Job Status: Filled

Wine All Rounder (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

Full Time

  Stone, Vine & Sun (http://www.stonevine.co.uk)

  Twyford, Hampshire, England

 

Stone, Vine & Sun

Wine All Rounder

Stone, Vine & Sun of Winchester are seeking to employ a wine enthusiast to work in their office / shop warehouse: and the role offers plenty of potential for development. Duties and required skills are as follows.

In the Office

  • Becoming familiar and comfortable with the SAGE small business software
  • Taking, invoicing & processing customer orders by phone or from the website
  • Working with a courier company: producing labels, checking deliveries & liaising with customers
  • Loading wines to and editing the website
  • Participating in social  media

In the Warehouse

  • Learning and knowing the location of about 600 lines of stock
  • Picking and packing wine from customer orders for collection by courier or delivery by SVS
  • Occasionally breaking down stacked wine on pallets for ease of picking

In the Shop

  • Keeping the shop well-stocked
  • Helping price and label all wines in the shop
  • Assisting customers with purchases

Deliveries

  • Occasionally undertaking deliveries in the van in the Hampshire area

Tastings

  • Assisting SVS in holding customer tastings in the office and all over southern England

Developing Wine Knowledge

  • Building specific knowledge on the wine regions in which SVS specialises
  • Participating in tastings of samples in the office 

Skills Required

  • Minimum one year’s experience working with wine, in the trade or as a sommelier
  • WSET qualifications: Level 2 or higher
  • Well-organised, disciplined and self-starting, with good attention to detail
  • The confidence to speak to and advise  customers and focus on sales
  • IT skills: ideally including experience of working with websites and social media
  • Ability (and willingness) to physically move lots of wine as and when required
  • Ability to work some Saturdays and occasional evenings
  • Driving license

 

Hours: 9.00-6.00 weekly, plus occasional Saturday (9.30-4.00pm), and evening work at tastings. (Saturday work gains a day off in lieu). Salary commensurate with experience

 

Apply including CV to Simon Taylor at Stone, Vine & Sun, [email protected]

 

 

Commensurate with experience

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