Retail Specialist, Beer Division (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

  Standard Beverage

  Wichita Markets, Kansas

A Retail Specialist is responsible for ensuring assigned customer accounts are consumer ready; this entails stocking the store shelves and cold boxes/coolers with fresh products, by building displays to draw attention to our products, and by providing exceptional service to our retail clients.  It’s a role that requires a great deal of organization, customer service and initiative.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains fresh products by stocking and rotating, organizing, and refilling back stocks, cold boxes/coolers, shelves, beer caves and displays adhering to all quality and rotation policies.
• Builds displays and executes placement of signage and other merchandising items.
• Ensures all Standard Beverage SKUs are priced appropriately and meet standards of visibility.
• Keeps backroom and inventory areas clean and organized. Notifies manager of any product breakage in an account.
• Walks the account for merchandising opportunities with Standard Beverage portfolio.
• Completes the retail call and provides feedback to Sales Rep to ensure appropriate inventory levels and exceptional customer service in all assigned accounts.
• Maintains a professional rapport and image with store personnel and customers.
• Develop outstanding relationships with customers and co-workers while delivering exceptional customer service.
• Over time gain expertise and ability to be responsible for a sales route while a rep is on vacation.
• Strive to continually overtake the competition on every level, individually and as a team with other members of the division/company.
• Adhere to current route and make all scheduled calls.
• Physical exertion will be necessary to achieve desired levels of account management. The employee must be able to lift products from 25 lbs. to 50 lbs. on a regular basis and up to 175 lbs. when handling kegs.

Requirements

• High level of integrity, commitment, and possess a strong work ethic.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience that is determined to be directly related to the foregoing specified requirements may be considered for substitution.
• Strong persuasive presentations skills, including the ability to speak before large audiences both internally and externally.
• Background or experience in the beverage or restaurant/bar industry a plus.
• Knowledge of the alcoholic beverage industry, including knowledge of beer, beer terms, and beer production process techniques helpful.
• Passion for beer with the ability to continuously learn new brands and represent effectively to customers.
• Licenses, Age restrictions:
  • Valid Driver’s License and maintain an acceptable driving record and valid driver license, and maintain auto insurance coverage at least to the minimum amount specified by the Company and state law.
  • Must be 21 years of age or older at the time of employment in order to sell alcohol in the state of Kansas.

How To Apply