Wine Specialist

Southern Crown Partners•Charleston, SC

About The Position

The Wine Specialist supports all aspects of the Wine portfolio, with the goal of growing Wine brands within Southern Crown Partners and meeting sales goals and expectations with the On-Premise teams. The role covers sales activities in an assigned geographic territory and includes educating customers, growing brand awareness, supporting distribution, maintaining retailer relationships, and executing promotions. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

At least 1 year of sales experience in beverage distribution or a related field.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, including maintaining product quality standards through rotation.
Ability to solve practical problems.
Ability to work in a friendly manner as part of a team and develop effective working relationships with colleagues and customers.
Ability to accurately add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure.
Punctuality in meeting route schedules and attention to detail.
Intermediate computer skills, particularly in Word and Excel.
Commitment to representing SCP's PARTNERS values and its commitment to excellence.
Valid driver's license in the state of residence and a good driving record.

Responsibilities

Attend sales segment meetings to provide Wine brand updates, opportunities, feedback, and analysis based on market observations and sales data.
Make daily sales calls to educate targeted on-premise accounts, grow awareness of Wine brands, and sell distribution of existing brands and new products, features, and samplings.
Manage sales activities in the assigned geographic territory, including merchandising, rotation, and stock.
Grow and strengthen retailer relations.
Present authorized decision makers with factual sales data and periodic business reviews.
Maintain account rapport, case-sales replenishment and growth, product quality assurance, and follow-up communication.
Plan and execute sales promotions effectively.
Ensure customer satisfaction.
Comply with the company's Product Freshness Rotation Policy.
Partner and communicate with the dedicated Service Representative to ensure excellent customer service.
Perform other duties as assigned.