Performance Manager, Arkansas

Financial Responsibility:

This role provides information on the following topics:

• Performance/execution goals / phasing - depletions, distribution, visibility, innovation.

• Monthly performance / gap management.

• Manage the P&L including trade spend, tactical, & T&E budgets.

• Deliver upon shipments target for both NSV, GP.

• NRM/pricing mgmt - manage the portfolio pricing strategy in coordination with our NRM team including FOB and trade spend to deliver upon our gross margin and price mix objectives.

• Monthly opportunity & risk assessments.

• Ensure we manage the market with the utmost integrity and maintain CARM compliance at all times.

Complexity of Role:

• Role must oversee local sales teams and work with distributor management / sales teams to deliver performance goals.

• Responsible for executing strategic initiatives and leading the sales function in the state by clearly outlining roles & responsibilities, expectations, and deliverables to agree upon goals and objectives.

• Ensure all tools are in place to support attainment of goals and objectives.

• Able to establish relationships where goals are clearly communicated, allowing distributors to achieve and be responsible for end results.

• Comfortable with having constructive conversations with distributors to improve executional performance. Our aim is to build long term capabilities within our distributor network.

Decision Making:

• This role requires management of the sales function and delivering volume and profit/dNSV growth objectives.
• This role also helps lead all aspects of the sales function across Diageo and distributors for the execution of our brands.
• The ability to move with pace, adapt, and make quick decisions that are data driven is imperative to success in this role.

Key Outputs:

• Achieve annual operating plan for spirits.

• Achieve annual price mix and gross margin targets.

• Achieve POD, menu, and display targets.

• In-market execution - reporting/management against KPI's.

• Leads the development and implementation of on and off premise annual plans and KPI's.

• Communicate monthly program calendar to distributor sales force.

• AOP/Plan development & maintenance - provide information on local market volume goals, pricing strategy, tactical budget plans, & identifying trade spend opportunities. Maintain agility to adjust based on quarterly results.

• Develops pricing and promotional plans utilizing acute financial acumen, market knowledge, and keen analytical skills to drive DNSV growth across all segments, brands, and packages.

• Opportunity & Risk Management - participate in the creation of market competitive assessments with the Diageo and distributor sales teams to identify any potential opportunities or risks.

• Provide insights into local market activities to the West Region VP of Performance Management.

• Participate in the creation of requests for materials/support/funding with the distributors needed to deliver plans.

• Meet & develop relationships with key on & off premise distributor personnel and accounts.

• Responsible for providing input to financial responsibilities such as price models, opportunity analysis, margin analysis, A&P spends, etc.

• Leads spirits innovation planning (forecasting, pricing, kickoff meetings, programming, etc) in collaboration with Commercial Director, Activation Manager and Revenue Growth Manager

Distributor Performance:

• Review sales and marketplace objectives & ensure distributors are on track to deliver.

• Develop and implement programming that drives delivery of market DNSV and strategic brand imperatives.

• Pull together all national selling material/tools/resources for distributor sales meetings and programming with support of distributor and Diageo activation teams.

• Communicate brand strategies to distributor personnel. Work collaboratively with distributor to localize brand strategies into relevant, executable, and profitable work plans.

• Participate in creation of all activation plan development/execution metrics for activation activities with the distributor leadership and trade marketing.

• Proactively build the sales competencies that are needed to drive performance.

Experience / skills required:

• Commercial experience (3 - 5 years). Knowledge of financial metrics essential.

• Sales management experience including exposure to key accounts.

• Must have strong knowledge of distributor operations within the beverage alcohol industry.

• Insight and understanding with both on & off trade experience managing across multiple functions.

• Must have strong influencing and negotiation skills.

• Bachelor's degree from accredited institution.

Time Management:

• Plan development and management: 40%

• Distributor management: 40%

• Administration: 20%

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you're supported to handle your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognize and value performance, offering our people an attractive Rewards and Benefits package.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive environment, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive environment that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mentalities, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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Client-provided location(s): Searcy, AR

Job ID: Diageo-JR1125978

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-05-15T18:55:53