Regional Sales Manager in Fredericksburg, Virginia For Sale
Regional Sales Manager Location: Fredericksburg, Texas Job Code: 106 Employment Duration: full time Description Regional Sales Manager FLSA Status: Exempt Job Status: Full Time Work Schedule: Expected to work the number of hours required to complete tasks (approximately 55 hours per week) Reports To: National Sales Manager Amount of Travel Required: Varies POSITION SUMMARY Messina Hof Regional Sales Manager is charged with managing the brand and facilitating sales development of Messina Hof products in all possible wholesale channels of distribution, including retail and on-premise. This person must meet the needs and expectations of our customers and the technical information about our products, pricing, and promotions. He/she is responsible for representing all aspects of Messina Hof and its respective products. This person must have excellent working relationships with Republic National Distributing Company management, key account managers, and key buyers in Texas and the Southwest. Must have ability to perform surveys and make recommendations to enhance distribution. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Reasonable Accommodations Statement To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential Functions Statement(s) Develop sales volume distribution and profit including direct selling as well as multiplying the sales efforts to ensure distributor sales force execution and focus on the core products and programs by performing the following duties: · Motivate and create positive working relationships with distributor(s) to ensure incremental sales and distribution with geographic region as well as meet targeting distribution and sales goals. · Develop, foster, and maintain a close working relationship with retailers, restaurateurs and other industry contacts. · Ensure the continued sales growth of brands in the geographic area and develop areas of opportunity for new business. · Professionally represent the Company in the market to improve distribution levels, shelf space/schematics, feature/display activity, ad plans, and on-premise programs · Coordinate and oversee execution of TPR’s, programming, promotion, and pricing execution of distributor in a timely manner. · Ensure that distributors carry sufficient stock to properly service by avoiding out-of-stocks, and ensure orders have sufficient lead times. · Provide weekly updates to Messina Hof ownership on current market data including sales data, distributor warehouse stock information and make recommendations to RNDC on purchase order requests. · Undertake various promotional activities, such as tastings, presentation to members of the trade and consumers. Attendance at special promotions such as wine tasting dinners, festivals, etc. · Participate in “crew drives” in markets as needed and provide written feedback to distributors within three days, including selling in the market with distributor’s sales force as well as selling into accounts on your own · Ensure that promotional materials and POS are used effectively · Responsible for managing activities in compliance with state and federal regulations · Responsible for providing accurate and timely filing of reports including sales reports, retail pricing surveys, meeting minutes, market management, expense reports, etc. · Provide management with market intelligence including sales trends, product development and competitor activity. · Act as a key link between Sales, Marketing, and Operations to understand and develop integrated demand plans for all products. Meet all national headquarters, distributor and winery deadlines. · Collect Marketing and Sales data and incorporate it into statistical forecasting models to generate demand forecasts and budgets. · Coordinate with the Marketing department on ads and promotions. Create and execute sales and marketing plans, incentive programs and business proposals. · Facilitation of new placements of Messina Hof products in new accounts and increased market share of products in existing accounts. Increase market share within Texas and expand Messina Hof sales to national distribution. · Participate in end of year business reviews and other meetings as required. · Weekly meetings with distributor account representatives to target promotion opportunities and troubleshoot problems. · Encourage increased specialty placements including department stores, catering special events, specialty catalogs, area gift baskets, etc. · Initiate and respond to all types of communications with all business contacts promptly. · Liaison with and facilitate distributor sales of Messina Hof products. Administer distributor pricing and monitor promotions & charge backs & reconcile discrepancies. · Adhere to and effectively communicate company policy. · Perform administrative tasks as necessary in a timely manner. · Other duties as required POSITION QUALIFICATIONS Competency Statement(s) · Minimum of undergraduate degree or 3-6 years related experience and/or training in the adult beverage industry, preferably the wine industry; or equivalent combination of education and experience · Located in Houston. Must be able to travel as necessary to be physically present at events when needed. Must have valid driver’s license with clean driving record. · Computer proficient in Microsoft Office and wholesale software programs. · Proven sales skills, and impeccable professional conduct and reliability. · Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to speak to large audiences both internally and externally. Excellent organizational skills. Strong analytical skills with ability to formulate strategies based on correlated data to meet overall Company objectives. Must possess strong negotiation and mediation skills with the ability to assist others to meet objectives under sometimes restrictive time lines. · Ability to maintain positive work atmosphere by communicating effectively with clients, management, peers, and subordinates. Possess strong project management skills. Must be a person of high integrity, commitment and motivation, and possess a strong work ethic. · Ability to manage tasks and to exercise independent judgment without supervision. Ability to act as a very “hands-on”, “roll up their sleeves” executor. · Strong network and relationships with industry professionals, with understanding of the three-tier distribution system. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described her are representative of those that must be met by and employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is frequently required to stand for long periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 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