The History of Foley Family Wines
Established by Bill Foley in 1996, Foley Family Wines (FFW) is a portfolio of highly acclaimed wines and spirits from some of the world’s greatest estates. The company owns more than 24 wineries and a distillery, each with its distinct style, legacy, and approach to hospitality. FFW has expanded its portfolio significantly since its founding, now including such storied brands as Chalk Hill Estate Winery, Sebastiani, Roth, Banshee, Ferrari-Carano, Chateau St. Jean, and Lancaster in Sonoma; Merus, Silverado, and Foley Johnson in Napa Valley; Lincourt, Firestone, and Foley Estates in Southern California; Chalone Vineyard in Monterey County; Four Graces and Acrobat in Oregon; and Three Rivers in Washington. In 2023, the company began operating Minden Mill Distilling in Nevada and relaunched Charles Goodnight Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey. FFW’s import portfolio includes Lucien Albrecht in France, Nieto Senetiner in Argentina, and 14 wine brands and Lighthouse Gin, spanning three of New Zealand’s most acclaimed winegrowing regions: Marlborough, Central Otago, and Martinborough.

Position Summary:
The Spirits Focus Market Manager position is responsible for growing sales and awareness of the Foley Family Spirits portfolio in all channels within a geographically defined sales territory. This role is expected to inspire, educate, and set expectations for distributor partners as well as support key accounts within the territory. The FFW Spirits Manager is primarily responsible for the promotion of Foley Family Spirits and its agency partners while assisting with FFW wine opportunities.
** Candidate will reside in Houston, TX.**

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
•  Collaborate with distributor personnel to achieve sales goals and the successful execution of FFW programming within territory
•  Secure and orchestrate consumer engagement activations and manage expectations to an established ROI
•  Recommend and execute effective programs to distributor that increase sales in assigned territory
•  Provide FFW portfolio training and education for distributor sales team and targeted customers
•  Develop relationships with targeted key accounts in assigned territory to ensure awareness & visibility of FFW portfolio that result in improved distribution and volume
•  Provides exceptional customer service to accounts across all channels by facilitating orders, conducting training/educational seminars, hosting events & promotional
activities as well as wait staff/wine steward education
•  Provide weekly and monthly reports on supporting activities to Division Sales Manager
•  Construct unique and engaging portfolio presentations and sales tools that embrace FFW company standards, programs, and initiatives
•  Ability to make persuasive sales calls using wine knowledge, ROI, margins and pour costs
•  Create, prioritize, and preplan your own territory run of key accounts
•  Responsible for operating within assigned budgetary parameters
•  Other duties as assigned by Division Sales Manager

Education & Experience:
•  Degree in Business Management, Sales & Marketing or related field preferred
•  Minimum of 5 years sales experience in the Alcohol Beverage Industry
•  Minimum 3 years of proven success at wholesale sales or supplier key account development
•  Candidate should present a successful track record of developing and maintaining strong relationships with key account buyers
•  Candidate will show ability to develop strong relationships with wholesale sales representatives
•  Candidate will demonstrate prior success of consistently exceeding sales goals in previous positions
•  Candidate should have proven experience selling spirits to both retail and on-premise accounts

Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities:
•  Must have a strong understanding of the key spirits categories
•  Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) preferred
•  Excellent communication, presentation and organization skills is required
•  Excellent follow up and follow through with sales leads is required
•  IT proficiency including strong computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and cloud-based computing is required
•  Ability to work collaboratively internally and external to the organization is required
•  Must possess strong negotiation and selling skills
•  Ability to effectively present one-on-one or in a group setting
•  Continue to develop wine & spirits knowledge, business acumen and sales skills to increase professional growth

Job Requirements:
•  Professional Attire
•  Must possess a current driver’s license, maintain current auto insurance coverage, and a clean driving record
•  Ability to lift 50 lbs. case of wine or spirits
•  This position requires the availability and willingness to travel weekly as well as work flexible hours and weekends, when necessary
•  Candidate must be prepared to reside within territory

Pay Scale: The base pay range offered for this position is $90k - $100k annually. This range is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. The actual compensation offered will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, qualifications, skills, experience, education, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Company Core Values:
Teamwork – Be Each Other’s Partners in Wine
Commitment – Crush Every Day Like It’s Harvest
Quality – Good vs. Grape: It’s All in The Details
Integrity – It Takes a Vineyard
Safety – Tend the Vines
Entrepreneurship – Love the Wine You’re With
Fun! - Smile! You Have Purple Teeth!

Foley Family Wines provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.