Director, Commercial Strategy, West

What You Need To Know

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with a total compensation between $131,400 & $175,000 + 20% bonus. This salary range is average for this position. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

Works integrally with State General Manager, Sales Leadership, Sales and Commercial Operations Leadership, focusing on the management and execution of strategic initiatives and new concepts to enhance state performance, profitability and competitiveness. Helps drive implementation of customer, supplier, and operations as strategies to achieve state net profit targets. Help coordinate with Regional VP of Commercial Strategy on strategic direction and annual goals.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead program management and execution of strategic optimization and performance improvement efforts, including but not limited to:
• oSalesforce Optimization: Route-to-Market design, sales planning/execution, sales force size/coverage, Org. Structures, etc.
• oCustomer/Account Modeling and Analysis: Account segmentation, channel strategy, cost-to-serve analytics, ROI, etc.
• oPerformance Management and Efficiencies: Compensation/incentive design, development of
• KPIs, measurement, etc.
• oBI/Analytics/SFA: Sales/marketing tools, reporting, execution tracking, KPIs, mobility, CRM, etc.
• Lead initiatives to identify and execute operational efficiencies and cost savings (e.g., supplier/SKU optimization, variable service, and delivery levels/fees, etc.)
• Serve as the single, point-of-contact to coordinate and facilitate corporate and regional initiatives and projects and efforts (e.g., supplier RFPs, enterprise-wide initiatives, etc.)
• Coach, direct, counsel team on overall performance; define expectations and monitor progress
• Attract, retain and motivate team to maintain an engaging work environment and to ensure sound policies and procedures adhered to
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned
  
  

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7 or more years of relevant consulting, project management, analytical and commercial work experience is required
• Able to obtain and meet industry licensing requirements as needed
  
  

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs
• Critical nature of this job may require extended hours, overtime and weekends
  
  

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.