Business Consultant-colombia

**Tampico Beverages, a growing multi-national company with corporate offices in Chicago, has an immediate opportunity for Business Consultant in Colombia
**ABOUT US: Bottling Irresistible**- Our employees are some of the best and brightest individuals in the food and beverage industry***:

- The Business Development Consultant Colombia is responsible for creating and leading strategies for the company’s business in Colombia with a strong focus on accelerating volume growth and market share through the creation and implementation of sales and marketing plans. This position identifies, qualifies and launches new bottlers in the region. They directly manage and forms close relationships with CEO’s, General Managers, Marketing, Sales and Production managers of the bottling network including their distributors. This position manages all administrative and operational support in the region and will report to the leader of the responsible region.**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Manage strategic partnerships/relations with our regional bottlers and their distributors, Key accounts and Wholesalers
- Negotiate and establish annual performance criteria including volume and distribution goals, retail pricing, and sales and marketing initiatives.
- Develop long term strategic objectives, including planning accurate forecasts and focusing on executing value driving initiatives, particularly at retail
- Manage sales promotional budget and work with the Marketing Department to establish a marketing budget for the country
- Formalize a quarterly business review process designed to track progress of set performance criteria and align the bottlers with the company’s business objectives for the country
- Identify and qualify potential new business partners to grow our brand presence in the region and collaborate with internal legal department to negotiate renewals as well as coordinate the execution of all regulatory registrations in the country of operation

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- 3-5 years of sales experience in Consumer Goods industry (Beverage Preferred) and experience displaying dynamic leadership skills to manage and motivate third party sales teams is preferred
- Entrepreneurial, solution-oriented, strategic mindset to take initiative
- Excellent communication skills, including presentation and training ability
- Financial and Analytical Abilities
- Written and verbal fluency in English and Spanish
- Ability to travel 50% of the time locally and seldom international travel.
- Bachelor’s Degree-Required; Master’s Preferred
- Advanced Microsoft Office Experience
- Must currently reside in Bogota, Colombia.

**NOTE: Relocation is not provided for this position. No phone calls please.
- The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Our organization has a dynamic work environment where positions may evolve and change. Therefore, the Company reserves the right to modify, delete, or add job duties, responsibilities and skills that are stated in this job description at any time.- Tampico Beverages, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate._