Luxury Account Manager (Parental cover)

About the role

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating. About the Function Our Sales team love building relationships, connecting with customers to sell our much-loved brands in new and vibrant markets where they can thrive. They help sell our iconic brands across 180 countries every year. We're operating across different markets, channels, and areas of expertise. Using your curiosity and passion, you'll make the most of consumer insight and digital platforms, reaching new customers, markets, and celebrations to help us achieve our growth potential. We'll support your learning and growth as you develop your career with us and work with people across our business to realise your fullest potential. You are the personification of our brands. You can build great relationships with key influencers in the industry and know where to go. You engage with spec stores and wholesalers to ensure they are selling our brands and can tell the story behind them. Your job isn't done until our products are visible to consumers and perfectly sold in the right places. You are responsible for driving and inspiring customer loyalty while implementing marketing activations at your customers' points of sale. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: Conducting trainings/tastings across the Diageo portfolio Understanding consumer types, attitudes, and trends Identifying emerging trends and communicating that knowledge to key contacts within the team Developing profitable programs while partnering with our customers in spec stores and wholesaler channels Using customer insights while implementing activation plans About You This role emphasizes the importance of attitude but requires experience. It's perfect for seasoned sales professionals who are eager to drive commercial outcomes and advance within our organization. Ideally 2-3 years' experience working in a spirits environment. Excellent category knowledge; ability to identify trends/insights. Strong understanding of motivations among spec store & wholesaler managers. Outstanding presentation/sales skills yielding positive results. Proven training ability; persuasive selling skills; passion for high-end drinks business respecting customers/consumers. Fluency in French & English; proficiency in Dutch advantageous. Driver's license B (BE). Flexible Working Statement Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one. Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application. Recruitment Scam Warning Protecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money. Worker Type : Regular Primary Location: Brussels Gare Maritime Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2026-05-05