Operations Intern (SUMMER 27)

Southernhospitalityinternshipprogram; Pigeon Forge (TN); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Southernhospitalityinternshipprogram seeks college students or recent graduates to learn the wine and cider industry while doing practical work in hospitality. The program exposes you to departments including production, customer service, sales, HR, marketing, logistics, and retail merchandising.

You will rotate through tasting room duties, inventory control, events support, and packaging tasks, with local travel to properties. Pay is $15 per hour, 30-40 hours per week, with shifts that may vary.

Responsibilities

• Working tasting rooms
• Learning sales and leadership strategies
• Giving feedback to staff
• Ordering and forecasting
• Assisting with special events and festivals
• Packing club shipments
• Learning pricing strategies
• Sourcing new vendors and products
• Controlling inventory
• Bottling and labeling product
• Assist with pressing, filtering, and fermenting fruit
• Learning how to blend and test products for quality control

Job description

Welcome to a world where alcohol meets hard work! We are looking for college students or recent graduates with a strong work ethic and problem-solving mentality to spend some time with us learning what it's like to work in the wine and cider industry.

Have a feeling you want to work in hospitality but have no idea what that looks like? Here's your chance to dip your toes into several departments of our faceted business including but not limited to: alcohol production, customer service, sales, human resource management, marketing, logistics, and retail merchandising. Let's face it; you never know what a job is really like until your try it.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Working tasting rooms
• Learning sales and leadership strategies
• Giving feedback to staff
• Ordering and forecasting
• Assisting with special events and festivals
• Packing club shipments
• Learning pricing strategies
• Sourcing new vendors and products
• Controlling inventory
• Bottling and labeling product
• Assist with pressing, filtering, and fermenting fruit
• Learning how to blend and test products for quality control

This position will require local travel to different properties. Pay is $15 (plus tips on tasting room days) per hour for 30-40 hours per week. Shifts and days may vary.