Brand Execution Manager

Brand Execution Manager

Position Summary

The Brand Execution Manager is responsible for driving new distribution, merchandising, and product sampling within assigned territory accounts. This client-facing role collaborates closely with distributors and suppliers to ensure alignment on strategy and execution while increasing sales growth and brand presence.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the market expert for assigned client(s)
• Build and maintain relationships with retail owners and managers
• Drive sales growth through new product distribution, pricing features, and displays
• Execute sampling events and promote brand awareness
• Support merchandising efforts across retail locations
• Partner with distributors for daily alignment on priorities
• Provide market intelligence and insights
• Achieve or exceed monthly KPIs

Qualifications

Education: Associate degree or equivalent experience
Experience: 2–4 years in brand building, sales, or consumer goods
Preferred: Experience in beverage alcohol or CPG sales

Skills & Competencies

• Strong sales and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• Self-starter with entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Work Environment

This role operates primarily in retail environments with some administrative work. Ability to stand, travel locally, and occasionally lift up to 10 lbs may be required.

Job will remain open until filled

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
• Serve as the market expert for a specific client or clients

• Build and maintain relationships in on-premise and off-premise accounts with owners and managers

• Drive Sales Growth - Selling new distributions of product, price features and displays

• Create Consumer Engagement –

• Execute product sampling events and promote band awareness at targeted retail locations and events.

• Support Merchadising efforts in stores to support new distribution

• Align with Distribution Partners - Communicate daily with distributor partners to ensure alignment on targeted accounts and ensuring

• Provide market intelligence on local activities

• Achieve and/or exceed monthly KPIs 

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports
- This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports
- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

- Travel and Driving are not essential duties or functions of this job

Minimum Qualifications The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job

Education Level: (Required): Associate's Degree or equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience: Business
2-4 Years of experience in building and nurturing brands; private brand management a plus

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Self starter, entrepreneurial mind-set, proactive approach to problem-solving, go-getter attitude
Strong sales acumen, preferably with prior experience in liquor or consumer goods sales.
Relationship-building expertise with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Excellent time and organizational management skills
Profiecient in MS Office and general computer skills

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Field / Reps Requirements
Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed in a retail in-store environment. Typically requires the ability to spend 66%+ hours each work day doing the following activities: engage in considerable physical activity, ability to lift and/or push up to 74 pounds, stand on feet for long periods of time, use products or cook food as appropriate for the demonstration, and may be required to work in extremely cold conditions (i.e. refrigerated and freezer sections). Also required to travel and drive. The use of proper safety practices when handling the products and/or cooking is essential.

Additional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.