William Grant & Sons
Regional Executive GTR
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Global Travel Retail
Global Travel Retail is one of our most dynamic and innovative business channels, offering WG&S the opportunity to build world-class brands for a truly global audience. With millions of passengers travelling through airports, ports, and border shops each year, Global Travel Retail serves as our shop window to the world — a showcase for our craftsmanship, innovation, and premium portfolio.
The Regional Executive Role
The Regional Executive role provides a great opportunity to drive change within this fast-paced and exciting environment. It is an opportunity to develop a career that combines strategic commercial management, world-class brand building, and cross-functional collaboration. Here, marketing activations, retail transformation principles, and commercial excellence converge to deliver exceptional brand experiences and tangible business results.
What We Can Offer You
- Competitive salary and benefits designed to promote financial wellbeing
- Bonus plan eligibility
- Generous holiday entitlement with the opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service)
- Defined contribution pension plan
- Employee Assistance Programme offering support on medical, financial, legal, home, and family issues
- Life Assurance cover of eight times your annual basic salary
- Product allocation to enjoy our portfolio of brands
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for charity
- Learning resources to help you be your best self
Main Responsibilities
- Work closely with Heinemann and other key partners to shape the commercial agenda and drive sustainable growth across the GTR channel
- Manage and have P&L responsibility for a number of markets
- Take ownership of your own region and ensure customer strategies align with WG&S objectives
- Monitor account performance and oversee pricing, promotional activity, and compliance
- Contribute to commercial planning and analysis, developing data-driven insights that identify growth opportunities and optimize performance across the region
- Manage forecasting, budgeting, and performance tracking processes
- Analyse sales trends, promotional return on investment, and market share to guide strategic decision-making
- Act as a bridge between functions, ensuring seamless execution of global strategies at a regional level
- Provide persuasive, insight-led performance updates and strategic recommendations that directly influence the trajectory of the region
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Our Ideal Candidate
- Seasoned, commercially minded professional with a strong analytical background and a passion for building brands in a global environment
- Strategic insight and operational precision
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent attention to detail and the capability to build compelling, insight-led proposals that deliver commercial advantage
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Ability to influence and engage with stakeholders at all levels
- Collaborative mindset, working effectively across teams and functions
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a complex, global environment
- High degree of cultural awareness and adaptability
- Willingness to travel as required across the region
- Genuine enthusiasm for the spirits industry and for developing a long-term career within Global Travel Retail
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About William Grant & Sons
A Home for Rare Characters
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience, and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience, and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
Our Agile Working Philosophy
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
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Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
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