Drinks Recruitment

At Advocate Group, we’re a leading drinks recruitment agency UK offering comprehensive drinks recruitment services and deep beverage industry recruitment expertise. From RTD recruitment for ready-to-drink brands to sales and marketing talent acquisition for beer, spirits, and soft drinks, we connect clients to top-tier professionals across sales, marketing, distribution, and drink executive search mandates. For actionable advice on attracting the best, check out top-10 food & drinks talent tips.

What Is Drinks Recruitment?

Drinks Recruitment Services Explained

Drinks recruitment services span the full commercial and operational spectrum - from on-trade and off-trade sales to marketing, supply chain, and executive leadership. At Advocate Group, our specialist talent partners focus exclusively on the beverage sector, tailoring each search to your category, channel strategy, and growth ambitions.

Beverage Industry Recruitment Focus

Our beverage industry recruitment team combines sector knowledge with real-time market data. Whether you need marketing experts or supply chain leaders, Advocate Group’s targeted sourcing uncovers passive candidates and active talent alike. 

How to Recruit Top Beverage Talent?

RTD Recruitment Best Practices

RTD recruitment demands specialist insight into ready-to-drink formulations, brand positioning, and consumer trends. We vet candidates on technical expertise and cultural fit, ensuring your team benefits from proven RTD cocktails talent. 

What Services Do Drinks Recruitment Agencies Offer?

Commercial Sales & Marketing Recruitment for Drinks Brands 

Driving category growth in a competitive market starts with commercially astute talent. At Advocate Group, we recruit high-performing sales and marketing professionals across the drinks industry - from National Account Managers and Trade Marketing Leads to Category Managers and Brand Directors. Our insight-led approach ensures every hire aligns with your channel strategy, brand positioning, and long-term commercial goals.

Drink Executive Search & Beverage Supply Chain Recruitment

Our drink executive search targets C-suite and director roles, while beverage supply chain recruitment focuses on procurement, logistics, and operations leaders. We deliver curated shortlists that meet both technical and strategic requirements. 

Why Choose Advocate Group for Drinks Talent?

Proven Beverage Network & Industry Insights

With decades of beverage recruitment experience, Advocate Group’s network spans distilleries, breweries, RTD startups, and corporate brands. We combine that reach with sector insights to advise on hiring trends and salary benchmarks. 

Specialist RTD Cocktails & Drinks Industry Recruitment 

Our specialists in RTD cocktails, spirits, beer, and soft drinks recruitment bring deep category connections. They source talent versed in innovation, consumer engagement, and regulatory compliance — giving you a competitive edge.

FAQs

Q: What is drinks recruitment?

A: Drinks recruitment focuses on sourcing talent across beverages -RTD, supply chain and executive roles.

Q: How to recruit top beverage talent?

A: Use targeted sector networks, technical assessments and industry-specific sourcing channels.

Q: What services do drinks recruitment agencies offer?

A: Executive search, search & selection, project staffing, contract hires, and market intelligence.

Q: Which sectors do you cover?

A: RTD cocktails, coffee, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and distribution.

Did you know, we are also experts in Beauty & Cosmetics recruitment, Consumer Packaged Goods recruitment, Drinks recruitment, Fashion recruitment, FMCG recruitment, Food recruitment, Health & Wellbeing recruitment, Homeware recruitment and Toys & Games recruitment? You can view all of our recruitment specialisms to find the team that’s best for your needs or you can browse all of our current FMCG and Retail Sector jobs.

Active jobs

Trade Development Manager - East Anglia

Norwich
Norfolk
Competitive Salary, Discretionary Bonus, Expensed Van etc.
Do you have the energy, drive, and ambition to elevate your career with one of the most iconic brands in the game? Monster Energy is on the lookout for commercial individuals to be part of their rapid growth in the East Anglia area. This is your chance to really kickstart your sales career with a forward-thinking, progressive business that prioritises its people.

Innovation Marketing Manager

Merseyside
Merseyside
Market related
The Advocate Group are proud to be partnering with a fast-growth FMCG business with a strong presence across retail, e-commerce, and out-of-home channels. Their exciting portfolio includes household-name brands and exclusive partnerships across the drinks category.

Licensing Brand Manager

Merseyside
Merseyside
Market related
The Advocate Group are proud to be partnering with a fast-growth FMCG business with a strong presence across retail, e-commerce, and out-of-home channels. Their exciting portfolio includes household-name brands and exclusive partnerships across the drinks category, offering a dynamic environment where a Brand Manager can make a real impact.

Product Lifecycle & Supply Chain Coordinator

Hook
Hampshire
ยฃ35k - 40k per year + Benefits
Are you highly organised, detail-focused, and comfortable working across Supply Chain, planning, and product activity? We're recruiting a Product Lifecycle & Supply Chain Coordinator to support a fast-moving UK Supply Chain function within a premium FMCG business. This is a short-term fixed-term contract, starting as soon as possible, supporting product launches, packaging changes, and demand planning activity. This role sits at the centre of the business, helping ensure new products and product changes are delivered smoothly, accurately, and on time.

Key Account Manager

London
London
ยฃ45k per year
This is a rare chance to join a small, agile UK drinks business backed by a highly respected global beer group. With a lean UK team, the business operates with a genuine start-up mindset - high autonomy, minimal hierarchy, and real involvement across multiple areas of the organisation.

Regional Communications & Content Manager, Spain

Madrid
Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid)
Competitive Salary and Package
Can you turn culture into stories that cut through the noise? Do you know how to make a brand show up loud, fast, and unapologetically across media? We're supporting Monster Energy to find their next Regional Communications & Content Manager that will own and amplify their brand voice across Spain. This is a role for someone who lives and breathes culture, understands how stories travel across media, and knows how to turn moments into movements. From motorsport to music, gaming to football, action sports to the streets - you'll be right at the heart of it, shaping how Monster shows up, sounds, and hits in-market.

Field Activation Manager - North

Manchester
Manchester
ยฃ40k - 50k per year + Bonus + Car Allowance
Join a globally recognised, premium drinks portfolio with serious heritage and ambition in the UK On Trade. This is a high-impact field role sitting at the intersection of brand, customer and commercial execution, owning activation in some of the most influential outlets in the country. If you thrive on bringing brands to life in premium pubs, bars and high end venues, this is a role with visibility, autonomy and real influence.

National Account Manager - Foodservice

Birmingham
Midlands
ยฃ55k - 60k per year
We're now hiring a National Account Manager to retain, manage and strategically develop the company's Foodservice and OOH accounts. With a significant proportion of customers currently engaging with only part of the portfolio, the role focuses on broadening their range, strengthening multi-brand partnerships and increasing category visibility.

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