Harvest Grower Representative - North Coast

About Us

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world’s leading wine companies. We know that it’s the thinkers, makers, and doers who have the most impact as we continue to strive towards being recognized as the world’s most admired premium wine company. We are proud of our portfolio of brands that have tremendous heritage, rich quality, and a reputation for excellence across the globe. From the iconic luxury of Penfolds, Stags’ Leap, Beaulieu Vineyards, and Beringer, to the broad appeal of Sterling Vineyards and newer brands like 19 Crimes, we are committed to creating memorable wine experiences for our consumers.

About the Role

This role is a temporary position that begins in April and end after Harvest (November).

The role and purpose for the Harvest Grower Representatives is:

• The management of the sourcing, negotiating and procurement of grapes of the required type, grade and price from third parties under the business requirements.
• Flawless execution of harvest, including excellent communication with all stakeholders, time-sensitive problem solving and a focus on safety

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct and record field inspections with winemakers for final field grading to ensure maximum end use potential of fruit and efficient batching and streaming of fruit deliveries during vintage.
• Source and negotiate the purchase of grapes of the required type, grade and price
• Hire and manage seasonal sampler(s) and manage maturity sampling schedule.
• Responsible for business relations and the communications with growers, aligned with TWE’s business ambitions
• Monitor grower performance and maintain grower records, including a minimum of 4 field assessments throughout the growing season utilizing the vineyard information system.
• Undertake activities that enhance the TWE’s profile and community image.
• Assess farm plan with growers and winemakers, assure adherence to plan. .
• Interact with Intake coordinator to formulate intake of grower deliveries and ensure conformity to schedules and bookings.
• Liaise with Technical Viticulture team on technical matters including grape quality standards, variety and clonal evaluation, chemical usage, vineyard practices and crop forecasting.
• Ensure grape quality standards are met and that the documentation of grower deliveries is correct. Resolve any quality standards issues at time of harvest and delivery of fruit.

Health & Safety

In addition to demonstrating reasonable care in accordance with local legislation, workers and others are responsible for:

• Familiarizing themselves with the safety standards and requirements applicable to their role
• Understanding and meeting their reasonable care or duty of care obligations under their local workplace health and safety legislation
• Complying with all reasonable policies, procedures and instructions
• Reporting any hazards or incidents immediately
• Participating in safety-related activities and training

About You

Qualifications/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Viticulture & Enology, or related discipline

• Strong detail and accuracy orientation
• 5-10 years of experience in wine, agricultural, food and beverage or related industry
• Demonstrated ability to prepare, execute and engage in successful negotiations with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to influence and work effectively with others, including internal and external partners
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Strong written and oral communication
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint; Power BI experience a plus
• Strong organizational skills
• Wine Sensory evaluation
• Ability to build collaborative, positive relationships

What’s in it for you

• Opportunity to build a career across multiple functions (we’re really good at doing this!)
• Access to the world’s most celebrated wines through our employee product allowance
• The opportunity to be bold and make an impact in the world of wine

Culture

We bring our whole selves, we’re courageous and we deliver together –that’s our DNA. We’re a passionate bunch who enjoy working together, like to have fun, and keep things down-to-earth. We’re brave enough and care enough to have the right conversations to get the best outcome and are famous for our can-do attitude. We’re definitely “glass half full� people and see challenges as opportunities and move with pace to achieve our goals.

If you’re ready to help us be the world’s most admired premium wine company, please apply now!

Inclusion and Diversity

Just like the wide range and variety of brands in our wine portfolio, TWE embraces diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Apply Today!

We do move quickly at TWE and continually review applications, so if you don’t want to miss out, please apply today!

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The base pay range offered for this position is $40 - $50 per hour. These figures represent what we reasonably expect to pay for this position, but the actual compensation offered will depend upon numerous job-related factors, including but not limited to candidate qualifications, skills, experience, education, location, and alignment with market data. Our expectation is that the incumbent will work out of the North Coast. If the incumbent works out of another location, the wage rate may fall above or below this range. Treasury reserves the right to modify the range in the future.