Beer Lead

Do you love wine? We do! Gary's Wine & Marketplace, owned and operated locally, is one of the largest brick-and-mortar and internet wine retailers in the tri-state area. At our stores, we offer one of the most extensive, competitively priced fine wine and cheese selections. We are well-known for our excellent, personable customer service and our knowledgeable wine staff.

Major Areas of Responsibility: The Beer Lead identifies/selects new products; acquires and maintains thorough knowledge about beer and stays apprised of trends in the beer industry; provides guests with assistance on food‐beer pairings; manages seasonal beer displays; manages and monitors inventory; ensures that shelves are properly stocked; evaluates weekly sales numbers; and other duties, as outlined below.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Guests: Sell beer; greet and engage our guests in a warm, welcoming manner; walk the floor to assist guests; assist customers in their shopping; help select items for gift baskets when needed, and cross‐promote giftware and gourmet items; promote signing up for Gary’s Insider Cards and Wine of the Month; make clients aware of store events and special tastings; develop a client base; perform carry outs as needed
• Product Knowledge: Identify and select new products; be knowledgeable about and sell our priority items; be knowledgeable about products being promoted online and in our media advertising; keep apprised of trends in the beer industry; have a thorough knowledge of beer; attend tastings, read periodicals, show a dedication to increasing product knowledge; determine product positioning and ensures that priority items are displayed to their advantage; have knowledge of food and beverage pairings
• Inventory: Purchase beer; reconciles POs and invoices; create new items, enter UPCs, price changes, put items on sale in Vision; assign floor team to tasks needed on the floor such as building displays, putting away stock, creating POS signage, bar coding; monitor stock to make sure that adequate amounts are available; assign floor team to tasks to make sure this goal is met; print and display POS signage and shelf tags; put away beer deliveries quickly; verify product to tag on shelf; monitor expiration dates – make sure first in, first out; update POS data in Vision as needed; perform inventory counts as requested; ensure that stock is shelved promptly
• Meet with vendors
• Place special orders
• Build, update, and restock displays Monitor the store to ensure it is clean and neat. Assign the floor team to tasks to make sure this goal is met. Monitor and manage beer breakage
• Conducts weekly beer-tasting
• Provides input for employee evaluations
• Watch for potential shoplifters
• Evaluate sales numbers weekly
• Attends Beer Team meetings

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.

Requirements

A strong sense of customer service

• Ability to create attractive, well-organized displays
• Basic computer skills
• Expert knowledge of beer
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lift 70 lbs.
• Ability to use store ladders
• Basic estimation and math skills

Benefits

We offer medical, dental, and vision benefits, a retirement plan with company contributions, and a generous employee discount. Retail hours include working on some weekends.