Key Account Manager - On Premise Emerging Accounts (Midwest)

Sazerac Company; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sazerac Company in St. Louis is seeking a Key Account Manager to own relationships with targeted hospitality accounts and drive KPI-based growth.

You will coordinate with distributors, develop JBP's, and train teams on programs to maximize brand visibility and distribution.

This role requires a Bachelor’s degree and willingness to work non-traditional hours, including nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Willingness to work nights and weekends.
• Ability to develop strong customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Achieve volume, distribution, and visibility targets for priority brands in hospitality channels.
• Develop and implement KPIs with distributor teams to grow BCSP, SSP, and NBD brands.
• Develop and implement priorities, projects, and tasks to keep KAMs focused on high-reward work.
• Keep key account contact lists up-to-date in the CMS system.
• Provide monthly retail intelligence to Channel Director and VP about brand information and consumer trends.
• Hold monthly information and update meetings with DMs and Regional Teams to communicate program wins and requests for help.

Skills

Ability to work non-traditional hours

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton's, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram's V.O., Myers's, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton's, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram's V.O., Myers's, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. We're proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of world's most award-winning distillery through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description/Responsibilities

The Key Account Manager owns the Sazerac relationship of targeted accounts and helps to lead KPI development for hospitality channel. As owner of the customer relationship the KAM will develop account specific JBP's, submit for RFP's, maximize Sazerac distribution/visibility + develop/train execution team on programs & best practices (multiplying the successes). Show continuous PDS improvement.

• Achieve volume, distribution, share and visibility objectives for strategic priority brands within target account universe in the hospitality channel. Use KPI's to ensure that execution of brand standards, channel priorities and monitor results through the use of KPI tracking, idig/Power BI, and scorecard to provide "quarterly recaps of performance vs KPI's targets" and "monthly recap of progress" to VP of On Premise.
• Develop and implement KPI's with the appropriate distributor National Account team members to ensure focus and growth of BCSP, SSP, NBD brands in the Hospitality Channel. Establish annual distribution and volume objectives by strategic categories, brand priorities per channel. Track and report monthly results to channel Director. Utilize iDig/Power BI data to program and report results of priority BCSP, SSP, and NBD brands.
• Develop and implement appropriate Priorities, Projects, and Tasks to ensure that KAM's are focused on the highest priority and highest reward projects.
• KAM's will keep their key account contact lists up-to-date in the CMS system.
• Provide retail level intelligence monthly to Channel Director and VP of NKA On Premise to include Brand Information regarding "hot brands" and emerging consumer behavior and consumption patterns. Ensure seamless retail level integration/communication of new brand acquisitions.
• KAM's will hold monthly information and update meetings with DM's and Regional Teams to ensure effective communication/execution of program wins, collaboration opportunities and requests for help. KAM's will also schedule, conduct necessary training to execution team and distributors to ensure they multiply success of KPI development in the Hospitality channel.

Qualifications/Requirements

*Job responsibilities may vary by state depending on regulatory and compliance standards for the state.

MUST HAVE:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Ability and willingness to work non-traditional hours (nights/weekends)
• Ability to develop customer