Full Time

HR Assistant

NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

HR Assistant (Band 7)
Full-Time, Perm
Salary £21,379 – £23,553 per annum
Hybrid working

THE ROLE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and people-oriented HR Assistant to be part of the HR team based at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two. Reporting to the HR Consultant – Talent Acquisition you will provide admin support for a wide range of HR activities for our recruitment processes.

Your duties will include but not be limited to:

• Ensuring all queries by candidates, colleagues and managers are dealt with in a professional and timely manner.
• Posting adverts on job boards to entice new candidates.
• Tracking candidate applications through the recruitment process, arranging interviews, and assisting with candidate management tasks.
• Creating correspondence for new starters and ensuring onboarding documentation is completed.
• Conducting / ensuring compliance checks are carried out for Right to Work and Disclosure Scotland certification, and references.
• Ensuring data is updated accurately on HR systems to ensure the organisation is provided with reliable, consistent, and meaningful data (e.g. payroll, HRIS, recruitment, etc).
• Processing new start information to ensure monthly payroll data is actioned in an accurate and timely manner in line with strict deadlines.
• Managing the Occupational Health pre-placement health screening process.
• Working with colleagues to support of the launch and roll out of the new HR recruitment software.
• Supporting internal and external enquiries and requests related to the HR team.
• Working closely and flexibly with HR colleagues to support ad hoc duties and projects to create a culture of continuous improvement and embrace the values and objectives of the organisation.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

The following range of knowledge, skills and experience are required. Please ensure these are reflected in your application. Short listing for the interview will be based on meeting these requirements.

Essential

• Strong proven experience as an HR Assistant or another HR relevant role, preferably with a recruitment focus.
• An interest and passion for recruitment and providing excellent customer service.
• Analytical with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• First class communication skills both written and verbal.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office products including MS Teams.
• Strong admin and organisational skills with a methodical approach to work including effective prioritising of tasks and working to strict deadlines.
• Team player, ability to work collaboratively
• Ability to show diplomacy and tact whilst being discreet and maintaining confidentiality.

Desirable

• Human Resource Management Degree or equivalent experience / CIPD Qualified.
• Experience of working with HR and/or e-recruitment systems.
• Flexible and adaptable to change.

ABOUT US

The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) is home to one the world’s finest collections off art, which ranges from the Middle Ages to the present day. Our spectacular buildings house the world’s greatest collection of Scottish art, and a world-renowned collection of Scottish and international photography, welcoming many visitors to our three principal sites in Edinburgh: the Scottish National Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The National Galleries of Scotland aims to preserve, display, and augment the collections for the enjoyment and education of the widest possible public and to maintain NGS as a centre of excellence.

This is an exciting period of renewal for NGS, as we move forward with our engaging strategic vision that puts our audience at the heart of what we do. We’re making it our mission to broaden our impact, matching our rich collections, expertise and creativity to the needs and wants of our visitors. We’re finding new ways to connect with more people, and creating an innovative, inclusive organisation that can meet the challenges of our ever-evolving world.

‘Art for Scotland: Inspiration for the world’ is Our Vision. Inclusive, original, and ambitious – we will make the national collection accessible to all and inspire curiosity across the world.

At NGS we are committed to looking at how we operate as well as how we engage with our visitors and communities. We want to play our part in tackling the Climate Emergency. We will ensure Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is embedded across our organisation, ensuring everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.

SUMMARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS

HOURS: 42 hours per week inclusive of meal breaks

SALARY: £21,379 – £23,553 per annum

Starting salaries will normally be at the minimum or at a rate that reflects qualifications and/or experience which are of special value for the post, and which are above minimum entry requirements.

LOCATION: This is a hybrid role working mainly from home with approximately 2 days in our office based in the Gallery of Modern Art Two in Belford Road, Edinburgh.

ANNUAL LEAVE: 25 days per annum. Staff receive 11.5 public and privilege holidays per annum.

PENSION: Civil Service pension provisions enables the National Galleries of Scotland to offer a choice of pensions, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

The closing date for completed applications is Sunday, 11 September 2022

Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to Basic Disclosure Scotland security clearance.

