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Temporary Sales Executive role at Vagabond Wines

Hey you! Yeah you! Stop what you're doing and read this advert, otherwise you'll miss something so amazing, you'll never forgive yourself and will forever refer to yourself as a flip-flop.

We are an award-winning, high fiving, people loving, training leading, independent wine bar and kitchen.

If you love wine, and want a career in the industry, or if you love talking to people and want to learn about wine - there is no better place to start than at Vagabond Wines!

We offer 100+ delicious wines by the glass, available to sample and explore via our bespoke wine dispensers, a seasonal sharing menu and our very own, very cool, urban winery in Battersea Power Station where we make amazing English wines.

Like that cool teenage cousin you have who is into ice hockey and eating pop tarts, we are on a growth spurt. Because of this, we need help to sell what we offer to the magnificent people of these here lands - is that you?!

What we can offer you:

• A Fixed-Term Contract until the end of December.
• £950 to spend on your mental and physical wellbeing every year
• A benefits package like no other, including half price cinema tickets, discounted holidays, shopping and gym memberships
• Training and development within a structured career path, with 100's of online and classroom lead courses
• Amazing discounts on our wines and beer
• Employee assistance programme including 8 face to face counselling sessions a year
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to grow and progress your career

Our guests overall experience is in your hands and as such we are looking for a unique individual who is:

• Passionate about delivering world class service and loves interacting with our guests
• Passionate about people
• Well presented and trustworthy
• Able to deliver an earth shattering high five
• Able to sell a thing to a person who already has an abundance of said things thus not needing the thing they just bought

You will need to be highly social, upbeat and friendly and above all, a total ledge.

The Role:

You would have 2 years within the hospitality industry experience and 2 years in the sales environment.

A few but not all of the exciting tasks involved in being a Sales & Events Exec…

• Responding in a timely manner to sales enquiries
• Carry out client show rounds/venue viewings
• Being able to add value to chats about the best snacks out there, samples welcome
• End-to-end ownership of event planning and delivery with overall account responsibility
• Ensure the bookings system is up to date and captures all relevant information to produce accurate function sheets
• To conduct post-event, follow-up research with the client with the aim of securing repeat business
• You. Are. The. After. Party.
• Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and pricing
• Working closely with site managers to understand their venues and support for bookings and events

If you are interested in being part of the team, please get in touch today!

Pay: From £14.00 per hour

Experience:

• Sales: 2 years (required)
• Hospitality: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person