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Liquor Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Liquor Specialists are responsible for managing and promoting the sale of alcoholic beverages throughout the cruise ship. This role involves interacting with guests to offer an exceptional experience by providing expert knowledge of the ship’s beverage offerings, creating personalized recommendations, and ensuring that the ship’s bars and lounges are stocked and organized with a wide range of quality spirits. The Liquor Specialist also plays a key role in maximizing sales while upholding the cruise line's high standards of service.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Understanding of customer needs in a liquor store environment
  • Product knowledge and a willingness to learn and understand whilst providing the highest level of hospitality.
  • Display the enthusiasm, energy, and care for the experience and needs of customers onboard
  • Working with a variety of liquor products
  • Assisting with deliveries and stock room work for the replenishment of the boutiques on-board
  • Involved in inventories and stock take
  • Supporting your team in special events such as daily promotions and specialist talks on-board
  • Driving sales of brand products
  • Delivering excellent customer service
  • Educating consumers with product knowledge
  • Living and working on a cruise ship for 6-8 months
  • Living and working on a cruise ship (you could be anywhere in the world!)
  • Creating an exceptional and memorable retail experience for guests on board
  • Maximising sales by promoting a quality range of liquor products through onboard seminars, presentations, and in-store events
  • Developing detailed and extensive knowledge of all products as well as the brand culture
  • Exceeding sales targets and participating in promotional events such as seminars and presentations

 

REQUIREMENTS
  • Must be 21 years of age or over
  • Good retail and customer service background with knowledge of liquor products an advantage
  • Outgoing and enthusiastic personality
  • Good work ethic and able to travel for 6-8 months
  • Strong retail background and knowledge of liquor products
  • Excellent face to face customer service and sales ability, utilising strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Motivated and driven to achieve sales targets
  • Proven ability in public speaking and showcasing luxury items
  • Adaptable to change and able to work in a high-pressure environment
  • A strong team player who is goal orientated

Customer Relationship
Attention to Detail
Teamwork
Product Knowledge
Sales Skills
Cape Town, South Africa

Boutique Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Boutique Manager will provide leadership for the onboard retail shops to promote and model our high-quality retailing standards, continuously driving maximum sales results, superior quality customer service, talent development, and engagement. The Sales Manager must demonstrate honesty and integrity in all interactions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Sales

  • Motivate and coach sales team to achieve/exceed sales and promotional targets.
  • Establish effective target- and goal-setting standards.
  • In partnership with the Operations Manager, ensure an effective and accurate promotional planner is in place.
  • Train the sales team to ensure successful key promotions, specialty sales, and execute a daily program for specific cruise itinerary to maximize passenger flow on sales floor.
  • Analyze sales and inventory reports, providing feedback and results regarding both top and opportunity sellers to the Operations Manager.
  • Validate the end of Cruise reporting and financial data is accurate.
  • Proactively ensure that the sales team is strategically placed on shop floor based on knowledge & skill sets in order to maximize sales and productivity.
  • Provide appropriate feedback to ensure that the sales associates are utilizing set customer service process and merchandise upgrading techniques to meet the guest’s needs, improve their shopping experience and increase opportunities for purchasing and maximizing sales.
  • Through effective coaching for sales techniques and other MSC training, maximize all opportunities to close sales.
  • Verify that the sales team is informed of product knowledge, selling and customer service techniques.
  • Attend to each guest’s need to ensure an exceptional guest experience.
  • Coach associates to exceed Customer Service rating expectations and validate by actively managing guest feedback according to established procedures in a professional and timely manner.
  • Handles customer complaints professionally and with a problem-solving mindset.

Regulations

  • Responsible for ensuring that the sales team is kept informed and is in compliance with all safety, security, the company’s environmental policy, the safety and security rules and regulations as outlined by Company and cruise line command at all times.
  • Report any incidences of illnesses/work related injuries, to HR Department and Operations.
  • Maintains work attendance record in accordance with the established company policies.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Minimum of 4 years’ Experience in Retail
  • Excellent Level in English

Customer Relationship
Goal- Orientated
Leadership Skills
Teamwork
Product Knowledge
Cape Town, South Africa

Shopping Expert

Job Opportunity: Shopping Guide, Assistant Shopping Guide, & Brand Ambassador

Are you a dynamic team player with strong public speaking skills, ambition, and a passion for luxury? Or perhaps you have an acting, singing, dancing, or entertainment background? If so, the leading Media Company in the cruise industry, wants you to join our motivated and inspiring team!

The company is a multi-media marketing company specializing in luxury travel retail, with a global presence across 3 Cruise Lines and over 60+ cruise ships at sea. They are seeking charismatic individuals with dynamic personalities to fill the Shopping Guide, Assistance Shopping Guide, and Brand Ambassador positions onboard.

Position Overview: You will play a crucial role in representing our brand and providing an exceptional shopping experience to cruise passengers. This is a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to our team’s growth, development, and success.

 

Customer Relationship
Personal Evolution
Autonomy
Administrative Work
Sales Expertise

Responsibilities

  • Reach Sales Targets
  • Attend Social and Professional Gatherings
  • Host Seminars as required


Must Have

  • Flair for Business
  • Public Speaker
  • Dynamic Personality
  • Adaptability
  • Resilience

Nice to have

  • Sales Sorcerer
  • Additional languages
  • Confidence in Improvisation
  • Comfortable with a Microphone
  • Good with Scripts and Memorization

What's great in the job?


  • Attractive onboard Package
  • Comprehensive onboarding and training provided before joining a ship
  • Exposure to a Global Audience
  • Opportunities for Career Development

Cape Town, South Africa
Permanent

We pride ourselves in upholding the highest ethical standards in the industry, ensuring a fair, merit-based process that serves both our candidates and our valued cruise line partners. 

In full compliance with MLC Guidelines, we will never charge recruitment fees.

At Portside, we believe people are at the heart of every placement, and we are committed to guiding you toward opportunities that change lives.