Market Development Representative - On Premise

Company/Location Overview

Sazerac Company is an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Founded in the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double-digit growth annually. The company produces and markets award-winning bourbons and whiskeys, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, Traveller, and Sazerac Rye. Sazerac also owns popular brands such as Fireball, Svedka, Wheatley, BuzzBallz, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. Sazerac’s Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and its Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery.”

Job Description/Responsibilities

Join us in achieving volume and distribution sales goals for our Brands across Sazerac's diverse spirits portfolio and connect consumers and brands. As a Market Development Representative, you and your team will play a pivotal role in our success story. The position involves:

• Craft Solutions for Growth: Implement innovative solutions to boost business for assigned accounts, ensuring Sazerac brands soar in market share.
• Brand Building: Use consumer and category trends as your toolkit to educate customers, solve challenges, and skyrocket sales—building brands is an art.
• Distribution: Lead distributors to support in-outlet selling and execution.
• Volumes Objectives: Help achieve volume objectives for our diverse portfolio.
• Strategic Programs: Implement and execute programs that deliver on distribution, merchandising, display, and retail promotional goals – turning plans into results.
• Rapport Building: Develop mutually valuable rapport with assigned customers through understanding their key needs and requirements.
• Communication & Collaboration: Take center stage as the communication lead between key customers, wholesalers, and our internal dream team.
• KPI Monitoring: Track agreed-upon Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure we consistently reach the goals.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Minimum 1 year of sales experience in the alcohol-beverage or CPG (consumer packaged goods) industries. On-premise experience is preferred.
• New college graduates require a sales/marketing internship or full/part-time sales role (preferably in consumer-packaged goods) and/or sales competition experience.
• Results-Driven: Proven volume objectives and ability to deliver on new points of distribution (PODs), well placements, menu placements, events, and promotions.
• Technical Savvy: Demonstrated success using sales data analytics and tools to drive sales results, identify market trends, and produce measurable results.
• Mobility: A valid driver's license and ability to travel within an assigned territory is required.
• Schedule: Flexibility to work non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends.
• Location: Candidate must reside in or near the territory.
• Expenses: Ability to personally cover ordinary and essential business expenses that will be promptly reimbursed.
• Compliance: Required to obtain a solicitor’s permit in any state.

Culture And Benefits

A career at Sazerac offers you the opportunity to reach your full potential as part of a creative, decisive, high-performance team. Sazerac values the needs and wants of our team members and offers inclusive benefits to attract and retain the best talent. Our culture is built upon the values of hard work, diligence, and personal responsibility. Sazerac Team Members Enjoy Competitive Pay, Comprehensive Benefits from Day One including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. Family Coverage: Options to cover family members, including domestic partners. 401(k) Plan: Immediate access to a matching 401(k) plan. Flexible Time Away: Enjoy paid time off (PTO), holidays, and parental leave. Mental Health and Wellness: Access to mental health care and wellness incentive programs. Educational Support: Benefit from tuition reimbursement and our scholarship program for dependents of Sazerac team members. Fun Extras: Enjoy branded apparel, fun events, and a team member bottle purchase program. Training and Development: Opportunities for professional growth and development. Benefits, salary range, and programs may vary by role or location. For roles within our commercial team - the Salary range refers to base salary only and does not include car allowance, annual bonus, fuel or cell phone reimbursement. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package. Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.