Job Introduction
Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to work on a dynamic, high priority, and fast-growing portfolio of brands? Brands like Tullamore D.E.W, the No.2 Irish Whiskey in the USA, or Monkey Shoulder, a blended malt whisky, was born to challenge convention and change the way that people think about and drink Scotch. The Brand Director will play a key role in further accelerating growth by leading the USA strategy and direction for their brands, building “first to mind and first to find.” This unique role offers outstanding brand and team management experience with a high degree of end-to-end ownership.
Main Responsibility
This role will lead the U.S.A marketing plan, brand strategy, price strategy and business results for a portfolio of brands critical to the U.S.A market’s 5-year plan delivery. They will champion the brands externally across the complex U.S.A distributor landscape, working closely with the WG&S U.S.A Commercial team. The role is responsible for leading the growth of their brands in the USA. The role will also help develop the next level of marketing talent while taking the lead in developing and building capabilities within the marketing leadership team
Our Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor’s Degree is required; Master’s Degree in Business Administration or a related field is preferable, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of progressively responsible brand management experience within the beverage/alcohol or consumer product goods industry, with proven success and experience in Global Brand Marketing, local, and in-market
- Deep and excellent understanding of consumer, commercial, and the diverse channels.
- Skilled at delivering breakthrough plans via Microsoft Teams, GBT and agency network platforms
- Proven ability to engage and deliver strong commercial support to an organization and distributor teams behind each portfolio priority.
- Innovative thinker able to covert complex issues into pragmatic action steps.
- Resilient leader with a demonstrated high degree of emotional intelligence when leading teams.
- Excellent relationship builder with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization and engages others to achieve success.
- Results oriented with strong commercial and strategic judgment, backed up by a strong track record.
- Cultural awareness with the ability to adapt communication style as needed
The pay range for this role, based out of our New York City office, is $156,348 - $190,000.
What we can offer you
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous vacation entitlement.
- Comprehensive Private Healthcare that includes Medical, Dental & Vision
- Our employees can join our 401(k) savings plan. The company matches employees’ contribution up to 5%, in addition to a Discretionary Contribution.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life and AD&D cover is a multiple of three times your annual basic salary.
- Product allowance so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands with your family and friends.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim funding each year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
About William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We’re proud to provide equal opportunity to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, family medical history or genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.
We want to make sure that all applicants are treated equally. To support this we will anonymize all applications during the screening stage. Details such as name, dates and educational establishments will only be visible to the recruitment team and hiring leader once an applicant is invited to interview, these details are hidden during the screening stage. To be able to anonymize applications they all need to be in the same format. You can upload a CV but we would also ask you to complete an application form – your CV will not be visible during screening. We hope you agree that this is good use of your time to help ensure a fair recruitment process.
William Grant & Sons
