Buyer
(Wine Jobs:
Management & Administration)
Full Time
Liberty Wines
London,
England
Liberty Wines, the International Wine Challenge’s Overall Merchant of the Year for 2018, is looking for a new wine buyer.
Managing a large part of our portfolio (France and Spain are the two most important areas within the remit), you will also play a key role in developing other specific areas of our award-winning range.
Working side by side with our top sales people and managing director, you would be responsible for sourcing and launching yet-to-be discovered wine producers, as well as managing some of our top, well-established estates. You would be part of a tightly knit buying team of five and will need an understanding of the market, a capacity to help drive sales and the ability to liaise closely with our brand management and shipping teams, meaning you will be involved in every link of our purchasing and sales chain.
Liberty Wines is known in the industry for looking after our staff and our customers. You would be encouraged to continue learning by working closely with our winemaking team as well as building your skills and experience by working in our fast-growing and ambitious company.
The current Buyer, a Master of Wine, is moving to Hong Kong.
Essential requirements:
- Experience in buying with excellent wine knowledge (WSET diploma-level and above)
- Proven commercial acumen
- Good negotiating skills
- Good French and/or Spanish
Benefits:
- Personal bonus of up to 5% of salary based on performance against key objectives
- 22 days holiday rising to 25 days
- Participation in discretionary Company bonus
- Stakeholder pension scheme/travel insurance
- Discounted wine
