Seeking Director of Category Development at Bacardi USA, Miami

BACARDI U.S.A., INC.
Director of Category Development
Job I.D. 2008064
Miami, FL

Bacardi U.S.A., Inc., a United States distributor and marketer of premium beverage alcohol products, is a subsidiary of Bacardi Limited. We boast a brand portfolio of some of the most recognized and top selling spirits in the world. Bacardi U.S.A. is best known for BACARDI rum, which has been the number-one selling spirit in the United States for more than 25 years.

In addition to BACARDI rum, the Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. portfolio includes: GREY GOOSE vodka, the world’s favorite super premium vodka; DEWAR’S Scotch, the top selling blended Scotch in the U.S.; BOMBAY SAPPHIRE gin, the top super premium gin in the U.S; .MARTINI & ROSSI vermouth, the favorite vermouth in the world; CAZADORES blue agave tequila, the top selling 100% blue agave tequila in the world and other notable brands and labels.

We are actively seeking an experienced Director of Category Development to direct our growing team at our US Headquarters in Miami, FL.


POSITION OVERVIEW

The focus of this position is to coordinate and deliver packaged selling tools, information and insight to end users to win at the point of attack i.e., the shelf, to maximize the influence, presence and velocity of Bacardi USA brands with key retailers. This leadership position will support the initiatives of our sales and marketing personnel by utilizing competitive data sources for analysis and presentations along with evaluation of brand performance and new product introductions.


• Leadership and excellence in Category Management: Ability to develop category strategies and go-to-market standards to help support commercial sell-in of new products and existing portfolio. Must have capability to perform best practice category management including gap analysis, assortment, shelving, and promotion diagnostics. The resulting retailer recommendations must drive retailer and Bacardi USA sales growth.
• Serve as a comprehensive point of contact supporting national accounts (on and off premise) and field sales via category management and insights to achieve objectives and move the business forward.
• Recruits, develops, coaches and manages the performance for direct reports
• Must develop beverage alcohol insights to advise and inform on strategies that drive volume and profit growth
• Understanding of both retailer and distributor needs. In addition, broad understanding of marketplace dynamics, including Chain, Independent and Control State.
• Keen awareness of competitive set and competitive innovation activity.
• Execute analysis and provide insights that identify opportunities to unlock growth for key retailers at shelf.
• Analyze data from all sources such as syndicated Nielsen, spectra data, quantitative custom research studies, internal depletion and account sold data with a focus on maximizing potential distribution, facings, shelf lay out and velocity for the BUSA portfolio brands and categories by key retailer, control state or on/off premise chain account.
• Ongoing market analysis and assessment of competitors and market intelligence with a focus on the future and value creation.
• Proactively identify strategic opportunities and risks in collaboration with stakeholders to accelerate growth.
• Take part in the integration and planning between HQ and field as well as distributor to develop analysis and fact based tool kits to move business forward via category management.
• Support monthly and quarterly distributor and brand business reviews.
• Partner with marketing to provide in-depth analysis of key retailers and channels.
• Analyze impacts of programs in key selling channels and evaluate them for effectiveness and build on successful programs.
• Coordinate with local and HQ personnel to develop analysis tool kits for CBU’s, market managers, distributors, key retailers and accounts.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field; MBA preferred.
• 10 years + previous category management experience; beverage alcohol industry experience a plus.
• Excellent presence and presentation skills
• Strong strategic agility and analytical thinking.
• Superior technical skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, teamwork and leadership skills.
• Microsoft Office including advanced Excel and PowerPoint. Lotus Notes a plus.
• Ability to interact with senior, executive level management, distributors and retailer customers.
• Experience with Oracle database tools a plus (or other multidimensional databases).

BENEFITS
We offer competitive base pay, a generous bonus program, and truly outstanding benefits. Benefits include:

• 100% company paid health and dental insurance premiums for employees AND their eligible dependents (eligible to enroll from date of hire, no payroll deductions!)

• 100% company paid life insurance (up to 3x annual salary)

• 401k, company matched

• 100% company paid retirement program

• L/T, S/T disability insurance

• Paid vacation and holidays

• flexible spending account

• complimentary meals served at our lunchroom facilities

• annual product allowance



If you meet our qualifications and would like to explore becoming part of the Bacardi U.S.A. family, please apply online or email a copy of your resume to careers@bacardi.com , and include the job code 2008064 in your subject line.

Miami Beach Obama Organizational Meeting THIS WEDNESDAY AT 7PM + Upcoming Events

Miami Beachers & Downtowners:

So we finally got a spot for our organizational meeting. Details are as follows:

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6TH
Location: Gemma Lounge - 529 Lincoln Road (above the restaurant Ronsinella on the north side of Lincoln b/t Pennsylvania & Drexel Ave)
Parking: There's a parking garage just around the corner on 17th Street across from Convention Center Drive
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44q32

Please tell everyone you know who has already been doing amazing grassroots work and anyone who wants to get involved in the campaign to come. We'll be talking about strategies going forward, breaking up into neighborhood teams and much more.

