Brewery Ambassador at Brixton Brewery

About us:
We are a family-run business, with strong ties to Brixton, and that’s what motivates us to succeed – so we can give the best to our employees, our customers and our wider community. We’re committed to finding the right people, supporting them and developing their skills. We’re after people who are passionate about beer, our brand and what we represent – top quality brews, excellent customer service and an enthusiasm for what we do and how we do it. We have huge respect for everyone in our 30 strong team, and are building a diverse and highly skilled team across Brewing, Sales, Marketing, Finance and others, that takes pride in being part of our success.

Every day in the brewery is a day of fast-paced, ever-changing and challenging work alongside talented, professional, interesting and hilarious people. We’re all working together to help thirsty people everywhere Get a Taste of Brixton, and having a great time while we do it. Join us!

The role:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Brewery Ambassador who can help get the word out about us and our range of delicious beers. This is an entry level role, so we’re after someone keen to learn and grow in the job. You will be working alongside the Head of Sales and Sales Ac-count Managers. We need someone confident and outgoing who can represent us boldly and proudly, make great trade connections, build strong relationships with pub and bar staff and champion us at events. This is a great opportunity for a good communicator interested in an exciting career with a growing company whose mission is to put Brixton on the map for great beer.

Key tasks:

• Working with the sales team to meet ambitious growth targets
• Working closely with sales account managers to regularly review customer performance
• Managing existing customer relationships, planning events and activity with customers to help get our beer in to the hands of more and more people
• Introducing existing customers to new products and existing specials
• Understanding customer needs and helping them to grow sales in their beer category
• Being creative and inventing new ways to engage with staff members and customers
• Being an excellent and articulate public representative of Brixton Brewery
• Gathering industry information on key trends, customer demand, etc and reporting back to brewery founders
• Accurate and timely reporting to management

Essential Skills & qualifications:

• Knowledgeable and passionate about great beer
• Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills
• Excellent networking skills and industry knowledge
• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Willingness and flexibility to travel around London and region spreading the word about our beers, sometimes outside of regular work hours

Great to have:

• Previous experience working in a brewery or in the drinks industry
• Experience planning and managing events, beer tastings and information sessions for cus-tomers and prospective customers

Perks & benefits:

• A fun and interesting working environment, with a great team
• Excellent comprehensive benefits from day one of joining: 25 Days holiday (plus bank holi-days), membership of our Company pension, healthcare, Employee Assistance, Group Life Assurance and bonus schemes.
• Training and support: our staff get the benefit of on-going training to do their jobs well and to develop in other areas too. A team favourite is our regular tasting and flavour training allowing everyone, no matter their role, to develop expertise in beer flavours and quality (if they want to!)
• Festivals and social events: we sponsor or attend loads of festivals and beer events throughout the year and often have free tickets and VIP packages to hand around.
• Staff well-being: we take care of our team with lots of social and group gatherings – from team lunches to regular evenings in the Taproom and events such as cycle rides and mas-terclasses. We provide free drinks, fruit and snacks during the day and often partner with local businesses to swap beer for staff goodies like samples, baked goods and other treats.
• A great location near public transport, in between Brixton, Loughborough Junction and Herne Hill.
• You’ll be working with delicious beers!

Please send your CV and a short covering letter to jobs@brixtonbrewery.com explaining why you are our next Brixtonite!

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