IMI Agency Beverage Manager Luxury Wine Beer & Spirits USA Status: Full-time Remote w/ travel IMI Agency specializes in Building Better Beverage Business for our Hospitality Clients through cutting-edge marketing programs and promotions interactive food & beverage merchandising and operations tools staff training and recognition/reward programs for all channels in the Hospitality industry. IMI programs create brand value and opportunities with consumers while driving food and beverage sales and profits for our Hospitality Operator clients. Job Summary: We have an opening for a trend-finding data-prone efficient and methodical Beverage Manager Luxury to work within IMIs world-leading hotel client. This person will work with IMIs Director of Accounts and the Client Beverage team to enhance the beverage program through analyzing data program practices and industry trends to develop train and deploy scalable beverage efficiency procedures. The Beverage Manager will track and assess post-training performance and adjust as needed across the Clients Luxury Hotel Brands. The Beverage Manager Luxury will lead beverage data compilation research and development presentations training program launches & revisions live openings program compliance and remediation programs. This includes but is not limited to maintaining property relationships sustaining accountability across menus to ensure brand standards are being met supporting new rollouts and beverage initiatives and managing key vendors and stakeholders performance and interactions. This person must be well-rounded and able to hold their own with Senior Leadership Stakeholders and internal departments while leading property-level Managers. Critical Competencies: Given the high visibility of IMI Agency within the Chain Hospitality Operator Beverage Supplier and Beverage Distributor B2C and B2B communities along with the ethical transparent and legally compliant ethics of our company all IMI representatives must be intelligent mature well-polished trustworthy and have a high standard of ethics and leadership. You must have confidence and class in carrying out IMIs mission. Also know how to receive constructive feedback implement the necessary changes in performance and work based on the feedback. You must dress and carry yourself in a manner that is superior to the standard along with speaking and writing clearly. Adaptability Communication Job-Related Business Focus Planning & Organizing Problem Solving Teamwork Technical Expertise Work Habits Responsibilities will include: - Lead R&D for branded cocktails programs including seasonal updates for brand hotels (e.g. new menus & use records imagery seasonal specials PR opportunities etc.)
- Compile and present associated beverage program data.
- Refresh training material and programming for optional bar items.
- Inspire properties to drive revenue by leveraging trends and fads across the beverage industry
- Own U.S. beverage deployment.
- Facilitate beverage training and events in Clients Bar Development Studio located at Headquarters.
- Support bar activation for halo openings & brand activations (conferences and special events).
- Provide training and sustainable programming for underperforming properties.
- Identify experiential beverage programs for lifestyle brands.
- Lead beverage-related POCs across all Brand spaces.
Education & Qualifications: - Advanced knowledge and experience in developing deploying and assessing National Beverage Programs across brands.
- Proven working experience in beverage trend spotting and beverage data analysis staying current with present and future trends.
- Bachelors degree in marketing Communication Hospitality or related field.
- Expertise in cocktails spirits and a variety of beverages (i.e. beer wine non-alcoholic beverages)
- Solid understanding of developing programs for working bars.
- Expertise in training and coaching including remediation programs.
- Experience creating and presenting presentations to groups of all sizes in-person and virtually.
- Experience deploying large-scale materials to personnel of all levels.
- Proficient in Excel PPT Teams Outlook PowerPoint Word and other Microsoft tools.
- Experience running promotions & activations on the property level.
- Strong presentation interpersonal organizational and writing skills.
- Strong time management and organization skills.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and balance priorities.
- Works well under pressure and with tight deadlines.
- Flexible and able to work with different management styles.
- Takes initiative and is a part of the solution to issues and problems.
- High-energy skills and a professional demeanor.
- Hospitable with a service-prone client-first mentality.
- Follow-up and follow-through must be your mantra!
- Ability to travel as needed 70%.
Salary: $85000- $95000. Commensurate based on experience and demonstrated successes If this describes you and you can work in a macro-managed environment and complete tasks with spot-on accuracy we want to hear from you! Contact: IMI Agency is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. IMI Agency (Incentive Marketing Inc.) specializes in Building Better Beverage Business for our Hospitality Clients through cutting-edge marketing programs and promotions interactive food & beverage merchandising and operations tools staff training and recognition/reward programs for all channels in the Chain Hospitality industry. IMI programs create brand value and opportunities with consumers while driving food and beverage sales and profits for our Hospitality Operator clients. For over 30 years we have maintained a singular focus: to manage in the best interests of our clients. We exist as an extension a partnerthere to simplify the complex to be transparent to offer a unique perspective that goes beyond the bottom is always completely aligned with you.
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