Roles and positions

To apply please email James@stillwilddrinks.com with a short email/cover letter introducing yourself

Sales and Operations Manager

This is a varied role, that can be tailored depending on the skill set/interests of the applicant. Equally if the applicant is also interested in the bar manager role, these jobs can be combined.

Core responsibilities

• Growing sales, both through the website and identifying and approaching new trade accounts
• Ensure the day to day running of the distillery
• Help on the bottling/production line (once a month)
• Package up web orders/trade deliveries
• Help during local food festivals (roughly 4 per year) and events at the distillery (tasting sessions and cocktail nights)

Optional responsibilities

• Work on our email campaigns
• Website, digital, SEO (writing blog posts etc)
• Social media
• Filming/photography

Skills needed

• No degrees/formal qualifications needed
• Must be passionate about food and drink, and local small businesses
• Experience in sales or marketing would be helpful
• Some experience in hospitality/food and drink
• Must be self motivated, and comfortable working in a small team, and sometimes alone.

Pay and hours

• Depending on the applicant the role would initially be 3 or 4 days a week
• Much of the work can be flexible in terms of days worked, and hours worked. However, there will be a necessity to work some evenings and weekends at events (at the distillery, and a handful of food festivals (Narberth, Lampeter, etc)
• There will be a bonus scheme involving shares of the business on top of the salary. You will receive shares from the annual profit of the business, and in the event of a buyout or sale to a larger business they will also receive a share of the purchase. We’d like to foster a culture of staff feeling a proper part of the business, and benefit from its future success
• Option for a whole month off in either January or February

Bar Manager

This summer we are launching a cocktail and aperitivo bar at the distillery. Most of the seating is outside so it will be slightly weather dependent, but the plan is to open 2 or 3 nights a week from June till the end of September.

The drinks menu at present is a way of showcasing our drinks in a variety of cocktails that customers can then replicate at home (martini, negroni etc) but there is some scope for creative and unique recipes if needed, but this isn’t a necessity of the job.

We’ve built a small kitchen with a glass washer and there is an outside cooking area (wood oven and grill). Food offering will be simple small plates, designed for sharing and grazing. Wild garlic flatbreads, charcuterie boards, lamb skewers, whipped cods roe etc.

The outside area seats 30 to 50 customers.

We are either looking for someone with experience in hospitality who would be interested in running the bar. This will involve making and serving drinks, dealing with customers and helping manage any other staff on duty. This will also involve closing up and ensuring the bar and kitchen is well organised and kept in good condition.

At the moment the role in envisioned as a paid position within the company, but there is also the possibility of the someone taking this on as a separate business and running on a profit sharing model.