Current Job Openings at Inman Family Wines
Available openings:
- Tasting Room Manager
- Part Time Tasting Room Associate
Inman Family Wines is located in the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County, California. We are a small, family business specializing in Pinot Noir in its various guises – Rosé, Red and Sparkling!
Inman Family Wines’ Russian River Valley estate vineyard, Olivet Grange, is planted to Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. It is farmed sensitively using only organically certified inputs and provides habitat for dozens of species of birds and a variety of other wildlife.
Our winery building also reflects our “eco-ethics.” The winery was built using recycled and repurposed materials, is solar powered, reprocesses all winery gray-water and stores it for use for irrigation when needed and for fire safety.
Tasting Room Manager
Full-time, Exempt Thursday – Monday (weekdays 9-5, weekends 10-5)
Inman Family Wines, which has been producing award-winning wines in the Russian River Valley for over 20 years, has an opening for a Tasting Room Manager to join the team.
Led by owner and winemaker Kathleen Inman, the winery is dedicated to producing high-quality, natural wines that reflect the place the grapes were grown. Typically producing Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Rosé and an assortment of Sparkling Wines, Inman Family is deeply dedicated to running a sustainable winery and organic vineyard operation.
We are a very small team and the Tasting Room Manager will be responsible for developing and maintaining lifetime customer relationships by offering personalized, first-class, client experience at every touch point – ranging from the public tasting room to exclusive private tastings, to phone and email customer care, to public and private events on and off site. This involves managing all direct consumer facing aspects of the business in line with the overall business strategy.
The small, collaborative team environment lends itself to a self-starter who is willing to take on a challenge, think outside the box, be willing to help other teammates when large, time-sensitive tasks arise (harvest, bulk orders), and is interested in being part of a slightly nerdy, fun, pun-loving team.
Qualifications
The Tasting Room Manager must have a strong knowledge and passion for the wine and food industry, enjoy working in a growing business, and show willingness to take personal responsibility for completing tasks. This individual should have experience describing, tasting and selling wine to wine-savvy consumers. Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as a general knowledge of winemaking and grape-growing processes are required. Intelligent, friendly, detail oriented person who has excellent social skills and can think on their feet. Must be at least 21 years of age and be able to lift and carry 50 pounds.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to create personalized, memorable experience for our customers.
- Strategic thinking – the ability to identify new opportunities to grow the business.
- Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Wine or luxury retail experience – strong background in retail sales with focus on luxury consumers.
- Understanding of e-commerce functionality.
Job Functions
- Hands on management of tasting room, e-commerce and telemarketing sales to achieve revenue and profitability goals.
- Hire, train, supervise and educate Tasting Room staff, providing tools necessary for their success.
- Creating, managing and working onsite and offsite events throughout the year as needed at wine pouring events.
Job Requirements
- Must be well organized and able to manage multiple tasks in a timely and professional manner.
- A self-starter who can work independently.
- Excellent communication skills including telephone manner.
- Think strategically one moment and execute tactically the next.
- Team player, believing in the value of inclusion and collaboration; comfortable rolling up sleeves and doing whatever it takes to achieve results.
Tasting Room Sales Associate
Status: Non-exempt
Primary Role & Responsibilities:
- Assist in all tasting room and wine event related activities: including greeting and educating customers on our wine, practices, and products.
- Selling wine and wine clubs to meet tasting room sales goals.
- Providing a warm and inviting atmosphere where our customers have an extraordinary and memorable experience as they learn, taste and purchase wines.
- Assist in office, sales and marketing administration support as needed. This might include updating databases, preparing and packing wine shipments.
Special Requirements:
- Must be 21 years of age.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
- Must be able to occasionally bend, reach, or kneel.
We are looking for a candidate that will be able to work weekends, some holidays as well as some weekdays when needed. The ability to multitask and accurately input data is essential. The right candidate will possess the ability to create rapport with customers, tell our story and create a life-long customer. Sales Associates must be able to work within a team towards team goals.
Some wine knowledge is required, previous winery experience preferred, and all employees must complete the responsible hospitality training program.
This position is a part–time position.
Compensation: $25-$27/hour plus tips. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as experience; skills, knowledge, and abilities. We are an equal opportunity employer.