Wine Somelier Consultant
2 weeks ago
Advert reference: woolw_000610
Advert status: Online
- **Position Summary**
**Industry**:Food & Beverages
**Job category**:Stores and Inventory
**Location**:Worcester
**Contract**:Temporary
**Introduction**
MAIN PURPOSE To drive sales and deliver exceptional customer service in a specialized Wine, Beer and Spirits environment
**Job description**
**KEY OUTCOMES**
**Demonstrates customer service**
- Greets, smiles and acknowledges the customers
- Identify customer needs in order to provide optimal service
- Takes responsibility for serving the customer and finding solutions to the customer’s queries
- Actively promote the W Cellar Wine Club by signing up new members
- Approach all customers and offer assistance in the department
**Applies selling skills**
- Meets customers’ needs and expectations by asking, listening to and advising customers as to options/services/products available
- Advise customers on suitable products including cross selling opportunities
- Offers alternatives to the customer if merchandise is not available
**Qualities/Skills**:
- Passionate about wine/liquor
- Merchant skills
- Communication skills
- High energy level
- Training skills (this will be for the customer assistants in the store so not necessarily formal classroom training)
- Ability to communicate with Head Office liquor team
- Able to understand liquor strategy and translate to operational/customer
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**General**:
Employment Type - 12 months Limited Period Contract
About wo work in a shifted environment Monday to Saturday
- Fixed salary
**Minimum requirements**
**Qualifications**:
Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in liquor retail or hospitality field
Preferable - has a form of wine/ sommelier/mixologist qualification
(Eg Wine Spirits Education Trust, Cape Wine Academy, Sommelier SA Association)
**Woolworths is an equal employment opportunity company that is committed to inclusion and diversity