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Quote from Hiring Manager : As a Business Development Executive at Brown-Forman, you will play a key role in expanding our brand presence across key customer segments.
You will focus on building and nurturing strategic partnerships, identifying new business opportunities, and executing strategies that help grow our premium brands in local markets.
Your ability to engage with customers, understand emerging trends, and develop innovative business plans will directly contribute to the growth of our business.
Meaningful Work From Day One: The Business Development Executive (BDE) is a sales and partnership-building role within the ANZ Brown-Forman (B-F) business.
The role involves managing and implementing company strategy within a set group of On-Premise and Off-Premise customers, as well as prospecting for new business.
The BDE will become an advocate for our market-leading brands and will be tasked with bringing them to life in trade venues — The BDE will be responsible for promotional display setup, and in-store merchandising.
What You Can Expect Collaborate closely with On and Off-Premise customers and spend regular time in trade to build strong commercial relationships and develop a deep understanding of what drives customer decisions in your region.
Adapt and implement Brown-Forman’s business strategy to suit individual customer needs and increase engagement, visibility, and trust.
Execute brand presence in store by bringing campaigns and activations to life through creative display building, point-of-sale (POS) placement, stock rotation, and occasional promotional assembly of themed POS.
Regularly manage physical merchandising tasks including transporting stock and promotional materials from your vehicle into stores, restocking displays, and supporting visual execution — occasionally requiring lifting, crouching, or working in tight spaces such as fridges.
Present commercial strategies to customers in an engaging and informative manner.
Prepare meeting objectives and territory plans that deliver measurable results, supported by regular performance analysis and budget reviews.
Operate largely autonomously while representing Brown-Forman professionally and safely in the market What You Bring to the Table A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in sales, account management, or business development, preferably within the On Premise channel or the beverage alcohol industry.
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