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Bacardi Account Manager- Kitchener Waterloo area
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About the role
Responsibilities
- Lead meetings with key accounts to present Bacardi products and services by understanding the customer’s business processes, plans, needs and critical success factors by demonstrating understanding of competitive landscape through trends and data.
- Ensure objectives and KPI’s are being met on a quarterly basis
- Collaborate cross-functionally utilizing Bacardi resources to achieve maximize performance and sales efforts by achieving increased volumes while building long lasting business opportunities in your account universe.
- Responsible for developing and executing promotional activations, programs, new distribution, menu placements, drink features and educating customer staff on the Bacardi portfolio to achieve sales objectives.
- Execute at key local events and participate where the opportunity fits our strategy, including the execution of national initiatives in the local market, which often occur in the evening or on weekends.
- Work in tandem with brand ambassadors/advocacy team to execute staff trainings within called-on accounts.
- Track all activities and consistently submit activity reports in a proprietary reporting tool to include KPI progress, account visits, trainings, wins, competitive activities, and special projects.
- Efficiently manage T&E budget as well as monthly activation budget.
- Participate in overall market commercial planning which may include weekly and monthly team meetings.
- Deliver year-over-year growth within account list while meeting monthly KPI’s within your account universe.
- Understand customer’s strategic business challenges and business priorities
- Act as a role model for Compliance and Ethics, embedding Bacardi’s core values of fearless, family, and demonstrating a founder’s mentality.
Skills and Experience
- You will have strong/above average knowledge of cocktails and experience crafting cocktails.
- 2+ years’ experience in a similar role. You are passionate and influential relationship manager eager that positions the consumer at the heart of all activities first in order to achieve results.
- You are influential communicator with strong interpersonal skills. You will have opportunities to display excellent written and verbal communication skills while also being relaxed giving presentations in front of small groups of people including executives, Bacardi primos, vendors and customers (both internal and external) at all levels of an organization.
- By living a Founder’s mentality, you are well organized, an independent thinker, like to multitask and are confident in your ability to conduct yourself in an ethical and professional manner consistent with our company values.
- You possess the ability to analyze available information for the purposes of preparing reports, coordinating efforts and solving problems.
- Effectively use a consultative selling approach and effectively survey an account using the 7 steps to a sales call
- Your ability to effectively manage your time and prioritize goals and opportunities.
- You are computer proficient working in MS Office Products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and can use advanced computer functions, including navigating the Internet.
- Bachelor’s degree or post secondary education preferred
- You are a highly motivated and passionate individual with desire to drive results.
- You’re highly organized and dependable, can work equally well with a team or by yourself to reach a collective goal.
- You are not afraid to make mistakes and learn from those on your team.
- You are adaptable as market conditions and consumer trends change.
- You are curious about various cultures, can easily fine the commonalities between various consumer groups and thrive on working with diverse groups of people
Our culture
We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?
· Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.
· Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.
· Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.
When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.
Disclaimer: Bacardi is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. The duties and responsibilities described in the role profile might not be a comprehensive list.