Revolution Brewing
Revolution Brewing, your local craft beer proudly brewed only in Chicago, is hiring Area Sales Reps to share the story of our brewery. As our front-line voices you’ll work with our local distributor and retail partners to get our fresh beers into consumer fists. This may be through landing great spots for our displays, making sure our beer is pouring at your local bar or restaurant, or talking about our tasty beer at samplings or festivals in the future.
We’re hiring for the downtown Chicago market, targeting the from River North down to Hyde Park, and the West Loop. Established relationships with local bars, restaurants and stores in these areas will be key to creating awareness with these partners and our consumers. You’ll be in the market most days, safely seeing accounts to drop off merch, beer, or anything else that will let Chicago know about our flagship or fun, new beers. Planning your days will have you using VIP, our sales data system, to analyze sales opportunities to get Rev into the public’s hands. Following up with your accounts and summing up your wins to the distributor will showcase those great communication skills we know you’ll have, too.
Why You’ll Be Great:
- You’ll have 3-5 years working for a beer wholesaler or supplier within the Chicagoland market, with a Bachelors degree OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
- You’ll be more than proficient pulling data to analyze in Excel to create your own sales plan.
- A reliable car is required, as you’ll travel around different neighborhoods in Chicago. There will eventually be 1-2 day trips to our other markets, supporting our out of state reps.
- You’ll already have experience successfully meeting sales goals, prioritizing independent tasks, and handling multiple projects.
- You have to be able to maneuver 35-pound cases, as well as maneuver and place full kegs, as part of the job.
The salary stated is before bonuses, which include $1,000 quarterly bonuses and a 10% annual bonus paid in Q1. We additionally reimburse $100 for data and use IRS guidelines for mileage reimbursement. Bonus and reimbursements is at minimum $10K per year on top of stated salary.
