Logistics and Stock Control Manager (Wine Jobs: Sales & Marketing)

  FromVineyardsDirect.com Ltd (http://www.fromvineyardsdirect.com)

  Battersea, London, England

About FromVineyardsDirect:

FromVineyardsDirect is an online retailer, specialising in B2C private wine sales. We offer a small range of delicious drinking wines, principally from France, Italy and Spain, imported direct from the growers at prices well below traditional merchants.

You would be working within a closely-knit team, with a positive working environment. There are plenty of opportunities to taste many wines (and a good discount) and to make a large impact on a growing company.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Management of internal databases tracking and managing en primeur orders, and any orders for pre-shipment wines.

• Raising Purchase Orders, ensuring the payment of priority shipments and keeping team aware of most up-to-date incoming stock arrival information.

• Liaison with UK and overseas suppliers and shippers to organise timely delivery of wines into the warehouse.

• Providing warehouse team with required customs and shipment information to enable products to be landed correctly; subsequent co-ordination of product profiles throughout in-house software chain.

• Creation of new customer, en primeur campaign and product profiles; ongoing maintenance of product and stock information on Vision Commerce and Magento e-commerce software.

• Organisation of movement of stock to and from customer private reserves and other UK bonded warehouses

• Production of weekly stock reports for both the buying and marketing teams

• Liaison with both warehouse team and courier to ensure accurate production of daily manifest  

• Management of all customer private reserves

• Alerting team when stock levels fall low in warehouse

• Management of all en primeur allocations, orders and arrivals into the warehouse

Other responsibilities:

• Helping the sales and customer service team to respond to customer queries and complaints when required

• Ensuring the website stock inventories are kept up to date and accurate

Skills, knowledge and personal attributes:

• Excellent written and spoken English and great communication skills

• Excellent time management is crucial

• Highly organised and systematic

• Forward thinking, proactive and resilient

• Experience in a customer facing role

• Interest in wine, with WSET Level 2 or above preferred, but not required

The Role:

This role will start with a 3-month probation period, with the opportunity for a permanent position once complete. This three month probation period will include a one month trial. Full training will be provided.

To apply please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]. Deadline for applications is Friday 25th May 2018.

Competitive salary with monthly bonus scheme and a generous wine discount

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