Division Manager – Category Management

Role Overview

• Provide leadership direction for Category Consultants
• Facilitate and develop spirit and wine partnerships with major retailers within retailers across the division
• Focus on applying category management principles to improve retail partners market performance
• Manage daily performance, training, and development of Category Consultants
• Oversees, leads, and directs all activities of category management processes in strategic accounts
• Informs Chain Account teams with information and direction about the market and their specific chain accounts
• Assist in writing category presentations and accompany Chain Account Executives when making category presentations
• Directs the performance of analytical research of syndicated market and/or retail data to effectively evaluate wine and spirit performance in the market
• Responsible for the overall evaluation of category, sub-category, and product level finds for presentation to senior management
• Oversees space planning projects

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Six to eight years related experience
• Previous On and Off premise (retail) sales experience with an alcoholic beverage wholesaler or supplier and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company matching
• Medical, dental and vision benefits*
• Generous paid time off program – work your way up to 5 weeks of PTO a year with the ability to carryover unused PTO
• Paid volunteer time
• Paid parental leave
• Paid caregiver leave
• Fertility benefits
• Paid training
• Company paid life insurance, short-term disability, and company-paid holidays
• Associate resource groups, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs available for all associates