Associate Manager, Commercial Marketing - RTD - NY or Chicago

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

Role Responsibilities

Location: Chicago or New York

• Organizational Impact: Lead the development and deployment of national marketing programs and assets for our RTD brands, ultimately driving business performance in the marketplace.
• National Purview: Opportunity to work with stakeholders across national and regional teams to build successful tools leveraged in market.
• Process Improvement: Opportunity to assist in the creation of marketing tools and processes that will help the organization work efficiently and effectively.
• Strategy Development: Develop commercially viable strategic BTL programs for on and off premise that drive growth. Lead commercial tool development that is strategically sound and improves our marketing execution.
• Complex Problem-Solving: Evolve and prioritize marketing program and asset development while further influencing improvement and change in the SGS organization.
• Leadership Exposure: Regular communication with and presentation to Commercial Marketing, Brand Marketing, Innovation, and RTD Leadership teams.
• Stakeholder Management: Positioned to influence and interact closely with key business functions (Brand Marketing, Innovation, Regional Marketing, US Sales, National Accounts, eCommerce, Finance, Supply Chain) providing clear visibility to how broader groups need to work together effectively on key brand categories

• 4-5 years of experience in Marketing or Field Marketing, preferably with Brand, Regional and Commercial Sales connectivity
• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or Marketing (Masters preferred); MBA preferred
• Extensive commercial experience in Beer, Flavored Malt Beverages, and/or RTD experience required
• Industry experience in Consumer Brand Experience or AlcBev is strongly preferred
• Proven track record of:
  • Agency management
  • Ability to develop marketing programs and assets
  • Ability to work cross functionally and manage through others, including managing up
  • Strong deadline management skills - meeting or delivering ahead of schedule
  • Strategic thinking - able to confidently articulate ideas and present out of the box thinking to large groups
  • Budget management
  • Attention to detail