The Assistant Business Development Manager is to be a self-starter, self-motivated and personable character who will continually identify commercial and development opportunities, maintain a high internal and external presence, along side constant interaction with brand and commercial teams, as well as customers at the highest level.

• Set up a monthly customer call plan by identifying key strategic and new accounts and adhere to our sales call procedures and standards.
• Achieve sales targets/KPIs and develop implementation plan to grow brand advocacy, distribution, visibility and rate of sale for your brands mostly within the on-premise channel, but also includes off-premise channel.
• Build effective relationships with the trade, influencers and media.
• Conduct tastings to industry leading standards, achieving marketing and commercial objectives.
• Be the face of your brands in dealing with trade/press / PR activity.
• Host your trade events leaving participants feeling highly engaged with your brands.
• Respond promptly to customer enquiries and effectively and diplomatically handle customer complaints.
• Drive drink development for your brands across all sectors of the trade.
• Deliver monthly updates of all Artisanal spirits project activity including competitor and trade activity updates.
• Place POS material/activations prominently and creatively throughout outlets.
• Responsible for the sales target of given territory.
• Integrate and develop the brands within the Artisanal Spirits portfolio into strategically selected accounts in the on-premise and selected premium retailers by driving trade and consumer advocacy. Key sales and ambassador skills/tools are to be utilized to drive visibility, distribution and rate of sale of the portfolio including training, customer relationships and PR.

• College Graduate
• At least 1 year of account management /sales experience
• Experience in Spirits education/brand ambassador work
• A good understanding of mixology Demonstrate ability to set goals and evaluate performance against measurable outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of spirits (both international & domestic)