Sales Manager

Position responsibilities:
• Develop deep wine product and wine/beverage industry knowledge
• Lead acquisition of new local and national accounts and manage existing accounts
• Provide collected insight and recommendations, lead market analysis
• Execute sales to target list of local wine shops and restaurants
• Execute sales to target list of distributing partners nationwide
• Lead wine tastings and promote products and company
• Train on-premise staff on wine products
• Provide excellence in service
• May provide research on as needed basis

Job Qualifications:
• Ideally, a graduate with concentrations in Marketing or Sales
• Likes people, is customer-oriented, professional, and courteous with an outgoing personality
• Responds to feedback well
• Strong desire for self-improvement and learning
• Works well with others
• Excellent phone and email skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent ability to follow through
• Strong strategic thinking skills
• Self-starter/self-motivated with drive to succeed
• Highly principled
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products
• Would need to be able to lift and carry wine cases up to 20 lbs