Wine & Spirits Merchandiser/Delivery Driver

Handcrafted Wines; Fort Wayne, Omaha (IN, NE); Remote; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in the alcohol industry with a dynamic and growing company. This role as a merchandiser involves working in the field, building relationships, and promoting products that you can be proud of. With a focus on customer service and brand awareness, you will play a vital role in expanding the company's presence in the Omaha metro area. Enjoy a flexible schedule and significant growth opportunities while being part of a supportive team that values passion and excellence. If you are self-motivated and eager to start a rewarding career in the wine and spirits industry, this position is for you!

Benefits

Flexible Schedule

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Company-Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance

401(k) with Company-Matching

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred, but not required.
• Proficient in using mobile devices and communication techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service and manage assigned accounts.
• Merchandise and promote products in assigned territory.
• Build long-lasting customer relationships based on trust.

Skills

Customer Service

Relationship Building

Self-Motivation

Goal Achievement

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Mobile Devices

Job description

About the Job:

Handcrafted Wine and Spirits is not just a job, it is an exciting opportunity! Handcrafted Wine and Spirits is a place where people love to work and are very proud of the brands we represent.

Do you want to open the door to your future in the alcohol industry? Huge opportunity!

Are you ready to be part of a fun, growing, team-focused, dynamic team, known as our family?

We are growing and expanding!

If we are having fun, we are doing things right! We encourage our employees to act like entrepreneurs.

Handcrafted Wine and Spirits is seeking an outgoing, qualified individual to fill a new merchandiser position in the exciting Wine and Spirits industry in the Omaha metropolitan area. Handcrafted Wines is newer to the Nebraska market, but well experienced and successful with distribution operations in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Oregon. This is a fantastic opportunity to get in at the ground level, merchandising, and servicing top accounts in the Omaha metro and surrounding towns for a rapidly growing company.

Every day we go to work filled with passion to be excellent!! The sky is the limit here!

Give us your best and we’ll give you ours.

About this position:

• Do you want to spend your work week in the field, and not behind a desk?
• Are you looking to start a career in the alcohol industry?
• Do you want to meet with customers on-site to help them grow their business with products you are proud to represent?
• Do you enjoy the feeling and success of developing new relationships?
• Are you passionate, self-motivated, and customer-focused?
• Have you demonstrated the ability to work independently and the ability to surpass goals?
• Do you look at a glass as half full?
• Do you enjoy working remotely in an assigned geographic territory?
• Merchandising can be the first stop of an exciting career in the alcohol industry.

Primary Responsibilities/Job Duties:

• Love for human interaction.
• Provide exceptional customer service, take ownership of assigned accounts, and of your work.
• Flexible schedule to accommodate business needs, as necessary.
• Create brand awareness of all HCW amazing products.
• Merchandise, maintain, prepare, and promote all HCW products in assigned territory, including customer shelves, beverage sections, cold boxes, coolers, displays, product rotation, racks, all promotional POS, fixtures, and building displays, when necessary, according to customer or sales team directions and standards.
• Manage accounts using your experience within assigned territory to ensure accounts are consumer-ready.
• Open-minded to be educated.
• Build positive, credible, long-lasting customer relationships based on trust.
• Motivated, detail-oriented, initiative, and well-organized.
• Keep inventory of back stock maintained, clean, and organized in each account.
• Assist in developing ideas and driving incremental sales above base business to achieve company objectives.
• Take photos of completed work to demonstrate your success.
• Visit accounts regularly based on the sales team plan, increase brand awareness, and capture visit notes.
• Maintains ongoing relationship with customers to ensure consistent customer satisfaction on an ongoing basis.
• Partner with customers management, and associates to get the job done.
• Maintain a deep knowledge of HCW products, and correctly present and position them in each account.
• Achieve internal HCW and supplier objectives as prioritized by management.
• Close cooperation with Sales Team within assigned territory of any administrative work, market conditions, display changes or concerns, and any other customer information.
• Manage customers, seek additional opportunities to support the customer’s needs, and support business growth by providing customers with useful information and guidance.
• Submits daily reports, as necessary.
• Participate in sales meetings, on-site training, support in-store tastings, and supplier events as required.
• This position may require employee to work evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays, on occasion and as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Pay and Benefits:

• Significant growth opportunities.
• Competitive Compensation.
• Flexible Schedule.
• Paid Time Off/Vacation.
• Paid Holidays.
• Comprehensive Health Insurance options.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• Company-Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• 401(k) with Company-Matching.

Job Requirements:

• High School Diploma, GED, or higher education, preferred but not required.
• Local candidates preferred (no relocation package).
• Must live in Omaha metro area, or willing to commute to Omaha metro area daily.
• Committed to providing a high level of service to customers, suppliers, colleagues, and management.
• Previous experience in the wine and spirits industry, preferred.
• Able to maintain a valid and current driver’s license and proof of insurance.
• Dependable and reliable transportation is required with no MVR violations.
• Able to leverage HCW technology to perform duties and responsibilities accurately.
• Proficient in using mobile devices (i.e. smartphone, iPad, etc.) and communication techniques (i.e. email, texting, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to consistently achieve goals, even under tough circumstances.
• Able to take responsibility for own actions and results.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
• Goal and results-driven with the ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and prioritize work.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Travel as needed to each account within assigned territory or as necessary.

Physical Demands:

• Activity may include sitting and using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) and/or using mobile device (i.e. smartphone, tablet).
• Activity may include bending, reaching, squatting, standing, stooping, and walking throughout the day with segments up to 4 hours.
• May require lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 100 pounds, sometimes repeatedly.
• Activity may include operating a cart, hand truck, and/or pallet jack.
• Driving throughout the day with segments up to 4 hours.

About Handcrafted Wine and Spirits:

Handcrafted Wines and Spirits is a national wine and spirits wholesaler with locations in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Oregon. We stock inventory from hundreds of wine and spirits producers across the world and sell and deliver these products to retail stores, liquor stores, and restaurants across the entirety of each state. Handcrafted has been in business since 1996 and is actively expanding.

Handcrafted Wine and Spirits is founded on the belief that suppliers, distributors, and retailers are partners in bringing the highest quality, most desired products to the market. Handcrafted has the vision to provide a meticulously vetted, concise selection of some of the world’s finest handcrafted wines, spirits, and other beverages to our customer. For decades, our team has worked closely with both suppliers and customers to craft our portfolios to suit the unique markets in which we distribute across the country. Over the years, our portfolio has grown to meet the continually changing needs of our markets.

Handcrafted Wine and Spirits is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO), prohibits discrimination and harassment of any time and provides equal treatment in employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender/gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, disability, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis in protected by applicable federal, state and local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Handcrafted Wine and Spirits makes employment and compensation decisions based solely on the basis of qualifications for the job, past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education of employees.

The Handcrafted Wine and Spirits family is excited for the growth of our company!!

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