National sales Manager

National Sales Manager — Alba Cooperage, Rutherglen (Scotland)

Cooperage of the Year 2025 — Icons of Whisky. We're hiring.

Alba Cooperage supplies barrels and coopering services to UK distillers. We're the Scottish arm of the Taranis Cooperage Group, alongside cooperages in Ireland and France, and we're strengthening our UK commercial presence.

You'll own and develop our UK account base. Sales ability matters more to us than sector background — we hire on instinct and curiosity, and we train the technical side ourselves.

• Grow relationships with distillers, blenders and wood buyers across the UK; represent Alba at trade events
• Build the commercial plan across our wide range of casks and coopering services
• Work with our cooperage teams across the group to match technical solutions to customer specifications

• Proven B2B sales track record (whisky or cooperage experience welcome, not required)
• Strong salesperson's instincts: listening before pitching, building trust over long cycles, closing
• Curiosity about how things are made — you'll sell a craft product to technical buyers
• Autonomy in a field role based in Scotland, with regular UK travel; full driving licence required

Full technical training in cooperage, wood and maturation. Competitive package (base + commission). Company car.

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