Wine Buyer

Use your wine industry experience to manage a portfolio of key supplier accounts and a portfolio of Qantas Wine products - wine, spirits and beer
- Challenge yourself to deliver revenue and drive wine sales
- Permanent role based at Mascot

Qantas Loyalty is a high performing business and has a history of launching exciting new brands and services that make a difference to its millions of Frequent Flyer and Business Rewards members. Qantas Frequent Flyer and Qantas Business Rewards remain at the core of the program, while the business has evolved to include a number of new ventures and other businesses such as Qantas Money, Qantas Insurance, Qantas Hotels & Holidays and Qantas Wine.

The Wine Buyer is responsible for the management of a portfolio of Wine, Spirits and Beer suppliers and products, building relationships that deliver revenue growth, meet customer, strategic, commercial and broader business objectives.

The role will manage a portfolio of products, making product buying decisions that: deliver revenue, margin and inventory targets, with accurate forecasting, strong margins and compelling campaigns to ensure the portfolio is operating at its optimal level; deliver customers a superior and structured product portfolio based on strategic insights and data and deliver timely and functional reporting on the wine portfolio and performance.

The Wine Buyer will work closely with Marketing to specify products for inclusion in promotions and ensure adequate stock is on hand to fulfil orders. The Wine Buyer will have solid contacts in and a strong knowledge of the Australian wine industry, consumer preferences and retail wine trends.

What you’ll bring to the role:

- Minimum 5 years Wine Buying experience
- Significant practical experience in the Australian wine retail market including commercial experience dealing with Senior Management
- Experience managing significant supply relationships/account management
- An understanding of wine brands, the wine industry, trends, customer buying insights.
- Wine portfolio/category management experience essential.
- Experience with online wine business desired but not essential
- Buying / Commercial management: Track record of effective forecasting, negotiation, pricing and procurement and inventory management.
- Spreadsheets and Reporting: High level of experience and confidence in using spreadsheets and designing and delivering reports
- Results Orientation: redesigns business practices to deliver breakthrough results
- A commitment to change and continuous improvement
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills
- Wine retail expertise: understands the market interrelationships and implications; has strong commercial connections in the wine industry, identifies emerging market opportunities
- Revenue Growth Focus: designs strategies and builds relationships that result in revenue growth
- Strategic Orientation: ontributes to strategy beyond own area; helps develop loyalty strategy
- Business Contribution: acts as a functional business partner; contributes to broad business perspective
- Collaboration: builds partnerships
- Why Qantas?_
- You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless._

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel:

- _ We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays._
- _ We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees._
- _ We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships._
- _ We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan._

Applications close 8 March 2024