Job description

Want to join a team that is committed to customer excellence and professional growth? Take advantage of a great opportunity to increase your knowledge of wine, beer, and food. Join the Cellar 55 team and grow with us!

The Wine Specialist works with the owner to manage and grow wine sales. They readily assist wine customers to determine needs and make recommendations. The Wine Specialist develops a strong customer base and builds relationships to maximize repeat visits; as well as fosters a collaborative work environment, ensuring a positive internal and external customer experience. In addition, the right person provides sales leadership and product knowledge inspiration to the team.

At Cellar 55 we strive to provide our customers with a unique and satisfying experience. The customer always comes first.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates exceptional customer service and selling skills
• Demonstrates capacity for customer engagement and salesmanship including approachability, perceptiveness, tact, resilience, ability to remain upbeat and take initiative
• Readily teaches and inspires store staff with wine knowledge
• In charge of weekly wine-tasting events. (Set up, clean up, incl. glassware and setting up following weeks tasting), supervising the tasting personnel
• Participates in wine tastings and selection of what wines to carry
• Competent with classic food and wine pairing strategies
• Familiar with delivery procedures and ABC regulations
• Ensures company standards are met for store and associate's appearance at all times
• Assists in the maintenance of the store to ensure cleanliness and organization at all times
• Responsible to have a complete understanding and maintenance of the Wine Dept.
• Knowledgeable on all wine pricing, signage, vintage updates, and displays
• Works closely with wine vendors and assists in stocking and presenting wine merchandise
• Manages core wine inventory, seasonal wine inventory, and special release inventory to achieve sales targets and assure proper stocking levels are maintained
• Receives inventory and ensures all UPC codes and pricings are set up in the POS
• Ensures all products have proper price labels on wine racks
• Maintains open and flexible availability, including peak traffic hours
• Specifically able to work; evenings, weekends, and periods leading up to major retail holidays
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the manager

Skills Required:

• Problem Solving & Decision Quality: Able to use rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions
• Relationship Management: Able to build constructive and effective relationships

Qualifications:

• WSET Level 2 or Certified Wine Specialist
• 3 years working in the Wine retail or restaurant industry

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $14.00 - $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Shift:

• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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