Wine Sales Advisor

Proudly awarded the Employer of the Year 2025, and Qualmark Wine Tourism Business of the Year 2024, Kinross is recognised as the best wine experience in the country. Our Kinross Cellar Door is a destination for Central Otago wines where we represent five amazing wineries – Hawkshead, High Garden, Kinross, Valli & Wild Irishman.

About the Role:

Take your passion for wine, food, hospitality, tourism and make the leap into a sales role. Or transfer your sales experience and skills into a cool wine job!

At Kinross, we are serious about delivering the best wine experience in the country, and helping guests to enjoy our delicious wines at home, wherever they live in the world, either as a wine club member or as a regular client..

You will host tastings every day for groups of 2 – 20 guests, with the aim of turning them into clients and building a long term sales relationship with them. Using our Hubspot CRM, you will continue in regular contact with your portfolio of clients helping them to take advantage of new releases, special deals, wines for cellaring or regular memberships.

Wine experience and/or qualifications are a real bonus, but more important is the personality and passion to connect with guests and deliver a world class guest experience in our Cellar Door.

Daily you will be:

• Promoting seasonal wine releases, special offers, and wine club memberships
• Recommending wines and experiences tailored to customer preferences
• Building and maintaining a healthy sales pipeline
• Managing follow-up activities and customer relationships through our CRM system
• Converting customer conversations into wine sales and repeat business
• Delivering exceptional customer service that reflects the Kinross brand
• Participating in wine education, sales training, and team initiatives
• Occasionally supporting wine tastings and events both onsite and offsite

This is a permanent position, with a min of 30hrs, (typical working week 40hrs) per week working a weekly roster, including weekends. Not suitable for Working Holiday Visas with less than 2 years validity.

Location: On-site at Kinross, Gibbston

Hourly Rate: $28 – $30 per hour base salary, plus generous quarterly sales commission.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong communication and guest experience skills
• Minimum 2 years hospitality experience (preferably with a wine focus)
• Demonstrated success achieving sales targets and building customer relationships
• Wine Qualification such as WSET 2 or Sommelier Certificate
• Confidence using CRM and sales systems
• A genuine passion for wine and hospitality

Why Join Kinross?

At Kinross, we believe our people are our greatest asset. We offer:

• Generous discounts on food and wine
• Regular wine training and team wine events
• Daily staff meals and coffees
• A vibrant social club with regular team events

Please apply with a CV and cover letter, giving details of your qualifications and experience. Please give details of your right to work in NZ including visa type and expiry.