Team Member

WINE SALES & TASTING TEAM MEMBER LONDON

Location:Mercato Mayfair London
Position:Full-time 40 hours/week
Working hours:Flexible shifts within our opening hours
Pay:13.5016/hour depending on experience performance bonus
Start date:As soon as possible

About FirstGlass

FirstGlass is bringing a new way to discover Italian wine to London in partnership with Badiani the iconic Florentine gelato brand.

Following the success of our flagship wine experience in Florence we have recently launched our first London location atMercato Mayfair.

We are now looking for anenthusiastic outgoing and sales-oriented person with a genuine passion for wine hospitality and Italian cultureto join our team full-time.

The position will beemployed by Badiani working primarily on the FirstGlass wine experience at Mercato Mayfair.

The Role

This is not a traditional sommelier position.

The role combineswine hospitality and sales. You will welcome customers introduce them to the FirstGlass experience help them discover Italian wines based on their tastes and actively contribute to growing sales.

We are looking for someone who is comfortableapproaching people creating a connection and turning curiosity into a great wine experience and a sale.

What youll do

• Welcome and engage with customers at Mercato Mayfair
• Introduce the FirstGlass concept and our Italian wines
• Help customers choose wines based on their preferences
• Conduct simple guided wine tastings
• Actively promote and sellwine tastings individual wines and gift boxes
• Encourage customers to share their experience and leave reviews
• Contribute to achieving the locations sales and customer-experience targets
• Maintain a friendly energetic and premium customer experience
• Support the day-to-day running of the wine area
• Work closely with both the FirstGlass and Badiani teams

Who were looking for

• Italian speaker preferred with good English
• Genuine passion for wine formal wine qualifications are welcome butnot essential
• Naturally confident approaching and talking to new people
• Strong commercial mindset and natural aptitude for sales
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Positive reliable and proactive
• Comfortable working in a busy international environment
• Previous experience inwine hospitality retail or salesis a plus

Most importantly were looking for someone who enjoystalking about wine meeting people and turning great conversations into sales.

Compensation & Performance Bonus

We want to attract strong people and reward them when the whole team performs.

• 13.5016/hour depending on experience
• 40 hours per week
• Team performance bonus of up to 3% of total FirstGlass sales at Mercato Mayfair
• Bonus linked to agreed monthly performance targets and KPIs includingrevenue wine tastings sold gift boxes sold and customer reviews

The bonus is designed as ateam incentive: we want everyone working together towards the overall success of the location rather than competing for individual sales.

What we offer

• Competitive hourly pay based on experience
• Attractive performance-based earning potential
• Wine and product training
• Employment contract withBadiani
• The opportunity to work with two growing Italian brands in London
• International and entrepreneurial working environment
• Increasing responsibility for strong performers
• Real career development opportunities as FirstGlass expands in London and the UK

Interested in joining us

Send yourCV and a short introductionabout yourself and your experience in wine hospitality or sales to:

Email:

Start date: ASAP