General Manager, NMS, National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride

Eden Scott is delighted to be working with the National Museums Scotland whose mission is to preserve, interpret and make accessible for all, the past and present of Scotland, other nations and cultures, and the natural world.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team in the role of General Manager, at their National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride. Their 120,000 visitors per annum explore life in the countryside at their five-star museum, farmhouse and historic working farm with retail and catering.

This role will manage the National Museum of Rural Life in line with the priorities of National Museums Scotland to deliver a modern, safe, attractive and dynamic visitor attraction.

Your day-to-day management of the museum will include accountability for their working farm. You will also co-ordinate cross-National Museums Scotland teams to organise a variety of public events and market the museum to their various audiences.

Going forward their strategic focus is to grow their annual visitor numbers whilst maintaining their high levels of visitor satisfaction and increasing their commercial income.

Key responsibilities of the role:
Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the museum, including provision of visitor services, to ensure a high standard of visitor experience, general administration, and oversight of safety and security
Be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of animal husbandry and the day-to-day workings of an operational farm comply to all relevant statutory requirements
Plan and manage the allocated budget, ensuring financial and other procedures are implemented and monitored in an efficient and effective
Coordinate and participate in cross National Museums Scotland teams to organise events, develop and plan displays, and market the museum, including supporting marketing and fundraising as appropriate
Manage and motivate a team of staff, to ensure they meet their full potential and that staff resources are used in an effective manner for the organisation
Develop and manage voluntary support in line with National Museums’ policies and procedures
Commit to good health & safety and access practice and ensure familiarity with National Museums’ health & safety and access policies, procedures and guidelines
Be responsible for the future coordination of the preparation, management and delivery of a Development Plan for the museum for the medium and long term, and for reporting progress
Key skills and experience required:
We are seeking a Visitor Attraction professional with strong proven leadership and people management skills and proven management experience in a customer-facing operation, where you have demonstrated strong leadership skills and commercial awareness. It is vital that you have demonstrable experience of managing projects and budgets as well as an extremely strong customer and safety focus in all that you do. The ability to work collaboratively with a range of cross-National Museums colleagues is important as is a proactive approach in managing others. While not essential, agricultural or livestock management experience would be of benefit.

Applying candidates need to have:
A knowledge and understanding of current developments in the Tourism industry
Significant proven experience in financial, operational and project management
An understanding of customer service in a public-facing organisation
Knowledge of health & safety, security and access issues
Able to manage resources, including the management of budgets and the deployment and performance management of staff
Driving licence

This role offers an excellent competitive salary range is £40,158 to £45,082 and significant company benefits including a Civil Service Pension Scheme – National Museums pays between 20 – 24.5% of an employee’s gross salary,
36.5 days annual leave, flexi-time and many more well-being benefits.

Eden Scott is dealing exclusively with the NMS on this vacancy so to be considered for this exciting opportunity with a truly unique and best in class employer, please submit your CV online to sally.rae@edenscott.com.
A full role information pack and job description is available.

Conference & Events Coordinator

We are seeking a dynamic Conference and Events Co-ordinator to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Conference and Events in all our venues. No two days will be the same from hosting a variety of corporate events in our Jute Mill or Discovery Point to small weddings on board our historic Ship, RRS Discovery.
You should be experienced in delivering events, extremely organised with attention to detail and have excellent interpersonal skills. You will work alongside our Visitor Services and Catering Team to ensure every customer has a unique and special experience.

AV Coordinator

Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is an educational charity and leading science centre and visitor attraction with a 5-star status. Our mission is to inspire everyone to explore and understand the world around them and to discover and enjoy science.

We are a place of learning, creativity, curiosity, and fun, inspiring and empowering around half a million people every year, both inside and outside our amazing centre in Pacific Quay, on the banks of the Clyde.

Our state-of-the-art centre contains more than 450 interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a science show theatre, Newton Flight Academy, a teaching laboratory, an IMAX cinema, and a maker space. We also take science out of our centre and across Scotland with our On Tour programme and our Community Engagement Programme works closely with people in our local communities.

Our staff are vitally important to us and play a key role in achieving our mission. We value diversity in our workforce and want our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve bringing a range of skills, experiences, knowledge, and ideas to help towards our mission.

