Suntory Global Spirits is the world's third largest premium spirits company, where employees are treated like family. The Associate Brand Manager will play a key role in developing and implementing strategic marketing directions for classic brands, driving business growth through analytics and collaboration across teams.
Responsibilities
- Be a brand builder for the classic brands portfolio through strong localized and regionalized analytics and critical thinking to drive the business the right way
- Play key role in development and implementation of strategic marketing direction delivering against key value, brand health, and volume/sales/profit growth objectives
- Help identify and source brand materials needed in a State or across the region that represent an opportunity and not currently in the buy offers
- Ensure tracking on Nielsen and The Bar of each brand performance vs Plan, previous year, competitive brands and category trends
- Support the bi-weekly Market Manager meeting up-dates
- Participate and follow up with Brand House status and follow ups
- Work directly with Brand Ambassadors on planning and executing market events with Market Managers
- Process payments and manage budget transfers to markets as plans get approved and move forward
- Directly participate and influence regional brief development as well as work with third party partners to deliver new programs and executions
- Be a part of the creation of brand up-dates, summaries and presentations throughout the year
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills and inquisitive personality to dive into untapped details
- Ability to perform structured financial analysis, turning data into actionable insights and recommendations
- Proven ability to execute projects that align with the overall strategy
- Strong project management experience, including budget management
- Ability to collaborate with agencies and other stakeholders to bring ideas from brief to plan and execution
- Strong team player who can also work autonomously
- Able to deliver in a fast-paced environment under pressure/time constraints
- Flexibility in approach to enable strong collaboration cross-functional partners and multiple stakeholders
- Experience working cross-culturally and/or desire to learn about different cultures
- MBA Preferred
- Knowledge of the spirits industry, particularly the three-tier system and distributor partnerships
- Experience in the industry with knowledge of chains and the independent market is preferred but not mandatory
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- 401K match
- Profit sharing
- Medical and wellness benefits
Company Overview
- Suntory Global Spirits manages, produces, and sells premium spirits, focusing on rich experiences and inclusivity. It was founded in 1757, and is headquartered in New City, New York, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.suntoryglobalspirits.com.