Brand Standards Manager

Andrews Distributing Of North Texas • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Cheers to a Beer & Spirits Career! Join the team that has been recognized by both USA Today and The Dallas Morning News as a Top Workplace! The fact that you landed here indicates you are looking for a better workplace. Maybe you feel unappreciated, and you are tired of being treated like just another employee. When you join our team, you become part of the Andrews family, a place where you valued and respected. We invest in our team members and are dedicated to their success by offering: Weekly Pay, Every Friday Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance Paid Vacation & Sick Time 401k with Company Match (FREE Money!!) Nike Branded Uniforms And yes, you will receive Free Beer throughout the year! (Root beer to those under 21 years old.) After all, you will be working for an award-winning BEER & Spirits distributor, and we want you to enjoy the brands you already love like Modelo, Coors, Miller Lite, Corona, Heineken, Blue Moon, Shiner, Sam Adams, Dos Equis, Revolver, Lakewood, Rahr, Truly, Topo Chico, Twisted Tea, Pacifico, and many more!!

Requirements

• Five Plus Years Beer/Spirits, Beverage and/or Supply Chain Industry Experience.
• Two to Five Years Marketing and Portfolio Knowledge/Experience; Product Freshness/Rotation, Company Practices, TABC Regulations and DFWA, Ennis and Corpus Christi Geography.
• Advanced Problem Solving, Analytical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills; Understanding of and the Ability to Work with Multiple Data Sets.
• Strong Relationship Building, Communication and Collaboration Skills (Verbal and Written).
• Ability to Collaborate and Influence At All Levels; Executive, Supplier and Team Member.
• Demonstrated Proficiency in MS Excel (V-Lookup, Pivot Tables and PowerPoint).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business or Other Related Field.
• Strong Financial and Business Acumen.
• Previous Project Management and Implementation Skills.
• Proven Change Management Leadership Skills and the Ability to Influence Others.
• Previous Category Management Experience.
• Previous Supervisory Experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages supplier recalls for retail and warehouse (Inventory/Operations).
• Relays product issues with suppliers (package defects, off-tastes, dates, etc).
• Creates and maintains quality related processes/ policies and corresponding documentation.
• Works with Learning and Development team to create, launch and track annual quality training for all applicable departments.
• Prepares Quarterly Scorecard reports, facilitates meetings, and communicates to each Hometown Sales VPs on OOD vs. Budget, Rotation Objectives, and Quality Specialist lines cleaned execution.
• Maintains various quality audit records for our suppliers for each hometown.
• Annual company training completions.
• Basic draft test docs for Quality Specialist team QAM Training Certs.
• Quality policy maintenance.
• Move beer policy maintenance.
• Tracks line draft line length by account and required recirc pumps needed.
• Recirc pump usage.
• Arrival temperatures.
• Rotation objectives.
• Quality audits by DSMs; Retail Execution Survey.
• Required number of draft certifications per hometown.
• Special event equipment cleaning records.
• Pest control records.
• Action item completions from prior audits.
• Product Distribution; Draft accts per hometown.
• Assists Suppliers with retail audits in all 6 hometowns; Constellation, NBB/Bells, MolsonCoors.
• Manages internal audits, scheduling, scoring, reporting, execution and follow up meetings to correct opportunities.
• Ensures alignment with PFG/EoStar; works with Brand and Pricing teams to ensure date information is correct.
• Manages date extension approvals and record keeping.
• Conducts close-dated Inventory reporting and meetings; works with Brand, Purchasing, Inventory, and Sales teams on fire-sale opportunities.
• Tracks and reports on hot and frozen shipments; works with Inventory to isolate, report, perform testing, and pass/fail product.
• Creates surveys to track compliance or product issues.
• Redeploys account audits.
• Reviews monthly actuals verses budgets for both internal and external OOD products via dashboard.
• Works with the Quality Specialist Leads to ensure consistency across all hometowns and any reporting needs.
• Stays abreast and researches quality assurance, TABC regulatory and distribution industry standards and practices.
• Reviews Supplier contracts and conducts compliance audits based on contract terms.
• Conducts Distribution Center audits; storage temperature, stacking requirements for product/pallets, rotation, thermometer locations/calibrations, required signage, quality hotline requests, etc.
• Communicates areas of non-compliance to leadership teams.
• Manages process and policy creation and maintenance; Move beer policies, Rotation Policies, Line cleaning Policy, Product quality freshness, Quality-related walkthroughs and best practices.
• Reviews product exchange approvals; verifies team requests are compliant with code requirements.
• Manages Wholesaler and Distributor TABC license and permit renewals.
• Assists TABC Compliance Specialist with annual compliance reporting for each hometown.
• Works with and collaborates with Brand and Sales teams on reporting analysis to provide key insights and determine action items.
• Provides direction to Quality Assurance Analyst to produce various reports; Rotation Objective, Net 0 Invoice, Over 25 CE Credit, AM OOD Survey, Multi-swap, Reason Code Error, OOD Swap Entry, Out of Code Tracking in ShopBeer Solutions accounts, Product Exchange, etc.
• Partners with Brand, Sales and Operations team on a variety of company projects; Cost of Quality for Expired Products, RAS, Hometown Health Check Scorecard Maintenance, Hometown KPI Maintenance, Survey Governance Board.
• Collaborates during acquisitions by supporting and providing guidance for pre- and post-acquisition market cleanup and coordination.
• Participates on the Distributor and Brand Acquisition project team to facilitate agreement from both parties ensuring fresh product at retail.
• Develops and administers quality assurance/market processes to support acquisitions.

Benefits

• Weekly Pay, Every Friday.
• Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance.
• Paid Vacation & Sick Time.
• 401k with Company Match.
• Nike Branded Uniforms.
• Free Beer throughout the year (Root beer to those under 21 years old).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree