Tasting Room Sales Associate
(Wine Jobs:
Wine Retail & Sommelier)
Part Time
United States,
California
Dashe Cellars, a 10,000 case premium winery located in Oakland, CA—just off Jack London Square—is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic sales person for our urban winery Tasting Room.
We are looking for an energetic person with excellent customer service skills, to help drive our wine sales, increase wine club signups, and help plan and carry out events at our Tasting Room. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering excellent customer service, combined with a track record of achieving tasting room goals. This position offers great growth potential for the right candidate.
QUALIFICATIONS & JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
· Knowledge and enthusiasm about wine
· Prior experience in customer service and sales in the retail hospitality industry, preferably a wine tasting room
· Outgoing personality combined with outstanding sales skills
· Ability to help plan and stage events
· Assist in creating and maintaining up-to-date marketing material for the tasting room
· Design skills, including use of Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, helpful but not required
· Professional demeanor
· Ability to work well individually and within a team environment
· Detail-oriented
· Possess basic computer and cash register skills
· Be over 21, able to lift 50lbs above head height, and stand for extended periods of time
· Must be able to work weekends and some holidays
This is a 4-day-a-week job –weekends mandatory –with a competitive compensation structure, including an attractive bonus program.
Please submit your resume in confidence to Errin Leach at [email protected], including a cover letter and references.
ABOUT US
A family-run operation, Dashe Cellars is one of the East Bay’s largest and most established urban wineries. Founded by the husband-and-wife winemaking team of Michael and Anne Dashe, we specialize in making world-class wines from top Sonoma and Mendocino vineyards. Our philosophy is to let the wines express the vineyard by using non-industrial winemaking techniques, such as using native yeast fermentations and minimal handling, to develop complex and sensuous wines.