Associate Brand Manager - Spirits (Wine Jobs: Sales & Marketing)

  Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits

  Stamford, Connecticut

Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits’ Stamford office currently seeks an Associate Brand Manager – Spirits who possesses the below qualifications. 

Reporting to the VP Spirits Brand Development, the Associate Brand Manager – Spirits will function as the brand champion with P&L responsibility. The ABM will be responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of all marketing activities to enhance the growth and profitability of their brand(s). The ABM is expected to be able to operate with significant autonomy yet still have influence with functions and entities that work closely with the brand team.

 Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in marketing

• Minimum of 2 years marketing experience in the spirits industry

• Ability to function effectively in fast-paced, multi-faceted business environment

• Strong analytic skills and financial acumen (can readily identify insights in ships/deps/consumption data and translate to action; ability to manage a P&L)

• Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret P&L drivers and experience managing an A&P budget

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills

• Deadline oriented self-starter who is proactive and holds self to high standard of work quality

• Proven track record of results in a high performing organization

• Excellent project management skills

• Ability to interface efficiently at all levels of the organization, the distributor network

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development and execution of strategic and annual marketing plans which address all aspects of the marketing mix including P&L’s, pricing, packaging,  promotion

• Responsible for the delivery of volume, share and profit objectives consistent with overall brand strategy

• Work closely with Sales to identify opportunities to expand the business in existing channels of trade

• Ensure accurate and timely monthly updates, and provide analysis and recommendations when sales vary from forecast.

• Interface on a consistent basis with Sales, Finance, and Production to rapidly identify problems/opportunities and take appropriate action as warranted

• Interface with Senior Management / Executives

• Represent brand at trade functions and consumer events

How To Apply