Commercial Sales Coordinator
Date: Nov 6, 2024
Location: London, ENG, GB
Company: Suntory Global Spirits
Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits with beloved iconic brands, rooted in more than 200 years of heritage and craftsmanship. Our values are deep-rooted, and we aspire to live our purpose to ‘Inspire the Brilliance of Life’ in everything we do. Our ambition is to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. We want to be Most Admired not only for our incredible brands, but also for the brilliant experiences we foster, the ways in which we bring people together, the impactful marketing and innovation we deliver, and for the positive impact we have on the world around us. When you’re on our team, you can build a career of personal and professional growth across functions, business units and geographies. At Suntory Global Spirits, our employees work together to Unleash Their Spirit and realize their full potential each and every day.
What makes this a great opportunity?
As Suntory Global Spirits accelerates its global footprint, we are establishing our own commercial business in the UK. As one of the largest, most sophisticated spirits markets in the world, the UK offers significant potential for our portfolio of premium brands. We’re building a world-class team to create a new and exciting business that is rooted in strong foundations, led by our values and long-term commercial ambition.
This role will provide support across all Sales projects, and initiatives for the UK team, which will give a great insight into the world of Sales and Marketing at Suntory Global Spirits. This is a new role that an individual can make their own and be an integral part of a winning and inclusive team.
Role Responsibilities
Support for the Sales team - focus and priorities mirror the commercial activity calendar.
Core responsibilities:
• Support organizing internal Sales team events.
• Supporting external key commercial/ customer events including invites and ticket management
• Customer guest management for meeting arrivals
• On Trade ‘Gemba’ coordination for key Sales dept. stakeholders
General
• Partner with PA to managing Director with large internal event organisation.
• Support with effective diary management for key meetings across Sales
• General administrative duties to support both Sales Directors including and complex travel and logistics planning.
Qualifications
• Experience supporting Sales, marketing, commercial marketing teams in a similar role
• Knowledge or interest in the spirits industry
• Knowledge of London (accounts, accommodation, transportation etc)
• Excellent Communication, Planning and Organization skills
• Team Player - Ability to build rapport and effective working relationships
• Problem solving and proactive – taking accountability for tasks with a “Can do” attitude
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organisation and prioritisation of tasks
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Capacity to manage issues and escalate appropriately.
• MS office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to think broadly and creatively.
At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.
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