Job Description

This role is a remote position with an ideal base location in Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

What The Role Is

The Market Manager for Cadre Noir Imports (CNI) will orchestrate and execute strategic brand

initiatives with distributors and retail accounts - On and Off Premise. The Market Manager will

execute local sales and promotion efforts to drive awareness, distribution, and revenue by

coordinating, strategizing, and teaming with local distributor personnel. In addition, this position will

observe, measure, evaluate, and report new information that potentially impacts CNI business in the

states. In addition, this position will observe, measure, evaluate, and report new information that

potentially impacts CNI business.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who brings energy, initiative, and drive to the work. The

Market Manager must show an understanding and commitment to a professional work ethic in the

context of this job opportunity.

How You Will Spend Your Time?

• Manage, to CNI objectives, sales planning and priorities at the distributor and hold distributors accountable for results
• Effectively communicate and reinforce CNI brand objectives, time and again, as the most visible and committed supplier representative in the state, at the distributor and at retail
• Bring a professional approach and appreciation for structured sales processes. Adapt to coaching and change
• Provide distributor salespeople with tools and knowledge necessary to successfully execute CNI brand strategies and sales priorities
• Drive and reinforce CNI’s sales, distribution, and placement standards at training events and retail calls, with every stakeholder
• Measure, report, and review program results with distributor managers and CNI Director of Sales
• Establish, grow, and maintain relationships with personnel in key retail accounts – On and Off Premise
• Cultivate key relationships with impact performers inside the distributors at all levels
• Strategically and systematically manage territory for maximum coverage results, with frequent and timely contacts with key customers, accounts of influence, and remote distributor personnel
• Manage calendar and time for maximized efficiency and strategy
• Manage compliance with national accounts mandates and opportunities passed along from CNI National Account Teams – On and Off Premise
• Submit monthly market reports to the Director of Sales
• Bring initiative and proactivity to continued learning and development. Utilize internal resources and coaching in addition to self-study and inquiry.

Who You Are…

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, or related discipline, or may

substitute equivalent years’ work-related experience for educational requirements.

Three (3) plus years work related experience in beverage alcohol industry

• Analytical skills, in particular gathering data from a wide variety of sources and presenting it in formats suitable for a wide variety of audiences
• Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems
• Good managerial and effective presentation skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Valued But Not Required Skills and Experience

• Emphasis in Management and/or Marketing
• Advanced computer proficiency

Physical Requirements

• While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, and use of computer; reach with hands and arms. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Benefits 

• Salary based on experience
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Bonus Potential
• Car Allowance
• Cell Phone Allowance
• Partially company sponsored Health and Dental Insurance
• 401K plan with Employer matching

This role is a remote position with an ideal base location of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

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