Sales Account Manager – Wine, Beer & Spirits

Job Details

We’re looking for a career-minded team player who wants to grow along with us and create excellent customer experiences. Bring your unique self to Elite Brands and drive your career forward!

This job is about relationship management, product knowledge, and having fun. Our customers are tavern, restaurant, and liquor store owners all around Colorado and they are the best customers in the world! Our Account Managers visit our customers regularly, to bring awareness to all our delicious Elite brands. If you can learn our portfolio quickly, gain the trust of our customers, and bring a fun and energetic attitude while you do it, apply now! The area for these accounts will be located in Summit County, Colorado. You must live in this area.

About You:

We are looking for a high-energy, proven, self-motivated, and goal orientated sales professional to present our portfolio of fine wine, small batch spirits and craft beer to established and new on and off premise accounts. The salesperson we seek is a team player, has experience in beverage sales (preferably in the alcoholic beverage industry), and possesses a desire to enthusiastically build relationships and generate sales activity. You must have excellent communication and time and task management skills. A year of sales experience is required.

• Effectively promotes and sells products, services, and/or related accessories through suggestive sales techniques to meet and surpass profitability goals.
• Timely provides customers with accurate product price quotations and additional details, as appropriate.
• Writes up and processes sales using computerized software in a professional and timely manner and in accordance with established guidelines.
• Relays appropriate information to customers to enhance the Company's image.
• Helps with route relief and merchandising of products at accounts.
• Researches trends and technical developments through related publications and training sessions to maintain current knowledge and specifically meet customer requests.
• Timely resolves customer complaints and concerns within a timely manner and reports such issues to manager.
• Demonstrates understanding of and supports for sales policies and procedures to provide proper and effective treatment to all customers.
• Effectively operates system to check pricing and stock availability.
• Assists in the training of co-workers, as assigned.
• Develops maximum sales potential out of assigned territory through competitive sales techniques and knowledge of the Company's products and services as well as the competition's strengths/weaknesses.
• Builds and maintains quality relations with existing assigned accounts, and increases account base and volume of sales on a consistent basis.
• Routinely contacts customers through a combination of telephone communications, written communications and in person visits by traveling as frequently as necessary to meet or surpass profitable sales goals.
• Continuously reevaluates work to increase market share.
• Creates customized proposals to meet specific customer requirements in an efficient manner.
• Stays abreast of market conditions regarding products, product updates, service offerings and new technologies.
• Actively utilizes Company leads to expand current customer base and timely follows up all leads.
• Maintains updated, organized files on all accounts in assigned territory.
• Provides accurate information and follow up on customers, as required.
• Develops customer relationships by providing account with additional training services, e.g. hand selling, in store tasting, staff training, and events.
• Ensures high levels of product visibility and salability through the use of, point of sale, but not limited to, shelf talkers, sales sheets, etc.
• Establish strong relationships with customers and suppliers, and actively pursues new business in accounts.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned.

As a representative of Elite Brands of Colorado, it is critical that you present in a professional and courteous manner to all employees and customers!

About Us:
Elite Brands of Colorado, recognized as Craft Beer Wholesaler of the Year and a Top 100 Family-Owned Business in Colorado.

Elite Brands is all about trust, creativity, open and honest feedback, accountability, and professional development. Our five-star sales team represents all of these things, and we CHOOSE to be the best at what we do because our customers deserve it, and we wouldn’t deliver anything less.

Elite Brands represents some of the finest wine, beer, and spirit suppliers in the world. Please review our website www.elite-brands.com for a complete list of our suppliers and to learn more about who we are. Come join our team!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year (base salary plus commissions and bonuses, incentive pay, car/phone allowance)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Compensation Package:

• Bonus opportunities
• Commission pay
• Profit sharing

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55,000 - $65,000