Other events this week:

TUESDAY AUGUST 5TH
What: Voter Registration at the Miami Beach naturalization ceremony
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center - 1901 Convention Center Dr
Time: 8:15am-4:30pm (we'll be in front of the Convention Center)
RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4grlc

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6TH (besides the org meeting of course)
What: Voter Registration at the Miami Beach naturalization ceremony
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center - 1901 Convention Center Dr
Time: 8:15am-4:30pm (we'll be in front of the Convention Center)
RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4grjq

THURSDAY AUGUST 7TH
What: Phone-Banking for Change
Location: We'll have phone-banks in South Beach & North Beach (Mid Beach venue to come). I'll have location details finalized Monday morning so please check the link below later in the week.
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/44qmq

There'll be many more events coming up so stay tuned. In the meantime, if you have any questions please feel free to call me at (305) 975-2986.

Gallery Opening: Blank Canvas

Please join us for the Grand Opening of Blank Canvas Concepts, Miami's Premier Contemporary African Art Gallery.

Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 7.00pm to 11.00pm



166 Northwest 29th Street | Wynwood Arts District | Miami, Florida 33127



Blank Canvas Concepts features the work of a selection of the most talented and authentic contemporary West African artists.



In the spirit of sustained cultural exchange, Blank Canvas reinvests its proceeds to fund these artists' big ideas. Together, they have created an art center in Dassa, Benin, where artists can work together, exchange techniques, and have access to high-quality supplies and resources. Blank Canvas actively works to finance international residencies and symposiums in West Africa, allowing artists from diverse backgrounds to exchange, create and learn together.

French Tuesday at Andu

Tomorrow's French Tuesday event will be held at the newly-opened ANDU Restaurant, in downtown Miami.

141 Southwest 7th Street | Miami, FL 33130

7.00pm to 1.00am

We are delighted to invite you to discover this unique place.
You will also be able to discover their special cuisine through their Miami Spice menu, priced at $36.

As for every French Tuesday, we have special Moet & Chandon bottle service pricing: $90 Bottle / $190 Magnum / $480 Jeroboam
Great by the glass price: $14

Don’t forget your dancing shoes because our DJ’s will be ready to create the party atmosphere that you like.

Please RSVP to me by Tuesday August 5, 1.00pm. Don't forget to send me your guest names, as ID's are checked at the door.

August @ The Wolfsonian-FIU‏

The Dynamo Museum Shop Spotlight: Propaganda Products by Crispin Porter +Bogusky

Can't get enough of the Thoughts on Democracy exhibit, but don't have enough wall space for a poster? Check out these Thoughts on Democracy inspired products created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky, one of the exhibition contributors. Exclusively on sale at The Wolfsonian's Dynamo Museum Shop and Café, these interactive products stimulate your creativity in thinking about your own "thoughts on democracy."

To purchase one of these items, visit The Dynamo at The Wolfsonian-FIU or contact the museum shop manager at paola@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2680.


Above: Political Post-it® Notes
If only it were this easy to get the candidates to echo your exact thoughts and sentiments. These quirky illustrated Post-it® Notes feature Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain with blank word bubbles. That's where you come in. Use them to create your own spirited political debate between the Democratic and Republican sparring partners. But please, use them responsibly. The last thing we want to encourage is making a complete mockery of our nation's sacred democratic process. Dynamo Price: $10.00

Opposite: Thoughts on Democracy Ad Lib Pads
Building on the interactive nature of the fill-in-the-blank Star Spangled Banner poster (and because of its overwhelming popularity) CP+B has created a portable note pad version so you can have a little fun with democracy anywhere, anytime. Just gather ye patriot friends, and throw a late night ad lib karaoke party. "Oh, say can you blank by the dawn's early light?" Dynamo Price: $5.00

To contribute to the conversation on democracy, and to learn more about the Thoughts on Democracy exhibit, visit
www.thoughtsondemocracy.blogspot.com

CALENDAR

WOLF BOOK CLUB
Be a part of The Wolfsonian's book club! We explore literary works whose subjects are relevant to current exhibitions and collection themes. Participants are expected to have read the selection in its entirety and have toured Art and Design in the Modern Age prior to the discussion. To join or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or education@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.

Friday, August 1, 7pm
CONTINENTAL OP STORIES by Dashiell Hammett (1923-1930)—This collection of short stories features a tough, unsympathetic detective named Continental Op—a memorable character who became the prototype for generations of crime fiction heroes.

