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Diageo Luxury Account Manager - Central (Birmingham) in London, United Kingdom
Job Description :
Diageo was created in 1997 but its business is built on the principles and foundations laid years before by giants of the industry – Arthur Guinness, John Walker, Elizabeth Cumming and many more. Today, Diageo is a world class leader in beverage alcohol, producing an outstanding collection of over 200 brands and owning the top two largest spirit brands in the world, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff and 20 of the world’s top 100 spirit brands. Its portfolio also includes Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan’s and Windsor Whiskies, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.
More about Diageo is available at its web site: https://www.diageo.com/
ROLE DIMENSIONS
In this role you will be the personification of Diageo’s ambition: to become the world's best-performing, most-trusted consumer goods company and build category-leading partnerships with industry-leading outlets. We are looking for someone with a sophisticated sense of style, who can present themselves and our products to reflect the luxury brand's image and values.
You will be focused on finding the right distribution and activation opportunities to cut through and create momentum. Your enthusiasm, energy and belief in our powerhouse brands, positive approach and bias to action will help to build a dynamic, creative team culture and forge the right business-building relationship with other commercial teams in Diageo, to leverage route to consumer expertise, unlock new opportunities and always keep the customer experience at the heart of decision making.
The wide-ranging brand portfolio at Diageo provides the Luxury Account Manager role a huge array of opportunities to match customer needs across the different segmentations of the on trade and in doing so will bring to life our luxury brand identities that are core to the success of Diageo.
TOP ACCOUNTABILITIES
As a Luxury Account Manager in the highly influential area of the OnTrade you will play a crucial role in building the status, equity and rate of sale of our brands through delivery of brand objectives throughout key outlets in Birmingham & Nottingham.
Collaborate on building and contributing to the on-trade distribution agenda, paired with ROS driving tools to deliver annual financial and market share objectives for the portfolio. In addition, you will work closely with a Luxury Account Executive who will support menu creation, activations and customer engagement within your customer base.
Strong ownership of the day-to-day customer relationship through effective negotiation, persuasion and conflict management/resolution skills
Accountable for P&L delivery of the portfolio within the customer remit. Successfully navigate return on investment decisions with each customer aligning with key priorities for sustainable and profitable growth. Successful activation of commercial & brand building growth drivers based on analysis and core insight into customer strategy and consumer behaviors.
Accurate forecasting and internal performance management with attention to detail, as well as proactive RTM and supply team connectivity to maintain brand visibility in outlet.
You will have the chance to work with the Brand Ambassadors, Customer Marketing and Brand teams to deliver best-in-class marketing activation for our strategic customers.
Working effectively with an Activation Specialist to coordinate key focus brand plans across the customer base. This will require strong organizational skills, paired with proactive communication to deliver standout results for Diageo and our customers.
IDEAL EXPERIENCES / QUALIFICATIONS / CAPABILITIES
Commercial experience including on-trade/Account management. Managing multiple influential customers to seek and build new brand opportunities, you will need previous experience in this sector to succeed.
Have worked with Luxury Brands and or high-end accounts is preferable
Deep understanding of what is important to influential on trade GB customer and using this insight to drive the creation and execution of a clear and powerful commercial plan.
Finger on the pulse of what is happening on the ground in both on-trade and third space arena, and brilliant relationships with key influencers in the industry.
In depth category knowledge across spirits and the alcohol (& non-alcoholic drinks) categories. Passion for premium and Super premium brands, customers & consumers.
Advanced negotiation and customer relationship building skills
Robust commercial understanding, P&L literacy - highly developed numerical and analytical skills and ability to derive insight from data. Demonstrate deep personal accountability for performance.
Experience building and activating luxury brands in conjunction with central marketing teams, demonstrating a clear brand building capability and robust decision making across commercial and marketing levers.
Ability to forge strong and effective cross-functional team relationships and confidently interact with senior collaborators internally and externally to deliver business outcomes
Effectively networked, to manage multiple external customers and collaborate with internal partners to build value for them.
Proactive and entrepreneurial mentality to grow existing and win new customers ahead of our competition
Your job isn’t done until our products are visible to consumers and you engage the consumer by driving awareness and brand passion for our products. This is a commercial position by heart, and you are responsible for commercial success and inspiring customer loyalty while implementing marketing activations.
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our team to thrive and to realize our ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
1HQ
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2024-06-17
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
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