priorities and defining POS needs to the supplier.
  • Produces POS including, but not limited to, signage and wine and cocktail lists by leveraging BBG Digital Capabilities.
  • Ensures maximum brand visibility within accounts by maintaining account standards as determined by management and using effective and current point of sale materials when appropriate.
  • Assists event-marketing manager by helping to organize, solicit, and execute events and brand promotions to maximize brand visibility.

Has direct account management, similar to a Sales Rep in SAP with limited reporting needs.

Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder’s supervisor, may also be required.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent training and work experience
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in sales
  • Proficient PC skills using MS Office and other various computer programs including presentation software
  • Must be a results-oriented professional with verbal/written communication skills using diplomacy and discretion as well as customer service skills
  • Ability to multi-task, work independently and/or within a team, pay attention to detail and meet deadlines
  • Analytic and Reporting skills
  • Utilize sound judgement and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, high-volume, team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Supervisory experience
  • Relevant cross-functional experience (finance, operations, IT, HR, project management, etc.)
  • Possess a valid driver’s license

Physical Requirements:

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone

Competencies:

  • May help coordinate the work of junior members of the team.
  • Resolves issues which are often varied and non-routine. Undertakes analysis and investigation to solve issues.

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of this position, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks and duties. Responsibilities, tasks, and duties of individual jobholders may vary from the above description.

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About Breakthru Beverage Group

Breakthru Beverage Group is a leading North American beverage distributor. The company was formed in 2016 through the merger of two family-owned distributors, Wirtz Beverage Group and Charmer Sunbelt Group. Breakthru Beverage Group operates in 14 states across the US and in Canada, and has a portfolio of over 7,000 brands, including wine, spirits, and beer. The company is committed to sustainability and has implemented several initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, such as using hybrid vehicles in its fleet and implementing energy-efficient lighting in its warehouses.
Learn more about Breakthru Beverage Group
Size
7,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$100 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$5 billion

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