About Us

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world's leading wine companies. We know that it's the thinkers, makers and doers who have the most impact as we continue to strive towards being recognized as the world's most admired premium wine company. We are proud of our portfolio of brands that have tremendous heritage, rich quality and a reputation for excellence across the globe. From the iconic luxury of Penfolds, to the broad appeal of Gabbiano and newer brands like 19 Crimes, we are committed to creating memorable wine experiences for our consumers.

About the Role

This Regional Sales Manager will reside in Ohio and have regional responsible for the Great Lakes Region.

Reporting to the Director, Commercial Management, this role is responsible for establishing and delivering the TWE's annual goals in the designated markets by working with internal TWE team and through the TWE distributor partners. Your performance objectives will be to attain or exceed current and long-term Sales and Distribution goals in accordance with TWE sales plans, programs, and budgets. The Key Performance Indicators are sales volume, sales value, new distribution, and achievement of annual operating plan.

Key Responsibilities:

* Monitor and evaluate distributors performance against TWE market goals.
* Grow Treasury Wine Estates portfolio depletion volume, feature and distribution within top accounts and total territory in accordance with company fiscal objectives.
* Assist with development of distributor pricing and program strategies that deliver the market goals.
* Formulate market plans by channel and account. Allocate resources to key retailers in the market.
* Ensures TWE team and distributor partners are managing compliance of National On & Off Premise account programs.
* Work closely with distributor salespeople and management to execute programs efficiently & effectively.
* Lead education with distributor sales personnel on the TWE Brand Portfolio and the brand standards we expect.
* Use market data to identify market opportunities, share this with the Distributor Sales Team.
* Assist and participate in monthly business reviews with the Distributor Management team.
* Develop win-win-win solutions that result in value creation for retailers, TWE, and the TWE distributor partner.
* Show fiscal responsibility at all time. Stay within pre-agreed annual market budgets.
* Put controls in place to manage local market dollars; be transparent with budgeted spend.
* Monitor competitor activities in the market. Communicate information on competitive strategy & tactics to direct supervisor and key wholesaler personnel.
* Ability to understand, measure, monitor and effect:
* Managing for value
* Active Points of Distribution
* Price management and models
* Channel/Account Management
* Participate in "sales blitzes / crew drives" in markets outside the primary area as needed.

About You

* You have a minimum of four years previous professional outside sales experience.
* Three-tier management experience required.
* You have Experience managing chain accounts in both on and off premise and leading distributor sales initiatives.
* You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* You have Strong persuasive presentation skills, including the ability to speak before large audiences both internally and externally.
* You possess strong negotiation and mediation skills with the ability to influence and motivate others to meet objectives under sometimes-restrictive timelines.
* You have a proven track record of building and maintaining key trade account relationships to drive TWE strategy in the market.
* You can work independently and drive regional strategy.
* You lead with data and have strong analytical skills, and the ability to develop customer / distributor strategies, programs, and promotions based on competitive data to meet overall company objectives while meeting customer needs.
* You are organized and can manage multiple tasks at once while balancing priorities.
* You are passionate; knowledge of wine, wine terms, and growing techniques not required but helpful. Passion for wine and the ability to continuously learn new wines and brands and represent effectively to customers required.
* You are computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), desktop publishing programs. Experience with Essbase and Pricer preferred.
* Must be a person of high integrity and commitment and possess a strong work ethic.
* Significant travel within assigned territory required.
* Valid driver's license required with clean driving record
* Wine or alcohol beverage industry experience required.
* You have a Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience.
* Must be able to lift a case of wine (45 pounds) up to 10 times per day

What's in it for you

* The opportunity to be bold and make an impact in the world of wine
* Access to the world's most celebrated wines through our employee product allowance
* True flexibility in determining how, when, and where you work to achieve your potential
* Global opportunities across the US, Australia & New Zealand, Asia, UK/Europe
* Opportunity to build a career across multiple functions (we're really good at doing this!)
* Structured development programs to support your health, wellbeing, and career
* "TWEforME Day" -an additional day of leave each year, for you to do you!
* Competitive benefits package including: Medical, Dental, and Vision, Paid Time Off (vacation, sick time, and holidays), 401K with company match, and much more!

Culture

We bring our whole selves, we're courageous and we deliver together -that's our DNA. We're a passionate bunch who enjoy working together, like to have fun, and keep things down-to-earth. We're brave enough and care enough to have the right conversations to get the best outcome and are famous for our can-do attitude. We're definitely "glass half full" people and see challenges as opportunities and move with pac