Careers at Benchmark Drinks
Benchmark Drinks has established itself within 5 years as a major UK wine supplier and top 10 supplier of premium wines – we are the fastest growing wine business in the UK.
Working with personalities such as Kylie Minogue, Gary Barlow, Gordon Ramsay and Graham Norton, Benchmark Drinks has created an exciting premium portfolio of award-winning global brands sourced from around the world.
We are in an exciting stage of our growth and always looking to build the team to support the ambitions of the business and our brands. We offer a friendly, dynamic working environment as well as encouraging and investing in wine education and training opportunities across the team.
Our office is based in south west London by the River Thames and next to Wandsworth Park with great transport links.
If you are interested in joining us please send your CV and tell us a bit about yourself to info@benchmarkdrinks.com
Sales Support Executive
Working as part of the sales team for Benchmark Drinks, this role is pivotal to servicing the needs of our commercial team, customers, suppliers and joint agency partners. We provide service and support by working collaboratively with Operations, Finance, Brand Marketing and other key stakeholders, both internal and external. We are currently implementing a new ERP system and S&OP process and this role will provide an essential link between sales and operations to ensure that we are optimising functional efficiency within our business.
- Administrative support to the sales team including but not limited to:
- New line form and price checking.
- Sales data, inventory and forecast management (input and analysis).
- NPD and critical path management.
- Vintage change and depletion reserve management with all stakeholders.
- Analysis of brand activity.
- Coordination of new product pitches.
- Gap analysis and identifying new business opportunities.
- Customer presentations on suppliers, ranges etc. – updating information.
- Ad hoc product / customer queries.
- Attending UK trade shows and company wine events.
Key Accountabilities & Tasks
- Attending weekly S&OP meetings, helping to ensure that:
- Sales teams forecasts are updated and as accurate as possible.
- Major sales and brand marketing activity is discussed and well planned.
- Identified problems are resolved with agreed actions clearly communicated and completed on time.
SPECIFIC SKILLS & Experience
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· Experience in customer service (internal / external). · Strong communication skills. · Problem solving and initiative. · Organisation and time management. · Presentation skills including good working knowledge of PowerPoint. · Advanced Excel (pivot table, slicers, charts – a short proficiency test will be required as part of the interview process) · Microsoft Office. · Numerically literate. · Experience working to and fulfilling tight deadlines.
Preferred · Wine experience/ background.
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