Our company values are important to us as they underpin who we are and how we work, what we believe in and stand for:

We strive for excellence

We are inclusive

We innovate

We collaborate

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you committed to seeking excellence, creativity and innovation? Do GSC’s mission and values excite you? Do you want to work in a positive, vibrant and collaborative environment?

We are recruiting for an AV Coordinator to provide technical expertise across our expanding and wide-ranging event programme. The candidate will offer first class technical production solutions for our internal and external event clients. While event delivery is at the heart of the role, you will also be involved in the ongoing operation/support of GSCs immersive digital experiences including the full dome planetarium and IMAX cinema/venue.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in technical events with sound knowledge of AV presentation systems for live events, strong ICT skills and be familiar working with budgets in an event production role. We are looking for someone who is creative with a passion for technical innovation and is able to work flexibly to ensure smooth running of events planning and delivery.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please find full job description and application form available on the Jobs and Volunteering section of our website.

https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/current-vacancies

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Learning and Audience Officer

The Black Watch Castle and Museum is 5 star award-winning visitor attraction comprising The Black Watch Museum, Castle Bistro, and Gift Shop.

An opportunity has arisen for a forward-thinking, dynamic individual to join our small but innovative team as a Learning and Audience Officer. Your role will be to lead the development and delivery of our education service, annual events programme, and community engagement initiatives.

Finance Business Partner

Work Location: Iona House, Kirkcaldy

Working Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Grade: FC9 – £38,312 to £46,065

Job Reference: ON000388

We are OnFife and as Fife’s largest cultural organisation we specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild. We work with a huge range of partners, artists and creatives and our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places. A leadership-oriented organisation, we’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We are seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide leadership, support and expert guidance to internal colleagues and partners in a way that will enable and support the delivery of OnFife’s financial strategies and ensure we continue to deliver quality cultural services in Fife.

The Role

As Finance Business Partner, you’ll use your professional financial expertise to provide strategic guidance and support, building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with the Board, Executive Team and Senior Leadership Team at OnFife. Engaging with colleagues across the organisation, you’ll support budget holders to help develop their annual budgets as well as analyse and interpret financial performance to guarantee good governance is maintained. Working with the Head of Finance, you’ll ensure that the financial management of OnFife is done in adherence with all statutory and regulatory requirements, whilst providing financial clarity to inform decision making and action.

OnFife has seen considerable change recently with a significant restructure almost complete. As a member of our Corporate Services Team, you will motivate and support others to help develop their skills and confidence whilst setting clear and unambiguous financial strategy and direction.

Working collaboratively with OnFife colleagues, you’ll embrace an equitable and co-ordinated approach to delivery and development, demonstrating the vision, empathy, and agility to contribute at the highest level.

You can view the full job description here.

The Successful Candidate

We’re looking for a collaborative and commercially focused finance professional with the experience to support strategic delivery across a large organisation. Of graduate calibre with supporting CCAB professional qualification or QBE to an equivalent level with professional qualification, you’ll demonstrate extensive generalist finance knowledge and expertise across all disciplines including the charity sector and be able to support non-financial managers to understand these disciplines and apply them in their own work.

Engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, your expert guidance will be utilised to help implement sustainable complex change projects and initiatives. Highly developed communication skills are critical to the role; you will be comfortable giving guidance and challenge, seeking to use your financial knowledge to improve existing systems and bring about improvement in process and procedure. A creative thinker, your financial acumen will provide targeted strategic insights across every department in OnFife. Budget management experience is a must-have, as is the ability to initiate and promote continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will join a coaching oriented company who are vested in personal development and who offer an exciting leadership development programme. In addition, you will profit from a contributory pension scheme, employee discounts, generous annual leave, flexible working along with a range of wellbeing initiatives.

This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity for the right person to join an organisation that’s committed to excellence in cultural delivery for the people of Fife.

How to Apply

To request an information pack please contact Carolyn Hughes carolyn.hughes@squarepeghr.co.uk. Carolyn will take CVs and covering letter by way of application.

Closing date – Friday 16th September at 5pm.

Square Peg HR are our recruitment partner for this role.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

Distillery Ambassador (Edinburgh Gin)

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a fun, energetic and enthusiastic individual to join our family as one of our prestigious Distillery Ambassadors at our Edinburgh Gin distillery. As a Distillery Ambassador, you will be a true advocate of Edinburgh Gin, delivering engaging distillery tours and tastings, virtual experiences, retail and event work.

