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Sales & Merchandising Associate - Greater Toronto Area (Summer 2027)

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Sales & Merchandising Associate at Mark Anthony Group, focusing on building brand visibility and driving sales in the Greater Toronto Area. You will engage with customers, manage merchandise, and support promotional events, contributing to the company's growth in the alcohol and beverage industry.

Qualifications

  • University degree in progress.
  • Must be the legal drinking age in your province.
  • Valid drivers’ license with access to a vehicle to use for work.
  • Smart Serve Certification.
  • Preferred: Customer service experience

Responsibilities

  • Stock, face, and maintain company merchandise at accounts
  • Take opportunities to creatively and effectively showcase company brands at account locations
  • Help with transferring product from one location to another
  • Run on-premise night promotions within an account base to increase visibility and sales of brands

Key facts

  • Remote from: Canada, North America
  • Full time
  • Junior (1-2 years)
  • Regional Sales Manager
  • $36K / year
  • Finnish

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Negotiation
  • Customer Service
  • Communication
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Mark Anthony Group

  • 501–1,000
The Mark Anthony Group of Companies is one of North America’s most diversified and successful private beverage companies focused on the alcohol beverage sector. Founded in 1972, the Company grew organically from a one-man wine importing business to a producer and distributor of fine wine, premium spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages, including White Claw Hard Seltzer. The Company’s Founder & CEO is also the Proprietor of the Iconic Wineries of British Columbia, a collection of prestigious wineries and estate vineyards including the award-winning Mission Hill Family Estate, CedarCreek Estate Winery, Martin’s Lane Winery and CheckMate Artisanal Winery in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. In addition, the Company proudly distributes many leading International wine and spirits brands, providing seamless services from producer to consumer across Canada.

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Job description

Summer 2027 Sales & Merchandising Associate - Greater Toronto Area

Attention university students! Are you passionate about building brands? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments? Do you have a relentless drive to achieve exceptional results? This could be the right fit for you! We are looking for university students to join our Mark Anthony Brands sales team across Ontario. You will be working with our exciting brands including White Claw® Hard Seltzer, Dillon's Small Batch Distillers, The Finnish Long Drink, and Olé Cocktail Co.

What’s in it for you?

We’re a growth company. We’re also innovators and disruptors. This means we are in a position to offer our people unique experiences, training, jobs and support to grow their career. Our culture is unapologetically fast paced, entrepreneurial and results driven. We believe that building careers from within is critical to our long-term success.

  • Learn the alcohol and beverage industry
  • You will have the opportunity to further develop your sales and negotiation skills
  • Make an impact in a fast-paced and dynamic environment where our People Drive Growth
  • We are growing a lasting legacy where people come first!

What you’ll do:

  • Stock, face, and maintain company merchandise at accounts
  • Take opportunities to creatively and effectively showcase company brands at account locations
  • Help with transferring product from one location to another to help with faster sell through of product
  • Responsible for your own sales territory to help drive listings and rate of sale in each account
  • Assist with sales programs and initiatives
  • Assist with special tasting and promotional events as required
  • Run on-premise night promotions within an account base to increase visibility and sales of brands
  • Communicate current selling activities including limited time offers (LTO), new products, display opportunities to all customers
  • Interact positively with customers to build long-term sales relationships
  • Other related duties as assigned

Do you have what it takes?

  • University degree in progress
  • Customer service experience preferred
  • Must be the legal drinking age in your province
  • Comfortability with physical activities such as lifting, moving, and handling materials weighing between 30–50 lbs.
  • Valid drivers’ license with access to a vehicle to use for work (Vehicle should be suitable to load cases of products and materials for external events)
  • Flexibility to work outside of standard business hours, including occasional evenings and weekends.
  • Flexibility with commuting longer distances on occasion for sampling related events
  • Smart Serve Certification

Position locations:

  • GTA East – Downtown Toronto to Belleville
  • GTA West – Oakville to Downtown Toronto 

Deadline to apply: December 31, 2026 @ 11:59 PM (EST)

After submitting your resume, selected candidates will then have the opportunity to submit a video interview - this is your chance to show us what makes you unique and demonstrate your passion for wine. We look forward to hearing from you!

Mark Anthony Group is committed to hiring, engaging, and growing qualified, talented, and motivated team members at every level of our organization. The compensation for this role is $19/hour, based on a full-time 40 hour work week. This is a 4-month summer contract from May to August 2027. 

Mark Anthony Group is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds who are eligible to work in Canada.

We thank all candidates for their interest in MAG and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter.

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At Mark Anthony, we exist to Unearth the Extraordinary:

Our Purpose is not just a statement; it is a call to action that binds us together and ignites our passion for making a difference. It is the driving force behind why we do what we do every single day, connecting our global organization across all business units, roles, and locations. We are:

Best in Our Craft
We set the standard with a pursuit of excellence that can be found in everything from our products and processes to our plants and people.​

Ambitiously Curious
We stay curious, dreaming big and navigating the unknown with an enduring belief in better.​​

Made With Humility
We bring humility, authenticity, fun, and support to every collaboration and celebrate wins as a team.

Daringly Disruptive
We disrupt the status quo, moving fast to seize opportunities and acting scrappy ​to stay ahead of industry giants.​

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