Operations Executive – Drinks Business

About the role

Advocate Group is recruiting, on behalf of Podkováň Brewery, a Business & Operations Coordinator (titled Operations Executive) based in Hammersmith, London. The role is hybrid, with four days in the office and one day at home, and sits close to the Managing Director and the wider team. It suits someone who enjoys solving problems, learning quickly, taking ownership and understanding how a business works.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Managing Director with diary management, meetings, reports, presentations and day-to-day coordination
• Maintain business and office records, product information, systems and general commercial administration
• Coordinate import, logistics and supply chain: shipments, deliveries and collections, liaising with warehouses, transport providers, breweries and customs brokers, and tracking deliveries
• Prepare quotations and presentations, process orders, support customers and maintain the CRM and website
• Help coordinate exhibitions, trade shows, beer festivals and occasional pub activations
• Handle customer and supplier account reconciliation, invoicing support and work with external accountants
• Research suppliers, competitors, products and markets, improve processes and systems and support new business initiatives

Required profile

• Organised, detail-focused and proactive, with a practical, solutions-focused approach
• Quick to learn, curious and commercially aware
• Confident and professional with customers, suppliers and colleagues, calm under pressure
• Experience matters less than attitude and aptitude; training and support are provided

What we offer

• Salary of up to £30,000 per year
• Travel allowance and bonus
• Hybrid working (4 days in office, 1 day at home)