Activation Manager

Activation Manager

Chattanooga,United States

Permanent

Skills

Retail

hospitals

Distiler

About Us: We are an award-winning craft distillery located within the historic Chattanooga Choo Choo complex. We are passionate in our pursuit of spirits perfection using a combination of high quality ingredients and hand-built distillation processes to create an unique array of delicious distilled spirits.

Position Overview: The Activation Manager will activate company market presence within existing and new distribution territories in support of the company’s distribution initiative. You will participate as a key member of the Marketing Team and will demonstrate success by productively influencing accounts, distribution reps and retail customers in growing our distribution volumes.

What You Will Do:

Cultivate relationships with On-Premise and Off-Premise accounts to drive increasing case depletions, menu placements and other activations

Develop relationships with our distributor representatives to strengthen market interactions and leverage their assistance in activations

Maintain and expand the company CRM and data-oriented Market Reporting Systems

Expand our network of Contract Reps for Off-Premise tastings and events

Assist the Marketing Team in expanding distribution into New Territories

Serve as a Product Expert for customer and distributor training, special events and distillery tours

Assist the Marketing Team in its digital, print, public relations, asset development and other promotional efforts

What We Are Looking For:

Passion - for selling high quality distilled spirits and experiences

Presence - strong verbal and personal skills that will resonate with and positively influence our market and online audience

Experience - successful experience in retail sales, digital marketing and/or hospitality a plus

Motivation - an eagerness to learn, adapt, achieve and grow

Teamwork – able to work collaboratively to achieve goals

Professionalism - in work ethic, presentation and deportment

Travel Flexibility - to support growth within existing and into new territories

Why Join our company?

Potential for significant career growth as we continue to succeed

Opportunity for professional development

Working within a collaborative culture of innovation and inclusiveness

Flexibility of schedule and work location

Becoming a vital part of a company that is shaping the future of craft distilling