DESCRIPTION:

Leading wine and spirits distributor, M.S. Walker, is seeking a Fine Wine Portfolio Manager for our Warren, RI location. The primary role of the Fine Wine Portfolio Manager is to manage the development and performance of advancing an assigned portfolio of brands within the market. The Fine Wine Portfolio Manager should also maintain the long term best interests of M.S. Walker while fostering the company’s supplier relationships and administering to our mutually agreed upon goals and objectives.

Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• Communicate all pricing, strategies and tactics in a timely manner to pertinent audiences, including: Senior Management, Purchasing, Receiving, Sales Personnel and Administration, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Marketing, and Corporate Offices
• Maintain your portfolio’s profitability through analysis, tracking, and promotional events
• Sustain and enhance supplier relations through frequent direct dialogue
• Develop and maintain key account relationships through presentations and opportunistic offers
• Provide a detailed product and product category information, a consultative sales role in and out of house, as well as formal and informal wine & Spirit education to MSW Sales Personnel and customers
• Thoroughly perform all necessary follow up with particular attention to the time sensitive concerns that impact other company departments, customers, and suppliers
• Maintain inventory control and take appropriate action when current turn levels are not in compliance
• Channel current press reviews, new vintage release, market data, new package designs, and technical information for sales support materials, pos, and for general resource purposes
• Possess in depth knowledge of supplier’s products along with a very good understanding of the competitive category
• Must be current with Industry trends with particular attention to developments that affect their suppliers and their categories.

Requirements (including, but not limited to):

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5+ years wholesaler/ supplier management experience
• Significant experience promoting, merchandising, communicating products
• Proficient with technology to include use of: Microsoft Suite, Constant Contact, EIS/ Diver, Smart Term/ Navision/ Sapphire
• Able to multi-task, meet deadlines and thrive in a demanding environment
• Attention to detail
• Travel required, domestic and international

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in Boston in 1933, M.S. Walker is a 5th-generation, family-owned wine and spirits importer and distributor, a spirits bottler, and a national supplier. We serve On-Premise and Off-Premise establishments throughout the Northeast, with direct operations in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island and brokerage operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. We represent a budding portfolio of wine and spirits nationwide, including our own brands, and we strive to offer the most prestigious portfolio in the industry. M.S. Walker has built our foundation and future on our people – our employees are truly our greatest asset. Our company boasts a diverse pool of exceptionally special team members who each bring their unique skills and experience to the organization.

• Communicate all pricing, strategies and tactics in a timely manner to pertinent audiences, including: Senior Management, Purchasing, Receiving, Sales Personnel and Administration, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Marketing, and Corporate Offices
• Maintain your portfolio’s profitability through analysis, tracking, and promotional events
• Sustain and enhance supplier relations through frequent direct dialogue
• Develop and maintain key account relationships through presentations and opportunistic offers
• Provide a detailed product and product category information, a consultative sales role in and out of house, as well as formal and informal wine & Spirit education to MSW Sales Personnel and customers
• Thoroughly perform all necessary follow up with particular attention to the time sensitive concerns that impact other company departments, customers, and suppliers
• Maintain inventory control and take appropriate action when current turn levels are not in compliance
• Channel current press reviews, new vintage release, market data, new package designs, and technical information for sales support materials, pos, and for general resource purposes
• Possess in depth knowledge of supplier’s products along with a very good understanding of the competitive category
• Must be current with Industry trends with particular attention to developments that affect their suppliers and their categories