About Us:
At Parallel Brewery Collective, our mission is to unite the strengths and expertise of our breweries to enhance our growth potential and drive strategic innovation.
We believe in working smarter, not just harder, and envision a future where collective collaboration leads to individual and collective success. Our commitment to innovation, efficiency, and strategic growth guides us as we embark on this collaborative journey to shape the future of brewing in Iowa and beyond.
Objective:
This position is responsible for the sales and distribution growth of the Parallel Brewery Collective portfolio, focusing on retail execution in the assigned area of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois. The preferred candidate will reside in or near the Quad Cities (Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island, Moline). Parallel Brewery Collective members currently include: Backpocket Brewing & Peace Tree Brewing (Coralville, IA), SingleSpeed Brewing (Waterloo, IA), Five Cities Brewing (Bettendorf, IA) and Mississippi River Distilling (LeClaire, IA).
Essential Responsibilities:
- Represents the breweries in a positive manner
- Develops and maintains strategic partnerships with key retailers in the assigned territory
- Works closely with our distributor partners to implement strategy and asses performance
- Provides consistent and clear communication for distributors around new product releases, pricing in market, inventory etc
- Uses data and reporting tools to identify opportunities for new expanded distribution, lost sales, incremental volume increases and other business insights
- Attends all organizational meetings as required
- Maintains an understanding of all legal restrictions regarding product in market and ensures all initiatives are executed within those limitations
- Maintain a flexible work schedule as weekends and extended workdays are sometimes necessary
- Creates and executes promotions at current and potential customers, festivals, and events
- Meets and maintains sales goals that are set quarterly by the Managing Director
- Travels to full territory
- Enters daily market activity and weekly recap in CRM (Karma)
Additional Responsibilities:
- Performs all other job related duties as required or assigned
The Ideal candidate will posses:
- Knowledge of the beer industry
- Knowledge of the inner workings of the 3-tier system
- Ability to balance the demands of retail execution
- Knowledge of reporting software VIP and CRM Karma
- Skills in multi-tasking and being a self-starter with a strong desire to execute and win
- Attention to detail and ability to complete assigned tasks on time and independently
- Ability to pre-plan on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Ability to consistently execute plans in a timely manner
- A strong desire to grow professionally and willingness to learn new skills
Physical and Mental Requirements
- Ability to be active for prolonged periods
- Ability to stoop, crawl, twist, turn, lift, kneel, climb ladders and stairs
- Ability to work and thrive in a sometimes high-stress environment
- Ability to frequently lift and move 10-25 pounds