Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co.
Job Title: Regional Sales Manager
Role location: Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co, Caldicot, South Wales, NP26 5PR and remote working
Starting salary: £28,000 p.a.
Days: Full time Monday - Friday (flexible)
Company background
Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co (Previously Wye Valley Meadery) was started in 2018 by brothers Matt and Kit Newell. We began cuckoo brewing in the corner of a larger brewery before taking over that space in 2020, then relocating to a bigger site in 2021 to produce from, and open a space for visitors.
Built on a love for beekeeping, we use honey as a core ingredient in everything we make, whether this is a traditional 14.5% mead, a 3.4% sparkling mead or honey beers.
Our range of products has grown to include:
- Sparkling meads in 330ml cans and bottles
- Traditional wine-style meads
- Honey beers
- Honey spirits
- Honey-based soft-drinks
We are a small team, so you will be a core member of the company. As such it is important that you are flexible and able to help out in a wide variety of areas of the business.
We are looking for a hard working and self motivated Regional Sales Manager to continue our growth in the on-trade and off-trade markets. Covering the South West / Bristol / Cardiff areas.
Main focus of the this role includes:
- Developing a sales strategy
- Managing sales from lead gen to on-boarding
- Developing relationships with new and existing customers
- Identifying, developing and maximising on and off-trade sales
- Recording all activity in chosen CRM system (Bowimi)
- Produce monthly sales reports
- Developing export sales
Skills and attributes:
- Experience in sales within the drinks industry
- Self-motivated individual with the ability to work remotely
- Driven to hit own-set targets
- Communication skills
- The ability to work well independently, setting your own priorities
Other possible tasks:
- Admin assistance for the business
- Tasting / quality control of beer / mead
What do we want?
- Self motivated and clear communicator
- Adaptable to schedule changes - flexibility is a must
- Innovator of new procedures to help the business grow and run more efficiently.
We have a number of sales leads with national retailers that need time to develop as well as markets of Bristol and Cardiff close to our HQ. We need a dedicated sales person to develop what we have built to date. This represents a significant step in our business, we are really excited about the prospect of expanding the team to include a dedicated sales role!
Please send CV and covering letter to: kit@hivemindmead.com
