POSTED: 18 AUGUST 2023, SALES ASSISTANT - PART-TIME

Job Type: Sales Assistant // Part-time
Hours: 20 hours per week.
Job Salary: Dependent upon experience
Job Location: Hardley, Hampshire SO45 3AE

This is an exciting opportunity for a part time sales assistant to join Vibrant Forest Brewery. We are looking for someone that will immediately fit in to our small team and hit the ground running.
You will be part of the sales team reporting to the Sales Manager and be responsible for trade sales within the UK market. This position requires you to work from our offices at SO45 3AE.

If you are ambitious, hard working and would like to join a quality-focused small team then this could be the role for you.

Role & Responsibilities

- Sales of draught and canned beer to trade customers
- Developing relationships with our existing customers
- Winning new business and managing new relationships
- Working with management to develop and execute sales plans
- Supporting and assisting in company growth through increased sales and improving brand awareness
- To deliver agreed sales targets
- Ensuring all our customers receive excellent service at all times
- Engagement with our production team to ensure timely allocation of relevant stock
- Managing pallet building and deliveries
- Efficient route planning of all deliveries to our customers
- Customer visits
- Invoicing and customer database management
- Managing stock and customer mailing lists
- Represent Vibrant Forest at promotions and events
- Be fully conversant in all of our products

Key requirements of the successful candidates

You will have:

- Demonstrable track record of commercial sales achievements
- Ability to work both independently and in a team
- Enthusiastic and vibrant personality
- Strong presentation and communications skills
- Experience of selling beer is highly desirable but not essential
- Good record keeping skills
- Ability to plan weekly sales and meet targets
- Flexible working hours to achieve targets. e.g. weekend or evening working
- Strong knowledge of software packages such as Spreadsheets and invoicing/reporting software
- Passionate and energetic about craft beer
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Full UK driving licence
- Be over 18 and have right to work in the UK
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

For more information please email: careers@vibrantforest.co.uk. Please send a CV and covering letter outlining your reasons for applying for the role to careers@vibrantforest.co.uk