What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Representative position at Phusion Projects?
Established in 2005, Phusion Projects is a leading global alcoholic beverage company with a presence in over 40 countries, employing hundreds of professionals worldwide. We offer a diverse portfolio of brands, including Four Loko, Four Loko PREGAME, Mamitas, Pirate Water, Basic Vodka, Basico Tequila, and Earthquake.
Innovation and disruption are at the heart of our company culture. We understand drinkers as category agnostic and pursue flavor, brand, and functional benefits above all else. This mindset drives us to push boundaries within our current product portfolio and partnerships.
The Sales Specialist will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key accounts to influence distribution of Phusion brands. They will drive new distribution, create displays, and increase brand visibility with focused SKUs, pricing, and program POS in independent and chain outlets. This role requires weekly travel within an assigned territory and additional travel 3-4 days a month for market-wide crew drives outside of your market or state.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with various wholesalers to execute sales and promotional programs.
- Collaborate with key distributor sales reps to ensure focus on the Phusion portfolio at accounts through regular communication within the account base.
- Leverage selling resources to support accounts, including programming execution, sampling, POS, etc.
- Partner with internal Phusion teams (ASM, RM, and KAMs) to ensure alignment and execution at accounts.
- Fiscally responsible for maintaining assigned budgets.
- Ensure proper merchandising standards are executed in the market, including in-store programming and out-of-store permanent POS.
- Build relationships with distributors and retailers to ensure sales goals are met.
- Attend promotional events, when needed, to generate new sales leads for our products.
- Educate external partners on product updates, changes, and launches.
- Act as the face of the company at all times while working with external partners.