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Berkmann Wine Cellars are looking for a talented hands-on senior designer working in our Head Office in London N7.

You will be working closely with the design manager, marketing and purchasing teams to ensure that the company’s image and values – and those of our wine/spirit agencies are translated into our design communications. You will be working across a wide variety of projects, creating fresh and highly creative design routes for the company’s own house wine and spirit packaging, advertising, marketing campaigns, company presentations, printed literature, POS, exhibition/event graphics, digital and social media projects, wine training materials and brand creation.

You will have strong packaging design experience – preferably within the wine and spirits industry. You will demonstrate an exceptionally high standard of conceptual thinking and balance your passion for design with a strategic mindset. Impressive design and typography skills are a pre-requisite.

Our Ideal Candidate must:

• Have an undergraduate degree in graphic design.
• Have a minimum of 4+ year’s agency experience. Packaging experience within the drinks/spirits industry would be advantageous.
• Be able to work in a corporate environment.
• Be highly organised and able to manage time well; handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thrive under pressure and create quality work to tight deadlines.
• Keep up-to-date with trends and developments in the market.
• Have excellent communication skills, be approachable, a natural team player, bring energy and a positive attitude.
• Have a great understanding for branding, layout and typography and a meticulous attention to detail.
• Have a good grasp of art working and the printing processes.
• Manage project deliverables from inception to completion.
• Work with and develop relationships with external suppliers including printers, photographers and illustrators.
• Focused on quality and craft – premiumisation and luxury is paramount, not only must you understand it, but live and breathe it.
• Maintain brand consistency throughout all our marketing collateral.
• Be highly computer literate; have an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office and the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.

Offer – The appointed candidate will become an integral part of a family business, receive a competitive salary, company pension and 25 days annual leave rising to 26 days after 5 years’ service and 27 days after 10 years’ service).

Working Pattern – This role is 37.5 hours per week (9am – 5.30pm), Monday to Friday. But it is expected that the successful candidate will work the hours necessary to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to complete and present a design brief.

Please note that we cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy the required knowledge and experience criteria detailed above. Due to the high volume of applications we are unable to provide feedback on your application should you not be invited for interview. Should you have not heard from Berkmann Wine Cellars within 2 weeks of your application please presume you have not been successful on this occasion.

This is a key role for our business, therefore if you are interested in applying for the vacancy please click the Apply Now button to email your CV, a covering letter and a PDF portfolio of work bursting with interesting, innovative and inspiring work. The PDF document should be no more than 10mb in size. Should you require further information please contact Christina Benn, HR Manager, on christina.benn@berkmann.co.uk or 07980792795.

Berkmann Wine Cellars is a well renowned premium wine distributor who supplies to on and off trade customers. We are looking to recruit a full-time permanent Customer Service Executive based in our head office on Brewery Road, just outside of Kings Cross.

Are you a self-starting, proactive individual that thrives in a fast paced challenging environment. With strong organisational skills, and a keen eye for detail, you will be a key member within the London Customer Service team working to assist our customers with their weekly wine orders and deal with any post-delivery enquiries. You will ensure that all orders are captured and are accurate whilst delivering a world class service that sits at the heart of everything we do as a business.

The successful candidate will hold the below skills and experience:

• A self-starter who can prioritize their own workload to meet the needs of the role.
• Ability to work to key deadlines.
• Strong communicator both to our internal and external customers.
• Excellent keyboard skills.
• Good oral and written skills.
• Previous experience working within a fast-paced Customer Service environment.
• Be computer literate using Microsoft word and excel, knowledge of Navision is desirable.
• Most importantly be passionate about delivering excellent levels of service.

Working Pattern – This role is 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday and the shift patterns will cover the hours 7am – 7pm, 7.5 hours per day. You will be required to work Easter Monday, Early May bank holiday, Spring bank holiday and Summer bank holiday and you will receive time off in lieu for these days.

Offer – The appointed candidate will become an integral part of a family business, receive a competitive salary, discount on our wine, receive exceptional support and training and 25 days annual leave (rising to 26 days after 5 years’ service and 27 days after 10 years’ service).

