Market Development Sales Representative - East St. Louis, IL

Position Title: Market Development Representative (MDR)

Location: East St. Louis, IL

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Join us in achieving volume and distribution sales goals for our brands across Sazerac's diverse spirits portfolio. Imagine being the go-to person for vibrant on-premise spots (think lively restaurants and bars) and bustling off-premise locations (hello grocery stores, convenience stores, and liquor stores) in your assigned territory, where each day brings new opportunities to connect consumers with their favorite brands. Whether your territory is purely on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid of both, you'll be the driving force in every corner of your area.

As a Market Development Representative, you and your team will play a pivotal role in our success story. Job responsibilities may vary by state depending on regulatory and compliance standards for the state. The role involves: 

• Craft Solutions for Growth: Create and manage innovative solutions to boost business for assigned accounts, ensuring Sazerac brands soar in market share.
• Brand Building: Use consumer and category trends as your toolkit to educate customers, solve challenges, and skyrocket sales—building brands is an art.
• Distribution: Lead distributors in-store selling, merchandising, marketing, and execution for accounts.
• Volume Objectives: Be the champion in achieving volume objectives for the core brands in our diverse portfolio.
• Strategic Programs: Plan and execute programs that deliver on distribution, merchandising, display, and retail promotional goals – turning plans into results.
• Rapport Building: Develop mutually valuable rapport with assigned customers through understanding their key needs and requirements.
• Communication & Collaboration: Take center stage as the communication lead between key customers, wholesalers, and our internal dream team.
• KPI Monitoring: We track established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure we consistently reach our goals.

 Job Requirements that Define Success: 

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: Minimum 1 year of professional field sales experience in alcohol-beverage or CPG (consumer goods packaging) industries.  For new college graduates, a sales internship or full/part-time sales role (preferably in consumer goods) and/or sales competition experience.
• Results Driven: Proven volume objectives and ability to deliver on distribution, merchandising, displays, and retail promotional goals.
• Technical Savvy: Demonstrated successful use of sales data analytics and tools to drive sales results, identify market trends, and produce measurable results.
• Mobility: A valid driver's license and ability to travel within an assigned territory is required.
• Schedule: Flexibility to work non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends.
• Location: Candidate must reside in or near the territory.
• Expenses: Ability to personally cover ordinary and essential business expenses that will be promptly reimbursed.
• Compliance: Required to obtain a solicitor’s permit in any state.

Why Join Sazerac:

🌟 Competitive compensation package + benefits

🌟 Opportunities for career growth and development

🌟 A supportive and collaborative team environment

Join us in shaping the future of Sazerac's salesforce. If you're ready to make a real impact and have a passion for building brands, apply now!