Junior Portfolio Manager Jobs

THIS IS NOT A ROLE WITH FORCEBRANDS

Location: Port Washington, NY OR Manahattan Office (Hybrid 3 days in office)

Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

 Establish and develop strong relationships with wine suppliers, salesforce and ; distributor

network.

 Develop business plan across portfolio of brands, in line with overall company goals, sales

targets and budgets.

 Lead tactics and activities for each brand assigned across portfolio, in collaboration with the

supplier and sales & marketing team.

 Follow through with the sales team to drive execution of tactics and activities within national

and local programs.

 Deliver incremental revenue via budget optimization, while maintaining & growing distribution

and volume.

 Create efficiencies in promotional and operational expenditure, resulting in superior sales,

profits and cost performance.

 Prepare periodic business reviews with suppliers, sales and distributor networks.

 Maintain flexibility to change and re-direct goals, tactics and spending levels as necessary.

 Forecast and manage inventory levels efficiently to meet market demand.

 Analyze sales trends for assigned brands.

 Develop plan to launch new products and portfolios with launch programming, tactics & tools.

 Partner with marketing & public relations to develop, execute and monitor effective brand

programs.

 Collaborate with pricing department to ensure effective price positioning and sales resources.

 Sell in and customize company initiatives upstream and downstream across the three-tiered

system.

Educational Qualifications & Experiences:

 Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, marketing or related field and 3-7 years of

experience, CPG/Wine industry strongly preferred.

 A working knowledge of the wine industry in relation to the import function, preferred.

 A clear understanding of the three-tiered system and the regulated nature of the industry with a

focus on legal compliance strongly preferred.

 Ability to act tactically in the performance of the job.

 Experience influencing others without authority needed internally and externally to succeed in

this position.

 Effective communication, collaboration and follow through with key stakeholders (management

team; sales team; marketing team; supplier team; pricing team; logistics team, etc.)

 Completion of projects/tasks assigned on time and delivery of full scope assigned.

 Proven strong interpersonal skills, working across functional areas in a fast-paced business

environment.

 Strong communication ethic in getting back to customers, suppliers and internal company

personnel.

 Facilitate knowledge and process sharing across the organization.

 Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize workload, while keeping in check quality and

time constraints.

 Ability to manage and measure workload and keep senior management informed of all issues/

developments.

 Ability to develop and interpret reports evaluating the performance of business functions and

initiatives.

 Support the company’s leadership with needed information regarding the state of the business

to facilitate decision-making.

 Experience with business process development and continuous improvement in the managing

of day-to-day business.

 A sense of positive urgency in executing everyday responsibilities.

 A fluent knowledge of MS Office and end user enterprise planning systems such as Cognos and

Sharepoint.

Competencies:

 Priority setting

 Tactical execution

 Inter-personal savvy

 Managing & measuring work

 Customer focus

 Drive for results

 Process orientation

 Personal learning

 Knowledge management

 Motivating others

Time Spend:

 30-35% Field – US Travel

 5-10% Supplier visits – Foreign Travel

 60% Office

Benefits Overview:

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(K), paid vacation, personal time off and 11 paid company holidays.