Sales and Buying Assistant
(Wine Jobs:
Management & Administration)
Full Time
Partridge Green, West Sussex,
England
Barton Brownsdon & Sadler (BBS) is a specialist wine importer and distributor based in Partridge Green, West Sussex. The company was founded in 1985 and has developed a national client base for its portfolio of wines from all over the world.
We are now recruiting for a Sales and Buying Assistant. This is an interesting and varied role; the successful candidate will essentially be assisting the Directors in the day to day running of the company. It is a great opportunity to gain an insight into the world of wine importing and running a business.
The role involves the following areas of work:
- Receiving orders directly from trade customers by phone or email.
- Receiving orders from the sales team.
- Placing orders with the warehouse and monitoring these orders through to completion.
- Creation of marketing material.
- Managing and updating the website.
- Organising and attending trade show wine tastings.
- Marketing through social media, particularly twitter.
- Helping to source new products and introduce them to the UK market.
- Take part in informal wine tastings in the office to assess new products.
- Managing stock levels.
- Ordering new stock and liaising with suppliers, hauliers and warehouse staff.
- Packing samples and couriering to clients.
- General bookkeeping.
Core skills that we are looking for in this role are:
- Highly organised and able to manage their time effectively
- Strong communication skills and a professional manner.
- Competent in Word and Excel as well as general computer literacy.
- Good numeracy skills.
Other skills that would be of benefit but not essential:
- Bookkeeping, no specific package.
- Languages (French, Italian, Spanish)
- Marketing through social media
- WSET qualifications
Full time position. Starting 2nd January.
Salary £20-24K. Flexibility on salary for an outstanding candidate