Brand Portfolio Manager – South America

Sazerac; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Sazerac is seeking a Brand Portfolio Manager – South America to drive growth across Chile, Argentina, Brazil, with priority brands Fireball, Buffalo Trace, and BuzzBallz. You’ll own end-to-end regional brand strategies, from commercialization planning to in-market execution and performance tracking.

Based in Coral Gables, FL, this hybrid role requires strong commercial acumen, project management, and cross-functional leadership to translate global strategies into local plans with distributors

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2-4 years of brand management, commercial marketing, or portfolio management experience.
• English and Portuguese required; Spanish is a plus.
• Strong commercial, analytical, financial, budgeting, and marketing skills with advanced Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Experience managing agencies, distributors, customers, commercial partners, and marketing budgets.
• Proven project management, organizational, prioritization, and cross-functional commercialization skills across multiple brands and markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end regional brand strategies across South America.
• Localize global marketing toolkits and ensure brand alignment.
• Manage agency partnerships and distributor collaborations for campaigns.
• Support new product launches and cross-functional delivery on time and budget.

Skills

Brand management

Commercial marketing

Portfolio management

English

Portuguese

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description/Responsibilities

As the Brand Portfolio Manager – South America you will be responsible for driving the growth of Sazerac's portfolio across Chile, Argentina, Brazil, with a focus on priority brands including Fireball, Buffalo Trace, and BuzzBallz. This role owns the end-to-end development and execution of regional brand strategies—from commercialization planning and innovation launches through in-market execution and performance tracking. The successful candidate will partner closely with distributors, Global Brand teams, Sales, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Finance, and regional leadership to ensure global strategies are translated into locally relevant plans that drive distribution, consumer demand, and profitable growth.

You will serves as the primary marketing partner for distributor organizations, influencing commercial decisions, execution standards, and investment priorities while ensuring accountability against agreed business objectives.

This position requires a highly collaborative leader with strong commercial acumen, excellent project management skills, and a bias for execution across multiple markets and brands simultaneously.

This position is a hybrid role based in our Coral Gables, Florida location.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the execution of campaigns on assigned categories/brands from concept to perfect in-store execution, making global strategies locally relevant. For managed brands/projects, develop marketing activation plans, budgets, standards, channel & pricing strategy and ensure plan is executed to reach sales and profit objectives. Identify and see through to completion areas to save money, improve efficiency and add value to the company.
• Localize Global Marketing tool kits and brand strategies, ensuring alignment with Global Brand strategies.
• Lead and/or support the management of agency efforts, both internally and in partnership with global distributors, in delivering effective & efficient creative solutions, packaging, marketing materials, promotion, public relations and media for assigned category/brand programs.
• Support the execution of company process to concept, plan, develop, launch and successfully execute new products that drive growth. Navigate new projects through internal cross-functional teams and processes leading to on-time & on budget delivery.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required

• Bachelor's degree
• 2-4 years of brand management, commercial marketing, or portfolio management experience.
• Speaks English and Portuguese, Spanish is a plus
• Strong commercial, analytical, financial, budgeting, and marketing skills, with advanced Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Proven project management, organizational, prioritization, and cross-functional commercialization skills across multiple brands and markets.
• Experience managing agencies, distributors, customers, commercial partners, and marketing budgets.

Preferred

• MBA
• Beverage alcohol/CPG, including distributor and three-tier business models.
• Launching products across multiple markets and managing international or regional portfolios.
• Building business cases and evaluating commercial opportunities.

Culture and Benefits

Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, and more. These benefits may vary depending on location and work type. Learn more about how we support our employees here.

The annual salary range for this role is $72,000 - $108,000. Final compensation will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.

Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.

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