If you love wine, if you are creative, if you like to challenge the status quo and want to join us on our mission, please get in touch.

If there are no listed "current opportunities" that are right for you, but you're interested in joining the Alliance Wine team, we’d still love to hear from you. 

Current opportunities

• Buyer/Portfolio Manager for Spain, Portugal, North & South America

Why join Alliance Wine?

With over 40 years of experience as one of the UK's leading independent importers and distributors, we've built a reputation for sourcing iconic, artisan, and innovative wines. Recently, we further enhanced our portfolio by acquiring H2Vin, a specialist fine wine business.

We have established a diverse and loyal customer base across multiple sales channels in the UK and internationally by offering expert advice, delivering outstanding service and delivering an exceptional selection of wines.

We are incredibly proud of our stellar reputation for building successful wine partnerships with our clients and producers.

Some of the benefits of working with Alliance Wine

• 24 days holiday (increasing over time) plus 9 bank holidays
• A range of long service awards
• Travel Insurance
• Generous staff discount
• Company pension contribution scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Personal development plan
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing help for employees to deal with personal and work-related problems that impact their mental and physical well-being
• Free on-site parking (Head office, Beith)

Job type: Full-time; permanent contract
Job location: We have offices in Ayrshire and London but are open minded about your location
Reporting to: Head of Buying, Brand Management and Technical
Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Alliance was founded in 1984 in Ayrshire, Scotland and has grown to become one of the leading suppliers to the on-trade, independent and national off-trade in both the UK and internationally. We remain independently owned and true to our mission to ‘create a better world of wine’ through our industry-leading product range, high levels of service and sustainability credentials.

We are proud to have a strong team of buyers working within their specialist areas, and across all channels, combining expertise in selecting and collaborating with the best producers from around the world, with the skill to create unique products for our customers via our own winemaking projects in France and Spain.

Our awards include ‘Spanish and Portuguese Specialist’ at the IWC 2023 and ‘Classic Regions Merchant of the Year’ at the Sommelier Wine Awards 2024.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Alliance Wine Buyer, you would be responsible for developing, managing, and ensuring the success of your portfolio, in line with the company’s overall vision and buying philosophy.

The ideal candidate would bring creativity, passion, drive and interpersonal skills to this pivotal role, with responsibility for not only sourcing the right supplier at any level, but the commercial acumen to ensure success throughout the product's life cycle. As such, strong industry knowledge, commercial instinct and analytical skills are necessary to develop and deliver product strategy. A vital element of the remit is upholding and championing Alliance’s values within the company and in the broader market.

The buying team currently comprises four Buyers, two aligned Brand Managers, working closely with sales and marketing, and two Technical Managers responsible for QC and compliance.

The successful candidate will have:

• A proven track record in wine buying with specialist knowledge of Spain, Portugal and ideally North & South America.
• A high level and breadth of wine knowledge, including sourcing and production.
• Multi-channel experience of the UK, covering on-trade, independent off-trade and national accounts.
• Understanding of international markets is an advantage.
• Exceptional negotiation and interpersonal skills, with an ability to work across departments, enthuse and impart knowledge.
• Ability to work under pressure, travel as appropriate, and meet deadlines.
• Fluency in Spanish is preferable and would benefit the role (but not essential).

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position, please send your CV to Jean Wareing MW at jean.wareing@alliancewine.com.

The closing date for applications is 30 June 2025.