As part of the Sales London team your core focus will be to grow sales with existing customers through exceptional account management while also developing new business opportunities in both the On‑trade and Off‑trade sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and develop existing customer accounts across On-trade (including contract catering) and Off-trade to achieve FY budgeted revenue and margin target
- Develop new business opportunities to achieve FY new business target
- Sell the Liberty Wines portfolio to the On and Off-trade within London
- Manage sales of specific brands/products to annually agreed targets
- Manage expenses to budget
- Act as an ambassador for Liberty Wines always
- Conduct Liberty Wines events such as tastings and tutorials and support customer activity
- Regularly review Sales vs. Budget report to analyse sales patterns
- Identify areas of focus and implement strategies to build turnover and profit and develop new business
- Collate, analyse and summarise monthly performance
About you
- Experience in selling wine to, and growing accounts in the London on-trade and meeting sales targets
- Experience in developing new business opportunities to achieve new business targets
- Self-motivated with a positive outlook and excellent communication skills
- Good organisational skills with the ability to deal with administrative tasks efficiently
- Strong wine empathy and ability to demonstrate wine knowledge, preferably at WSET Diploma level
- IT proficient including Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
- Candidates should possess existing industry contacts
What you can expect
- 25 days holiday excluding public holidays increasing after 2 years’ service
- Competitive commissions scheme
- Personal bonus of up to 5% of salary, based on performance against key objectives
- Company pension scheme matching up to 5% of contributions
- 18 weeks enhanced maternity leave and 4 weeks paternity leave.
- Cycle to work scheme & Season ticket loan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Travel insurance
- Retail, wellbeing, technology, and travel discounts
Liberty Wines is an award-winning company and accredited by Investors in People which offers excellent opportunities for training and development alongside a great working environment (and an even better coffee machine).
We encourage all our employees to further their wine knowledge through our in-house Liberty Wines Academy and WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) courses alongside building skills and experience over the course of their professional development.
Liberty Wines celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels comfortable to be themselves.
