Wine & Spirits Merchandiser/Delivery Driver

Handcraftedwines; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in the wine and spirits industry! Join a dynamic team that values fun and growth while providing exceptional customer service. As a Wine & Spirits Merchandiser/Delivery Driver, you will engage with customers, promote products, and maintain inventory in the Omaha area. This role offers significant growth opportunities and a flexible schedule, making it perfect for those ready to dive into a rewarding career. Be part of a rapidly expanding company that encourages entrepreneurial spirit and teamwork. If you're passionate about the industry and eager to make a difference, this is the role for you!

Benefits

Flexible Schedule

Paid Time Off/Vacation

Paid Holidays

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Company-Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance

401(k) with Company-Matching

Significant Growth Opportunities

Competitive Compensation

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred, but not required.
• Previous experience in the wine and spirits industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service and maintain assigned accounts.
• Merchandise and promote products in assigned territory.
• Build positive relationships with customers and manage inventory.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Sales Skills

Time Management

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Mobile Devices

HCW Technology

Job description

Wine & Spirits Merchandiser/Delivery Driver

Join to apply for the Wine & Spirits Merchandiser/Delivery Driver role at Handcrafted Wines, LLC dba Handcrafted Wines of Kansas

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.

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.
• Answer simple, step-by-step questions as you complete your daily tasks.
• 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 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.