Captain Lawrence Brewing Company

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Captain Lawrence Brewing Company – Sales Representative – Brewbound.com Craft Beer Job Listing | Brewbound.com

Captain Lawrence Brewing Company is an award winning, independent, family-owned craft brewery located in Elmsford, New York. We’re known for our IPAs, both hazy and non-hazy, as well as a wide variety of other beer styles. We’ve been in business for over 16 years and are looking for a sales representative to be the face of our brand in an assigned geography that will primarily cover Brooklyn. The main objective of this position is to manage Captain Lawrence sales in Brooklyn for one of the largest wholesalers in the country.

In order to be considered for this position, please submit a brief email cover letter to Scott@captainlawrencebrewing.com. Please attach your resume as a PDF or Word Document. In your email cover letter, please introduce yourself and briefly describe some or all of items below:

Your history with craft beer

Your history in sales

Why you want to work for Captain Lawrence

How you meet any of the criteria above

How you would grow the Captain Lawrence brand

Candidate must:

Live in Brooklyn

Have a passion for craft beer

Enjoy proactively selling craft beer

Be an excellent communicator

Be a problem solver

Represent CLBC in the retail trade as the first point of contact from the brewery

Remain positive and professional when working with wholesalers, accounts, and with all Captain Lawrence employees

Be able to work independently with little supervision while hitting sales objectives and tasks; including increasing volume and revenue within territory

Be able to call on existing On & Off Premise accounts, open new accounts, and solicit reorders from past accounts

Be able to build and strengthen productive and mutually beneficial relationships with all levels of wholesale partners and key accounts

Be comfortable scheduling and conducting On & Off Premise samplings within stores, bars, and restaurants

Work out of market crew drives if needed

Be able to negotiate and overcome objections from customers

Be able to keep accurate records of account visits and placements by using a simple mobile app

Have a computer

Be comfortable working with, or learning, basic skills with Microsoft Excel, VIP, simple mobile apps

Be able to remain within assigned budget

Be able to monitor inventory levels and communicate needs to Captain Lawrence management

Have clean driving record

Have personal vehicle

Ideal Candidate will also:

Be driven to succeed

Have existing relationships with accounts and/or wholesale partners

Have 2 years of experience working for a brewery or distributor

This position reports directly to the Division Sales Manager while maintaining an open working relationship with all levels of the CLBC Team.

Salary range $65,000, to $75,000; commensurate with experience.

Thank you for your time and good luck!

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