Bedell Cellars is looking to hire a new Assistant Sales & Marketing Manager. The position combines wine club management with
development of our most upscale and sophisticated customers-both retail buyers
plus wholesale customers like sommeliers and restaurants.

Candidates will be expected to:

Marketing

  • Conduct external
    tastings and events in NYC and Hamptons to drive brand awareness (e.g.
    City-Meals-On-Wheels in Rockefeller Center)
  • Develop and
    maintain wine club website and quarterly newsletter
  • Work with other
    management staff in developing wine club promotions & incentives
  • Train, oversee and
    report on tasting room staff wine club incentive program

Operations

  • Write five year
    plan, including goals for sales, new member sign-up, and annual
    retention/attrition
  • Assemble and ship
    wines quarterly assuring timely fulfillment of member & VIP orders
  • Forecast
    wines for future shipments and manage wine club inventory allocations
  • Develop and
    maintain database system to track contact info, buying history, visits,
    favorite wines, customer profiling
  • Complete weekly and
    monthly wine club, sales, brand building and compliance reports

Hospitality

  • Solicit and host
    weekend VIP tours and tastings (some weekend and night work required)
  • Develop
    concierge/attendant relationships with upscale customers and top sommeliers in
    NYC
  • Create and execute
    tailored events and promos to drive sales and build upscale brand relationships

Salary etc. will be commensurate with experience.

If you are interested, please contact Bedell’s COO, Trent Preszler, directly.

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