Market Development Manager - Retail Spirits

Job Req ID: 106945 

Job Type: Full-time 

Work Category: Field 

Application Close Date: 03/25/2026 

Sponsorship: Not Available 

Compensation: $89,110 - $133,570

 

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We’re a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that’s consistently recognized as a Glassdoor “Best Places to Work.” We have 130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We’re home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.

 

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A Taste of What You’ll Do

As a Market Development Manager for Retail Spirits, you’ll champion the growth of Gallo’s spirits portfolio across key retail accounts by driving execution, strengthening distributor capability, and activating strategic sales and marketing initiatives. You will spend the majority of your time in the field partnering with distributor representatives and managers, helping them close performance gaps, accelerate points of distribution, and elevate their understanding of Gallo brands. Through strong time‑management and choiceful decision making, you will prioritize the highest value opportunities each month to ensure that efforts translate into measurable results.

You’ll gather and interpret market intelligence—spotting trends, identifying pricing opportunities, and sharing critical insights with leadership to advance brand performance. Your work will connect cross‑functional teams, align distributor execution with brand and state strategies, and engage retail partners with digital tools, consumer activation, and e‑retail solutions.

Acting as a Gallo ambassador, you’ll build strong relationships across all levels of accounts and distributor organizations. You will motivate and train teams, champion innovation, host events, support digital marketing initiatives, and bring a future‑focused, entrepreneurial mindset to every interaction. This role blends field leadership, data‑driven decision making, and relationship‑building to elevate Gallo’s spirits business in your market.

 

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of Gallo winery or distributor sales reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of wine or spirits sales, marketing, restaurant/hospitality, or distributor experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 6 years of Gallo winery or distributor sales experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 7 years of wine or spirits sales, marketing, restaurant/hospitality, or distributor experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Candidate is required to have a valid driver’s license, a safe driving record and reliable vehicle (if applicable) at the time of hire. This position will undergo a motor vehicle check (MVR) to confirm a history of safe and responsible driving. If needed, candidate must obtain the appropriate state driver’s license based on the position’s location within 30 days of hire.
• Required to obtain liquor license as required by state/locality.
• Required to travel by air and car in order to execute job functions.
• Required to see, taste, and smell wine and perform wine tastings as part of job functions.
• Required to be 21 years of age or older.
• Required to Travel by air and automobile up to 25% during the course of business.
• Experience demonstrating strong leadership, selling, time management, and public speaking skills.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

 

How You’ll Stand Out

• Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of Gallo winery or distributor sales experience to include a prior rotation as a Spirits Development Specialist, Spirits Development Specialist Sr, Business Intelligence Analyst Sr, Market Development Manager, Market Development Manager Sr, or Account Manager 1; OR Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of external alcohol sales experience to include on-premise experience.
• Experience selling or marketing Gallo brands.
• Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions.
• Experience addressing customer needs as a primary focus; skilled in building positive internal and external customer relationships.

 

To view the full job description, please click here.

 

Our Benefits & Perks

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

 

The Fine Print

• The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
• Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
• This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires regular travel within your assigned territory. Occasional travel to company sites may be required as needed. 
• It is the Company’s policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.

 

Gallo’s policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

 

Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).

 

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.

 

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