Brand Home Guide
Location: Glenkinchie Visitor Centre
Full time, permanent
Closing Date: Wednesday 18th December 2024
Glenkinchie is just fifteen miles from the Scottish capital, earning it the title "The Edinburgh Malt." But it's strange to think of that dark and distinguished city when you escape its hustle and bustle to see fields of barley, and the green Lammermuir Hills rolling north towards the Firth of Forth. Stranger still when you taste the subtle, floral flavour of this rare Lowland survivor.
Founded in 1825 by the farmers John and George Rate, Glenkinchie operated under the name Milton Distillery until it was licensed and renamed in 1837. The new name came from the Kinchie Burn which runs through the glen, which itself derives its name from "de Quincey," who originally owned the land and burn. It was later rebuilt into the redbrick Victorian masterpiece you'll see today, complete with houses for the workers, bowling green, two fat old copper pot stills and the largest wash still in the industry. A traditional single cast-iron worm tub cools the spirit, in preference to a more modern condenser, giving the whisky of greater character and depth.
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About The Team
This is a chance to be involved in an ambitious and truly one-of-a-kind team where our aim is to create remarkable and unforgettable experiences across each and every one of our venues across Scotland. Our Malt Brand Homes will take visitors on an immersive, multi-sensory journey through the flavours of Scotland, sharing our love for Scotch with a new generation of whisky drinkers. Visitors will lose themselves in the journey whisky-making in our experiences and make purchases from our fantastic retail offerings. We want our guests to embrace every minute with us and feel the same way we do about our heritage. Being part of Diageo means being a torchbearer for our brands and making them even better for the next generation. It's a career-defining responsibility. If you have a genuine passion for our craft, our character and our products, help us continue the story and build a great career in the process.
You will be responsible for:
- Being an integral part of the visitor centre team, as a Brand Home Guide, you'll be required to deliver high standards of customer service and an outstanding and memorable visitor experience.
- Our tours are the opportunity for the public to learn who we are and what we do, you'll be guiding them around our beautiful distillery representing the brand and Diageo using the full training provided.
- You will assist with ticket sales and promoting our brand throughout the full experience, from warmly greeting our guests to providing advice and information on the offerings of our outstanding visitor experience.
- There will be shop duties and upselling products will be required alongside the merchandising of our other products in the retail area.
- You'll help with the planning and implementation of special events throughout the year.
To be successful in this role:
We're looking for people with character: driven, resilient and open-minded. Are you passionate about customer service and a team player? We certainly hope so!
We're looking for someone who values the importance of working in a team and being able to build strong working relationships with customers as well. Ideally you will have insight into the drinks industry or worked within a hospitality environment.
Working with Us
Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:
- Product allowance
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus (dependent on performance)
- Generous holiday allowance (25 days + bank holidays)
- Full exposure to upcoming permanent Diageo roles and opportunities
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
About Us
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose - Celebrating life, every day, everywhere has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value
This is a chance to be involved in a daring and truly one-of-a-kind team where our aim is to build remarkable and unforgettable experiences across each and every one of our venues across Scotland.
We want our guests to embrace every minute with us and feel the same way we do about our heritage. Being part of Diageo means being a torchbearer for our brands and making them even better for the next generation. It's a career-defining responsibility. If you have a genuine passion for our craft, our character and our products, help us continue the story and build a great career in the process.
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