Field Marketing Specialist - TX

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

Suntory Global Spirits (Beam Suntory)

Houston, TX

Other

• Support and consult on national experiential platforms, including local market input, feasibility considerations, executional readiness, and agency/vendor coordination as needed
• Own local implementation of local events, sampling programs, and assigned market-level brand activations
• Prioritize activity based on business impact, brand priorities, budget, timing, and available resources; proactively elevate risks, tradeoffs, and support needs
• Coordinate and activate brand-building programs across on-premise, off-premise, and event environments
• Own day-to-day budget tracking for assigned programs, including planned versus actual spend, committed costs, estimates, invoices, and remaining budget visibility
• Track and manage programming spend, timelines, and project details specific to experiential and local activation; identify budget variances early and elevate risks or recommended adjustments
• Support budget forecasting, accrual inputs, invoice reconciliation, and spend documentation to ensure accurate financial tracking and disciplined use of funds
• Develop leadership-ready program recaps, timelines, market overview reports, PowerPoint updates, budget trackers, and project status materials
• Submit timely, accurate recaps that capture execution quality, consumer and trade learnings, budget performance, and recommendations for future improvement
• Develop and facilitate product training initiatives on core brands for customers, consumers, distributor partners, and trade audiences
• Brief, coordinate, and hold agency and vendor partners accountable to activation standards, staffing expectations, timelines, budgets, and recap requirements
• Manage on-site vendors including catering, mixologists, agency staff, trade staff, and other contractors
• Build and leverage positive relationships with distributors, trade partners, influencers, and accounts to strengthen brand engagement, achieve growth, and perform against KPIs
• Actively seek out and recommend new potential opportunities for assigned brands, target accounts, and priority consumer occasions
• Manage, coach, and develop agency and trade staff by providing clear expectations, goals, feedback, and standards related to activations and brand execution
• Implement and analyze reporting, program metrics, and KPIs to assess execution quality, adoption, effectiveness, and opportunities for improvement
• Support successful execution of local marketing and sales initiatives while balancing national priorities with local market realities
• Partner with field marketing teams to strengthen current marketplace relationships and improve consistency of execution
• Manage utilization, readiness, and storage of assets to support efficient activation planning
• Create agency and program recaps that synthesize results, learnings, issues, budget implications, and recommended changes

• Must be 21 years of age
• Minimum 2 years proven experience in spirits industry, on premise preferred
• Previous experience in event and on-site activation required
• Experience in Multi-Cultural Marketing or Sales
• Exceptional…