SUMMER FILM SERIES
CINEMATIC DETOURS: ROAD MOVIES
The "road movies" genre has much to tell us about national identity. The films in our annual summer series, while depicting the personal crises and transformations of their characters, offer us a valuable lens into the culture and times in which they were produced. The films are screened each Thursday in August at 7pm and introduced by University of Miami film studies scholars. Presented with the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France/Miami Chapter at the Consulate General. Free for members and students; $10 all others.

Thursday, August 7, 7pm
THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940, USA, John Ford, 100 min, b&w, 16mm)—An Okie family that loses its farm during the Great Depression takes to the road, traveling Route 66 as migrant workers. They journey from the Dust Bowl to California in search of work and opportunity. One of the first movies included in the National Film Registry and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by John Steinbeck.

Thursday, August 14, 7pm
GUN CRAZY (1949, USA, Joseph Lewis, 86 min, b&w, 16mm)—This low-budget "B" noir depicts a deadly crime spree perpetrated by a newly married Second World War veteran fixated on guns and a female six-shooter who's an ex-carnival performer. The pair go together like "guns and ammunition." The film, noteworthy for remarkable location shooting, includes a celebrated bank heist sequence that plays out in one long take. Deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress in 1998, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Thursday, August 21, 7pm
TWO LANE BLACKTOP (1971, USA, Monte Hellman, 103 min, b&w, DVD)—A time capsule of Route 66 during the pre-Interstate Highway era, this poetic and minimalistic cult classic has a reputation as one of the greatest American road movies of all time. The film's controversial story is about a race driver and a mechanic who live on the road in their 1955 Chevy, encounter a mysterious hitchhiker, and end up in a cross-country race going east on Route 66.

Thursday, August 28, 7pm

PIERROT LE FOU (1969, France, Jean Luc Godard, 110 min., French with English subtitles, DVD)—This film is the tale of the unorthodox life of Pierrot, the annoying nickname given to unhappily-married Ferdinand Griffon by his babysitter/ex-girlfriend, Marianne Renoir. He leaves his wife and children and flees with Marianne only to find himself chased by Algerian gangsters in a traveling crime spree from Paris to the Mediterranean. Like much pop art of the time, the film uses visuals drawn from cartoons and employs an intentionally garish visual aesthetic based on bright primary colors. Copresented with the Consulat général de France á Miami.

TOUR
Friday, August 29, 6pm
DECO AND DESIGN TOUR—This two-hour adventure begins with a walking tour of the Art Deco District, then moves inside to explore The Wolfsonian's collection. The tour focuses on New Deal architecture and the exhibition A Bittersweet Decade: The New Deal in America, 1933-43, on view at The Wolfsonian. Presented with the Miami Design Preservation League. Limited to 20. RSVP and advance ticket purchase required by August 25: 305.535.2644 or education@thewolf.fiu.edu. Tour begins and ends at The Wolfsonian. $10 for members; $20 all others.

TOURS
Each Thursday and Friday, 6pm
Consider how an array of historical, cultural, and political trends inspired design of the machine age with a guided exhibition tour each Thursday and Friday night at 6pm. Friday tours are free.

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Looking for Digital/Online Marketing Manager at Telemundo

Position: Manager, Digital Marketing

The Manager, Digital Marketing creates, executes, manages and tracks all Telemundo and mun2 digital marketing and advertising programs (including online and mobile) to increase branding, awareness, tune-in and site traffic.

• Oversees digital marketing initiatives from inception to post-program analysis, including: program conception, creative development, campaign tracking and creative testing, and program optimization
• Partners with other departments, including Creative Services, Digital media, Licensing and Merchandising, Sales marketing, Public Relations to develop digital marketing programs
• Works with Agency partners on Search Engine Marketing campaigns from strategy to execution. Collaborates with digital media department to support Search Engine Optimization.
• Creates effective SMS text message programs for TLMD and mun2.
• Responsible for email marketing tools including campaigns and database management.
• Stays current on all website content management, online marketing trends, industry developments and online and mobile technology, and uses this knowledge to make strategic recommendations about marketing programs.

Qualifications
Required
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Business, Marketing, Communications or related field required
• Minimum 4 Years in online marketing management with strategic and execution experience required
• Strong knowledge of various digital media including Internet and mobile technology & best practices
• Written and spoken English/Spanish language skills required.
• Required proficiency in Windows Operating system, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, HTML

Desired
Knowledge of US Hispanic market
Strong organizational skills - ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong presentation skills
Ability to execute and adapt in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
Ability to maintain effectiveness and composure under pressure
Knowledge of brand and media marketing
Creative thinking
Strong analytical abilities for data tools
Ability to solve problems

Please contact joanna_popper at hotmail.com if interested and qualified