Market Development Representative - Baldwin Park, CA

Sazerac Company•Los Angeles, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Join Sazerac as a Market Development Representative and be the key partner for off-premise locations (grocery stores, convenience stores, and liquor stores) to achieve volume and distribution sales goals for our brands across Sazerac's diverse spirits portfolio. Each day in your assigned territory brings new opportunities to connect consumers with their favorite brands. As a Market Development Representative, you and your team will play a pivotal role in our success story. The role involves crafting solutions for growth by implementing and managing innovative solutions to boost business for assigned accounts, ensuring Sazerac brands soar in market share. You will use consumer and category trends as your toolkit to educate customers, solve challenges, and skyrocket sales – building brands is an art. You will lead distributors with in-store selling, marketing, and account execution, and help achieve volume objectives for the core brands in our diverse portfolio. You will implement and execute programs that deliver on distribution, merchandising, display, and retail promotional goals – turning plans into results. You will develop mutually valuable rapport with assigned customers by understanding their needs and requirements. You will take center stage as the communication lead between key customers, wholesalers, and our internal dream team. We track established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure we consistently reach our goals. Job responsibilities may vary by state depending on regulatory requirements for the state.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum 1 year of professional field sales experience in alcohol-beverage or CPG industries.
For new college graduates: sales/marketing internship or full/part-time sales role (preferably in consumer-packaged goods) and/or sales competition experience.
Proven volume achievements and ability to deliver on distribution and retail promotional goals.
Demonstrated successful use of sales data analytics and tools to drive sales results, identify market trends, and produce measurable results.
A valid driver's license and ability to travel within an assigned territory.
Flexibility to work non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends.
Must live in or near the territory.
Ability to personally cover ordinary and essential business expenses that will be promptly reimbursed.
Required to obtain a solicitor’s permit in any state.

Responsibilities

Implement and manage innovative solutions to boost business for assigned accounts, ensuring Sazerac brands soar in market share.
Use consumer and category trends to educate customers, solve challenges, and skyrocket sales.
Lead distributors with in-store selling, marketing, and account execution.
Help achieve volume objectives for the core brands in our diverse portfolio.
Implement and execute programs that deliver on distribution, merchandising, display, and retail promotional goals.
Develop mutually valuable rapport with assigned customers by understanding their needs and requirements.
Serve as the communication lead between key customers, wholesalers, and internal teams.
Monitor established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure goals are consistently met.