Osawa Wines seeks S&M professional

Sales and Marketing Executive

Company: Osawa Wines Location: Hawke's Bay New Zealand Type: Permanent

Premium brand from Hawke’s Bay is looking for a full-time experienced wine Sales and Marketing professional to represent our full line-up of fine wines to the local and international market.

The ideal candidate must have experience in sales within the wine industry plus strongly established relationships with on and off-premise accounts, a self-motivated, organised, energetic, creative and ambitious person.

 
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain an organised list of key accounts, on- and off-premise accounts.

• Sell our brand to retailers in coordination with local and overseas distributors.

• Call on key accounts on an ongoing basis to review our brand programme priorities

• Regularly attend selected on-premise promotional events

 
Job Requirements:

• Must have a minimum 2 years’ wine sales and marketing experience. Degree or Certificate in Business, Marketing or related field is a plus.

• Knowledge of wine and a passion for wine

• Strong customer service, interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral)

• Creative presentation/public speaking and premium selling skills are a must

• Innovative and creative in approaching accounts and expanding business

• Able to formulate account strategies and execute against them

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• Must have valid driver’s licence and be able to travel.

• Must be able to use basic features in MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint)

 An attractive remuneration package will be offer to commensurate with qualification and experience.