Craft, Brand Ambassador

Job Responsibilities

• Activation Responsibilities:
  • Own a focused account universe of ~50 high-influence on-premise accounts in Dallas, with visibility into key opportunities across Houston and Austin.
  • Build deep, lasting relationships with buyers, operators, bar managers, and bartenders; the kind that earn real placement and real advocacy.
  • Drive year-round menu placements and seasonal features across the portfolio, grounded in local market trends and tailored to each account.
  • Serve as the primary connection between Rémy Cointreau brands and the Dallas trade community as a trusted resource and not just a vendor.
  • Identify, plan, and execute education moments activations and brand programming that fit the account, not just the brand calendar and always with an eye toward impact.
  • Execute KPIs with target brands in specific accounts that locally identify with each brand.
  • Grow brand visibility at the account level through hospitality, education, and consistent presence, showing up where it counts.
  • Translate national brand programs into locally relevant activations by adapting what makes sense and building what doesn’t exist yet.
  • Create market-specific opportunities that build brand love, trade advocacy, and commercial momentum simultaneously.
  • Recruit and engage trade for experiential programming and education across all brands in the portfolio.
  • Create market-specific opportunities that build brand love, trade advocacy, and commercial momentum simultaneously.
• Sales Responsibilities:
  • Partner closely with the local distributor (RNDC) and internal RC sales team and show up as a genuine collaborator who makes their job easier and their numbers better.
  • Design and execute trade and consumer programming that is specific, purposeful, and tied to real commercial outcomes.
  • Use strong account relationships and activation to open doors for distribution and close the loop through disciplined follow through.
  • Use sales data to make smart decisions: know where volume is growing, where it isn’t, and why.
• Administrative:
  • Budget ownership - spend strategically, track carefully, and make every dollar accountable.
  • Weekly field planning that reflects the right accounts, the right brands, and the right priorities.
  • Regular recapping through our CRM platform that tells a clear story about what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next.
  • Quarterly business reviews that connect field activity to commercial results.
  • Timely and accurate expense management.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• 5+ years in spirits, hospitality, or beverage advocacy; bartender or operator background strongly preferred.
• You have an established book of relationships in the Dallas on-premise. Connections in Houston and Austin are a real plus.
• You’re comfortable with commercial accountability. You know how to connect what you do in market to what moves on the shelf, and you’re willing to ask for the business.
• You’re a confident, engaging public speaker. Leading tastings, hosting trade events, and educating a room come naturally.
• You work well inside a corporate structure and actively support the sales and commercial teams around you.
• Your default is “yes, if…” not “that won’t work.”
• You’re in the field, consistently. This role requires regular in-person account visits and minimal remote work.
• Solid grasp of the 3-tier system and how to work effectively within a distributor network.
• Must have a valid driver’s license; must obtain solicitor’s permit (where required by law); must be 21 years of age or older.