**Job Description :** **Job Title** : Strategic Accounts Executive **Location** : Dublin South East Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value. At Diageo, character is everything. So, if you share our sense of adventure, you’ll have the chance to learn a huge range of skills and fields, and build an exceptional career with us. Leading the multi-brand relationships for Guinness, Smirnoff, Carlsberg, Rockshore, Gordons, Bailey’s and many other leading brands, your mission is to grow sales with direct customers in the area. You are accountable for developing your territory, leveraging the Diageo service proposition to form strong partnerships with customers and their teams, helping them grow their businesses, while ensuring brand equity and best in class execution. Accelerating in this role will open future career opportunities within the company. Of course, you will receive relevant training and coaching to increase your capabilities to help achieve your goals. If you want to join our exciting business and develop your commercial skills, this one is for you! **A DAY IN THE LIFE** + Achieve **_sales & distribution targets_** , along with all other strategic goals and objectives whilst guaranteeing Diageo and your brands’ image and awareness in your territory + Build and optimize **_journey plans_** to ensure a strong contact strategy for all customers in your geographic territory, having structured commercial visits (average 8 calls per day) + Build strong **_relationships_** and effectively support 100+ existing customers, carrying out regular business reviews, identify their needs and goals, creating growth plans and implementing solutions to develop their business and drive sustainable growth for Diageo within the On-Trade + Seek out & relentlessly pursue **_business development_** opportunities, driving the brand distribution strategy to increase the quality and quantity of customer partnerships on your territory + Accurately plan for opportunities and risks for your area, to ensure we react accordingly. Operate with a clear set of **_priorities_** , adjusting for opportunities and obstacles + Embrace **_Digital_** always, engage both internally and externally on key initiatives and projects, e.g. DiageoOne, Diageo’s ever evolving B2B ordering and account management platform. Leverage all tools available + Agree and implement promotional and **_marketing activity_** designed to generate sales growth and meet brand objectives with a critical focus on a sell-out approach with customers + **_Data management_** , ensure all data on your territory is accurate and up to date, inc. territory performance, customer contact details, digital savviness, new/closed outlets, etc + Promote and use all the business **_tools_** available to you, including Brand Activations, Grow With Guinness, Refrigeration Grants, SEAI surveys, In Outlet Training, to highlight just a few + Work as a team, collaborate effectively, bring a **_growth mindset_** to all that you do! ABOUT YOU + University degree + Existing understanding of the beer and spirits market or high interest and passion for our products + Structured, take pride in delivering on time and always looking for solutions + Great communication skills, growth mindset, open personality, dedicated, an excellent teammate + Driver’s license Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for Diageo to thrive and for us to realize our ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings. Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions. **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** St James Gate **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-01-07 With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of. With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. 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