Introduction à l'emploi
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become the Reyka Vodka Brand Ambassador in the UK, working for William Grant & Sons.
The Reyka Vodka brand is experiencing great momentum and your role will be fundamental in accelerating the success of Reyka by making sure bartenders and consumers know who the brand is for, how it should be served, and how exciting it can be to enjoy a taste of Iceland. Because Reyka is not only made IN Iceland, it’s made OF Iceland. You will also generate sustained knowledge, passion and commitment for the Reyka Vodka Brand amongst key internal and external stakeholders…all whilst having the adventure of a lifetime.
Responsabilité du rôle
You will be become an authentic expert and influencer for Reyka Vodka amongst key bartenders, customers, media and consumers alike, whilst planning, delivering, reviewing and evaluating a range of activities to increase awareness, brand love and knowledge amongst customers and consumers relevant to Reyka Vodka in line with brand profile, current brand plan and budget.
You will ensure, through a range of activities, that customers are equipped to serve and promote Reyka Vodka to consumers, enabling them to become champions/advocates for the brand all while being the face of Reyka Vodka providing a fountain of brand knowledge to our own employees (and extended community), helping internal brand building and communication.
Building strong relationships with agencies, customers and internal stakeholders in order to optimise opportunities to deliver value-adding activities and increase brand visibility. You will champion our brand home in Iceland where our distillery sits in the town of Borgarnes working with our master distiller and agency partners in Iceland to conduct world class distillery trips for customers and colleagues.
You will need to align with the Global team on relevant assets and communication tools that can be introduced into the UK market and will become a key partner to the commercial team - proactively identify opportunities for improving brand presence and driving distribution, including actively selling in the brand or creating sales leads where needed using a range of activations and initiatives
Notre candidat idéal
Our ideal candidate will have awareness of and passion for the Reyka Vodka brand and a curiosity about the wider category and industry. They will have high personal impact and integrity and be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit. Significant experience of working with digital and social networks to drive engagement with influencers and the end consumer is desired. The candidate will have exceptional social and influencing skills and the ability to build sustainable rapport with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. They will have high cultural awareness with the ability to adapt communication style as required. They will be a champion of new ideas and initiatives with the ability to identify new commercial opportunities and make them a reality and finally, be a passionate and engaging presenter who demonstrates credibility and is able to inspire the vodka market’s consumers/enthusiasts
A passion for adventure, the outdoors and nature and is also desirable with Spirits & Vodka industry knowledge and experience. If the candidate has been a bartender, this will be beneficial to the role too.
Skál!
(That’s Cheers in Icelandic)
Que pouvons-nous vous offrir
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
- Due to the coronavirus outbreak we are keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our employees, while continuing to protect our product. To reduce the risk access to our sites is limited to those essential to our production. All other employees are currently working from home.
À propos de William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.
We want to make sure that all applicants are treated equally. To support this we will anonymise all applications during the screening stage. Details such as name, dates and educational establishments will only be visible to the recruitment team and hiring leader once an applicant is invited to interview, these details are hidden during the screening stage. To be able to anonymise applications they all need to be in the same format. You can upload a CV but we would also ask you to complete an application form – your CV will not be visible during screening. We hope you agree that this is good use of your time to help ensure a fair recruitment process.
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