Specialist / Senior Specialist / Head of Department – Wine and Whisky - Art auction (Wine Jobs: Management & Administration)

  China Art Financial Holdings Limited

  Wanchai, Wan Chai

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:  

Establish the Fine Wine (auction and Luxury business) in Asian market and penetrate the company brand name into the collector community by developing business, cataloguing and co-ordinating the sale and property.

Key Responsibilities/Tasks: (Duties include but are not limited to the following)

• Proactively develop and expand business opportunities for consignments around Asia to meet operational, managerial, and financial objectives
• Establish new business contacts while maintaining long-term relationships with clients, dealers, and collectors 
• Assist and advise on business getting proposals, taking part in client discussions and presentations to win business
• Participate in departmental hilling sessions (meetings to determine value, condition and marketability of property)
• Manage catalogue production process including cataloguing, photography, essay writing, lotting up and monitor and enforce all relevant deadlines
• Coordinate with Marketing and PR to prepare interviews and other related articles
• Assist in sale registration, phone bidding, and post-sale enquires
• Analyze buyer activities and assist in developing auction strategies with the General Manager
• Any other duties the Manager or the company request from time to time

Qualification Requirements:

• A recognized university degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience in business getting and brand building in the industry
• In-depth knowledge in Fine Wine business
• Articulate with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proactive and sales-driven with a strategic mind-set
• Independent and able to work with minimal supervision
• Customer-oriented and confident in handling prestigious customers in a polite and professional manner
• Strong organizational skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Fluent in written and spoken English, Cantonese and Mandarin