Sales Development Representative - Spirits (North Denver Metro)

Breakthru Beverage Group; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

Breakthru Beverage Group in Colorado’s North Denver Metro region seeks a Sales Development professional to rotate through territories and maximize supplier brands with the trade. The role supports the Diageo and Proximo spirits teams and requires in-market presence five days per week, from Monday to Friday.

Prior industry experience is a plus but not required; travel and reliable transportation are essential. This is a full-time role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ sales experience.
• Basic PC skills including MS Office and presentation software.
• Results-oriented with strong verbal and written communication.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently or in a team.
• Analytic and reporting skills.
• Sound judgement and problem-solving abilities.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Call on accounts and cover daily routes with an established routing pattern.
• Deliver professional sales presentations balancing company priorities and customer needs.
• Maintain product levels by inventory and restocking shelves where legal.
• Ensure maximum brand visibility using POS materials.
• Obtain payments for company by collecting remittance from accounts where permissible.
• Educate account staff through training seminars on brands.
• Serve accounts by delivering products and handling issues or complaints.
• Strategize to achieve sales and merchandising objectives monthly.
• Ensure national account compliance by completing surveys.
• Understand buying patterns and maintain purchase history.
• Attain distribution, volume, and activity goals set by management.
• Manage receivables by processing credits and returns.
• Attend weekly sales meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Sales experience

MS Office

Presentation software

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Analytic and reporting skills

Judgement and problem-solving

Teamwork in fast-paced environment

Valid driver’s license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

MS Office

Presentation software

Job description

Job Family Group

Sales

Time Type

Full time

Position Summary

This position is designed as a sales development role and will rotate through a number of different territories. The primary responsibility for this position will be to fill in open territories as needed in order to maximize the sales of supplier brands to the trade. This position may be asked to assist the Merchandising Department during particularly heavy merchandising periods. This role will support the Diageo and Proximo spirits team in the North Denver Metro. Prior Industry Experience Is a Plus But Not Required. Previous sales or merchandising experience is preferred. Must have reliable transportation and reside in the territory as role is in-market five days per week (Monday - Friday).

Job Responsibilities

Calls on accounts and covers daily routes by creating an established and efficient routing pattern.

• Prepares and delivers professional sales presentations to customers by balancing the company’s priorities and customer’s needs to include selling display ideas, new products, cold box, shelf, back bar placements and resets, drink and wine lists, and promotions.
• Maintains product levels in accounts by taking inventory and restocking shelves (where legal).
• Ensures maximum brand visibility within accounts by using effective and current point of sale materials when appropriate.
• Obtains payments for company by collecting and delivering checks or other remittance from accounts where legally permissible.
• Educates account staff by conducting educational staff training seminars on brands.
• Services accounts by delivering products to customers in extenuating circumstances, handling customer issues and complaints and referring these issues as appropriate to management.

Strategizes/preplans on how best to achieve sales and merchandising objectives by understanding company pricing and product programming information on a monthly basis and maintaining accurate historical account purchase information.

• Ensures national account compliance where applicable by accurately completing all necessary surveys.
• Understands the account’s buying patterns by reviewing the company pricing and product programming information on a monthly basis and maintains accurate historical account purchase information.
• Attains standards of performance goals by achieving the distribution, volume and activity goals of supplier brands as set by management.
• Manages customer account receivables by timely processing of credits and returns and communicating with accounts on aged receivables.
• Remains informed of company/supplier activities and updates by attending and actively participating in weekly sales meetings.

Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder’s supervisor, may also be required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent training and work experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in sales
• Basic PC skills using MS Office and other various computer programs including presentation software
• Must be a results-oriented professional with verbal/written communication skills using diplomacy and discretion as well as customer service skills
• Ability to multi-task, work independently and/or within a team, pay attention to detail and meet deadlines
• Analytic and Reporting skills
• Utilize sound judgement and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-volume, team environment
• Have a valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to hold a Solicitor’s Permit
• Understanding of wine and spirits

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach overhead, squat and bend
• Carrying and lifting 45-65 pounds

Competencies

• Accountable for results which impact the department.
• Selects best option from a set of defined procedures/solutions using common sense and experience of similar situations.

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of this position, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks and duties. Responsibilities, tasks, and duties of individual jobholders may vary from the above description.

Salary And Benefit Statement

Any salary offered is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience.

Compensation package: Range: $40,000 – $50,000 + $3,600 Car Allowance

This position is eligible for health care benefits, life insurance, time off benefits and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan.

Breakthru Beverage Group is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please call [phone] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.