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications we are unable to provide feedback on your application should you not be invited for interview. Should you have not heard from Berkmann Wine Cellars within 2 weeks of your application please presume you have not been successful on this occasion. Please note that we cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy the required knowledge and experience criteria detailed above.

This is a key role for our business, therefore if you are interested in applying for the vacancy please click the Apply Now button to email your CV along with a covering letter. Should you require further information please contact Kam Chadha, Head of Customer Services on kam.chadha@berkmann.co.uk

This is a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring Group Stock Analyst. This role will work within the Supply Chain department to deliver a high level of product availability across all locations, in line with budgetary expectations. This role will also have full responsibility for the day to day management of our 3PL bonded service provider and will drive the joint collaboration between both parties. Within this key role you are responsible for the receipting of inbound purchase orders into bond and stock and HMRC duty reconciliation with our 3rd party bonded provider.

Prime Responsibilities:

• Swiftly deal with all daily stock queries and issues with pro-active resolution.
• Accountable for all movements into bond by overseeing received GRN’s (Goods received notification) from our 3rd party bonded warehouse provider to ensure all information such as vintage, case size, alcohol percentage and quantity are being accurately receipted.
• Work efficiently with 3rd party providers and relevant suppliers.
• Identify the route cause if there is a reported stock difference and if there is missing stock then ensure appropriate processes are followed to recoup back the full purchase value of the wine.
• Accountable for completing three full book to book stock reconciliations a year with our 3rd party bonded warehouse provider.
• Develop and implement HMRC duty reconciliation with internal records to ensure they are aligned and correct.
• Linked to the above, ensure that there are perpetual stock counts / checks in place with BWC reported stock versus what is with the 3rd party bonded provider.
• Regular communication with relevant export / import related authorities.
• Ensure regular communication with all relevant third-party providers and attend monthly performance reviews when required.
• Work closely with colleagues in branches, the purchasing and supply team to implement processes to reduce over stocked and under stocked lines.
• Review and sign off all freight forwarder commercial invoices against agreed rate tariffs.
• Review and conclude all supplier invoices relating to stock and prices queries.
• Support and develop key excel spread sheets to support the wider supply chain team.

Knowledge & Experience:

• To have held a similar role within a retail or drinks related industry – desirable.
• Good understanding of stock control procedures – essential.
• Strong attention to detail whilst managing and prioritising workloads without compromising on performance.
• Excellent written & verbal communication – essential.
• Highly computer literate:
  – Exceptional knowledge of Excel to analyse data and build sophisticated spreadsheets – essential.
  – Good knowledge of Power Point and Word – essential.
• Ability to make key decisions to support the smooth day to day running within the total supply chain team – essential.
• Work proactively with sound forward planning – essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Working Pattern – This role is 37.5 hours per week (9am – 5.30pm), Monday to Friday. The applicant must be willing to travel locally and nationally if required, some weekend work may be required, particularly at key seasonal peaks of the year. You will be required to work Easter Monday, Early May bank holiday, Spring bank holiday and Summer bank holiday and you will receive time off in lieu for these days.

Offer – The appointed candidate will become an integral part of a family business, receive a competitive salary, discount on our wine, receive exceptional support and training and 25 days annual leave (rising to 26 days after 5 years’ service and 27 days after 10 years’ service).

Closing date – 30 June 2019. Please note that should any suitable CVs be received whilst the advert is live then individuals will be invited to an interview and an offer may be made prior to the closing date.

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications we are unable to provide feedback on your application should you not be invited for interview. Should you have not heard from Berkmann Wine Cellars within 2 weeks of your application please presume you have not been successful on this occasion. Please note that we cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy the required knowledge and experience criteria detailed above.

This is a key role for our business, therefore if you are interested in applying for the vacancy please click the Apply Now button to email your CV along with a covering letter. Should you require further information please contact Christina Benn, HR Manager, on christina.benn@berkmann.co.uk or 07980792795.