We have a multi award-winning premium gin and our visitor experience is rated on Trip Advisor as one of Scotland’s top-rated tourist attractions! Our Edinburgh Gin Distillery can be found in the bustling Westend of its home city.

We’re looking for…

A charismatic individual with an outgoing personality
Real passion for both our product and providing only the best and engaging experiences for our visitors, customers and consumers
Confident public speaker as the role will involve you professionally bringing to life the guided experiences on a variety of platforms, including face to face and in a virtual setting
An individual with superb interactive and social skills combined with social media skills and being comfortable using and engaging with different types of technologies
Flexibility to support the events team and representing our brand at various event activities both on and off site
Previous visitor centre experience is highly desirable, although full training is provided.
A full clean UK driving licence
With our distillery shop, previous retail experience is also desirable
Our Distillery Ambassador role is a varied and rewarding role so… if this type of role excites you then we’d love to hear from you!

The working pattern is flexible hours on an annualised basis and will include weekend and occasional evening work. We are an equal opportunities employer, however unfortunately due to the age of the premises the distillery is not currently wheelchair accessible.

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Next steps…

If after reading through, you still find that all of this really excites you, then we would love to hear from you!

Please visit our recruitment portal where you can find out a bit more about this opportunity, and where you can then apply direct:

https://www.cloudonlinerecruitment.co.uk/ianmacleoddistillers/VacancyDetails.aspx?FromSearch=True&MenuID=tN4miIfKIGk=&VacancyID=157

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Visitor Services Supervisor – Maintenance

JOB PURPOSE

An interesting role responsible for the maintenance needs and health & safety compliance the Brodie Castle & Estate portfolio that encompasses, Historic Listed buildings, modern visitor centres, tenanted dwellings, Holiday Cottages and estate infrastructure.

This requires an organised individual with understanding of facilities management and practical maintenance skills. Experience of supervising contractors, managing budgets and small projects, and setting up safe, risk-aware working environments is essential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Achieve high standards of maintenance and presentation for estate buildings and infrastructure

• Manage and deliver an annual programme of planned preventative and reactive maintenance, to time and budget, with priorities set through systematic conditions monitoring. Property assets include:

o Brodie Castle, Playful Pavillion, Playful Garden structures, Adventure Playground, car parks and surrounding landscapes
o Residential tenanted property
o 4 Holiday lets
o Bird Hides, Agri shed, Gardeners Bothy and buildings
o Sewage treatment facilities and Septic Tanks

• Responsible for the appointment, co-ordination, and supervision of qualified works contractors on site.

• Work with estate tenants and regional rural surveyor to ensure that residential properties meet relevant condition compliance standards.

• Enable visitor centres and parking facilities to open all year round through proactive cold weather planning, e.g. gritting walkways, access roads and car parks.

• Operate fit-for-purpose workshop and storage facilities, including maintaining and servicing tools, equipment, vehicles, and other estate plant.

• Work closely with Head Gardener on joint initiatives within the wider landscape and path network, including tree management and maintenance of paths, fences, and other estate infrastructure.

• Work closely with Head Gardner to ensure all vehicles and equipment on site are fit for purpose and compliant with all H&S practices and compliant with Vehicle laws.

• Ensure all customer touch points of bins, car parks and back of house areas are kept to an excellent standard.

Take a lead in ensuring compliance with health and safety, security, managing risks and establishing safe systems of work

• Conduct planned and dynamic risk assessment of maintenance tasks, for staff and contractors, adhering to the properties’ safe working procedures and reducing the likelihood of incidents or accidents.

• Manage our preparedness for emergencies, including the testing and maintenance of fire, security and emergency lighting systems and equipment, plus the induction of staff in response procedures.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of our compliance routines and report on these as required.

• Contribute to cyclical reviews and audits of our risk assessments and emergency processes, and progress with identified actions.

• Undertake duty management and first aid cover as required, including occasional weekend working.

• Provide out-of-hours emergency cover for the visitor centre and wider estate, including responding to alarm calls.

• Monitor staff exposure to vibrating work equipment and test machinery in line with the Trust’s Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVs) policy.

