Draught Beer Specialist Job Vacancy in Northern Queensland

Job Title: Draught Beer Specialist - QLD 
Job Location: Northern Queensland.
Company/Employer: Carlton & United Breweries
Job Ref.: 743168
Department: Sales
Job type: Permanent
About Us
CUB is a truly global Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, with around 150 years experience in producing some of the outstanding beverage brands we all know and love today.
We are home to some of the most celebrated brands in Australia and around the globe, with our portfolio including beer, cider and spirits. Our head office is nestled in the heart of Melbourne, Australia, and you can find our employees across our key sites

At Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) we are one of the most iconic beer companies in Australia with a history spanning back to 1824. We are also a subsidiary of one of the world's largest beverage organisations (SABMiller) who are located across six continents; we're experts in brewing - nurturing local brand portfolios that work within our local markets. Two newly created opportunities exist for a Draught Beer Specialist to join our business; one part time and one full time based in northern Queensland.

Reporting to the State DBO Manager, the Draught Beer Specialist (Quality) will hold primary responsibility for auditing on premise venues with the purpose of improving beer quality along with educating and training venue staff to provide consistently high quality draught beer.

Job Requirements:

• Sound understanding of Draught Beer Quality along with the experience to audit venues to identify opportunities
• Ability to build and facilitate education sessions to both small and large groups
• Ability to think commercially and negotiate with customers, either as part of a Sales team discussion or to ensure selection of the most appropriate systems by the venue
• Strong relationship (internal and external) building and maintaining skills
• Proven and sound planning skills, which includes actively aligning DBO activity/plans with relevant CUB Sales teams in the region
• The ability to proactively identify problems and understand their root cause
• Self-motivated and driven to achieve results through a highly organised approach
• Technical service, installation, supports background working with refrigeration systems ideally in Beer industry
• Trade qualification (Refrigeration preferred)

Job Duties:

• Managing relationships with On-Premise customers while partnering with the CUB sales force to drive results within the territory/region
• Aligning DBO planning and activity objectives to a differentiated customer service offering
• Conducting venue assessments, audits and creating plans to close the gaps identified by the audit
• Preparation of outlet reports focusing on audit results, issues and opportunities for CUB
• High level scope of works management for outlets ensuring that  installation design options are achieved
• Partnering with 3rd party service provider to ensure installations, repairs and maintenance are managed to an acceptable standard
• Delivery of high quality technical training programs to trade customers and sales teams
• Ensuring that in venue corrective maintenance is managed efficiently

Deadline Date: 31/01/2014

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