• Prepare COSHH assessments and the safe management of chemicals.

• Monitor and manage the control of access to areas or activities that may pose a danger to staff, volunteers or visitors.

Provide effective financial, people and project management

• Work within agreed budgets, negotiating costs with external contractors, ordering goods and services, and monitoring spend to ensure efficient use of charitable resources.

• Lead a motivated and effective maintenance team, through task-setting, performance management and personal development. Recruit and support volunteers, work placements and apprenticeships.

• Develop and deliver projects to make a step-change in our properties’ maintenance, conservation, environmental and visitor experience standards. Work in line with CDM regulations, as required.

• Champion environmentally responsible practices to minimize our wastage, carbon footprint and impact on the landscape.

Science Communicator

Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is an educational charity and leading science centre and visitor attraction with a 5-star status. Our mission is to inspire everyone to explore and understand the world around them and to discover and enjoy science.

We are a place of learning, creativity, curiosity, and fun, inspiring and empowering around half a million people every year, both inside and outside our amazing centre in Pacific Quay, on the banks of the Clyde.

Our state-of-the-art centre contains more than 450 interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a science show theatre, a teaching laboratory, an IMAX cinema, and a maker space. We also take science out of our centre and across Scotland with our On Tour programme and our Community Engagement Programme works closely with people in our local communities.

Our staff are vitally important to us and play a key role in achieving our mission. We value diversity in our workforce and want our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve bringing a range of skills, experiences, knowledge, and ideas to help towards our mission.

Our company values are important to us as they underpin who we are and how we work, what we believe in and stand for:

We strive for excellence
We are inclusive
We innovate
We collaborate

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you committed to seeking excellence, creativity and innovation? Do GSC’s mission and values excite you? Do you want to work in a positive, vibrant and collaborative environment?

We are recruiting for full time Science Communicators to join the Science Operations Team to deliver activities and programmes to all our audiences (education, publican and corporate visitors) in a variety of venues including our science mall exhibit galleries, planetarium, Newton flight Academy, and across Scotland as part of our touring GSC On Tour team

We are looking for people who are motivated to inspire and challenge others with science, have a passion for learning and experience of working with the public, children and community groups. Who have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and enjoy working with people. Who are inspired by our mission and share our company values.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please visit the Jobs and Volunteering section of our website for further information about working at GSC and a link to an application form for this role.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Events Supervisor

We are Conifox Adventure Park, a fun family-owned attraction located in Kirkliston, 20 minutes from the centre of Edinburgh. Under the leadership of James Gammell, the business has undergone a complete transformation since 2014 when James began to execute his vision. We opened our outdoor Adventure Park and Stables Bistro in September 2015, attracting over 150,000 visitors per year by 2019.

Conifox is set to become a destination venue for events and recreational activities both locally and across Scotland. Our Activity Centre covers 35,700 square feet and boasts a large adventure play frame, a toddler play frame, a toddler role-play town, 3 party rooms, a 200-capacity function suite and a 400-seater café selling the best freshly prepared food. There are facilities for large-scale events, which can cater for up to 4000 visitors. This year also saw the arrival of the latest addition – The Tartan Titan – the holder of the Guinness World Record for the longest inflatable obstacle course!

We are delivering our new events strategy, creating a high-quality experience for all the family. The Events Supervisor role is crucial in the operation of our events and the supervision of the team. Reporting to the Assistant Events Manager and overseeing the day-to-day delivery of our events, they will ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all of our visitors.

APPLICATION DETAILS

If you would like to work in a stunning rural setting and make the lifestyle choice to join a rapidly growing family business with all the inherent dynamics of a small team, we want to hear from you!

To apply please send your CV and Covering Letter to events@conifox.co.uk

Education Officer

This role is responsible for the development and delivery of informal education activities to help people learn more about Scotland’s marine and coastal environments and the amazing ecosystems and wildlife we have. Our goal is to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to engage with the Scottish marine environment and access to educational resources by increasing the diversity of audience (all ages, abilities, social background, geography) of beneficiaries that we can reach.

Our education activities have a significant outdoor component, and this is complemented by workshops sessions delivered at our Centre, or through outreach and physical and digital resources. The age range spans primary, secondary and tertiary with a growing focus on offering sessions for young people who may be disengaging from formal education.

The education officer is a key member of our learning team which includes project staff delivering conservation and outreach activities and representatives from our visitor experience team.

Business Development Director (South East Asia)

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Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd… ‘An international, entrepreneurial, brand-led, successful, sustainable and respected, family business’

We appreciate and value your interest in this opportunity with Ian Macleod Distillers. We own some of the world’s best loved brands such as Glengoyne, Tamdhu, Rosebank and Edinburgh Gin. If you haven’t already, please browse around our company internet pages and immerse yourself in our colourful history and sample the details of some of our exquisite brands. As we start to tantalise your taste buds and whet your appetite for a career here with us at Ian Macleod Distillers, you will really get to understand just why our team members and customers are indeed so passionate about all things Ian Macleod!

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Setting the scene

It’s a very exciting time here at Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD) – as our brands become more appreciated, our business continues to move from strength to strength… you could say this is just like one of our own fine single malts! We have even bigger plans ahead of us. Our business is thriving and as we expand, we now have a requirement to appoint a Business Development Director into our existing team. This new role will proactively lead and develop our South East Asia markets with a particular focus on Malaysia and Singapore, whilst also supporting our unique business in India. This role will be part of the driving force behind our future growth aspirations in those markets.

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Our ideal candidate

So, what does our ideal candidate look like? Well, here goes… Highly experienced and successful in sales and business development especially in bottled spirits, preferably Blended Scotch Whisky, with an enviable track record of selling spirits through distributors in key exciting markets such as India, Malaysia and Singapore. We are looking for an industry and market expert, someone who is charismatic, gregarious and a consummate professional with a high level of customer empathy, fanatically goal oriented and impeccably honest and true. If you consider yourself to be a shrinking violet, then this is definitely not the opportunity for you! To be successful in the role, you will need to have 100% acceptance of responsibility for results and a proactive and curious mind. Your self-discipline will be key. We want you to be able to ‘knock our socks off’ when you take us through your list of sales and partnership successes and achievements within spirits and be able to demonstrate how your individual pedigree has driven those successes whilst maintaining the most effective professional relationships with customers. Combine all of this with your way better than average desire to succeed, your determination and your super human will power and we’ve then got ourselves a perfect candidate!

The role itself will challenge even the most confident of sales professionals, but the personal satisfaction you will gain from building a business, with each of your wins and successes here, will drive and spur you on to continue to challenge yourself and keep bringing in the right results time and time again! Ideally, we are looking for a candidate who currently lives in the UK and who is able to travel to customers in country as required.

As part of the core international sales team, and reporting to the Sales and Brand Director, as a Business Development Director (South East Asia) you will:

– be the driving force behind future growth, targeting and delivering higher than average industry sales & margin, and driving the distribution & presence of IMD’s core and premium brands.

– build & leverage partnerships ‘selling through’ our distributor partners using advanced sales & marketing techniques and drawing on highly developed influencing and negotiating skills to grow targeted distribution of IMD ultra premium brands and aggressively growing our blended scotch whisky, Edinburgh Gin range, and white spirit portfolio. In some markets this will mean that you may have to turn ‘hunter’, finding new partners and targeting the niches that you identify.

– act as a ‘Director’, setting goals and developing/executing strategies to achieve them, taking the initiative, and contributing to the collective development of the Commercial team.

– demonstrate wisdom, conviction, vision, and positivity to lead and direct IMD’s business in the territory.

– work as ‘One-Team’ with the wider IMD teams both in the UK and in our subsidiaries, being the lead, spearhead, and champion for the designated region.

– embody the ‘Entrepreneurial Spirit’ by seeking out and identifying new opportunities for margin growth.

– achieve significant sales successes, maintaining integrity, professionalism, and family rooted business values.

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Next steps…

If after reading through, you still find that all of this really excites you, then we would love to hear from you! Please remember that you will need to clearly demonstrate how your skills and previous experiences are a perfect fit to what we are looking for. If you have all of this combined with a positive, fun and engaging personality and attitude, then do get in touch!

Please note, this is an open application window therefore we may close the advert at any point depending on the candidate applications received, so our recommendation is that you apply early to ensure you do not miss out!

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