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

Key Account Manager - RTM/Wholesale

London
London
Market related
We're partnering with a leading global drinks business to recruit a Key Account Manager - Wholesale. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-performing commercial team and play a key role in driving growth across the regional wholesale channel. As Key Account Manager, you'll be responsible for managing and developing a network of smaller regional wholesale customers across the UK. The role will involve a mix of account management and reactivating relationships, identifying opportunities to increase distribution, visibility and sales.

Business Development Manager - East/South East London

London
London
Market related
Business Development Manager London - East/South East Competitive Salary + Travel Allowance + Bonus Are you a commercially, relationship-focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? Do you want to work with one of the UK's most exciting drinks businesses with an ever-growing portfolio of brands? We're partnering with a leading drinks brand going through exceptional growth. They're now looking for a Business Development Manager to prospect across a high-potential patch focused across East and South East London. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading portfolio of premium spirits and soft drinks brands.

Head of National On Trade

London
London
Market related
We are working with a leading Spirits business that is looking for a Head of National On Trade to take ownership of their channel strategy and drive the next phase of growth across their key On Trade partnerships. This is a unique opportunity for a commercially driven leader who can combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution. The business is looking for someone who can challenge the status quo, bring fresh ideas, and create a more data-led and structured approach to their On Trade function. You will play a key role in shaping the future of the channel, improving commercial performance, strengthening customer partnerships, and ensuring significant investment delivers measurable return.

Regional Field Manager - London

London
London
ยฃ50k per year
We're exclusively partnered with Monster Energy, a powerhouse in the soft drinks industry, to hire a Regional Field Manager to lead a high-performing team of Territory Development Managers (TDMs). This role sits within the Independent Convenience & Symbols channel and offers the opportunity to make a serious impact on regional sales growth and execution.

Trade Marketing Coordinator

Cowley
London
Competitive Salary and Package
Ready to help launch products that people can't ignore? This isn't your average marketing role. We're looking for a Trade Marketing Coordinator who thrives in a fast-moving environment, loves bringing ideas to life and wants to be at the heart of launching products and campaigns across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. If you're organised enough to juggle multiple projects, creative enough to think differently, and ambitious enough to keep raising the bar, we'd love to hear from you

Assistant Accountant - EMEA

Uxbridge
London
Competitive Salary and Package
We're proud to be partnering with Monster Energy to recruit an Assistant Accountant into their EMEA Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to join an iconic global business where development is genuinely encouraged, giving you the chance to build your technical accounting expertise whilst gaining exposure to multiple international entities across EMEA. If you're actively studying ACCA or ACA and looking for a role that will accelerate your progression towards Financial Accountant level, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Reporting into a Senior Financial Accountant, you'll play a key role in supporting the accounting, reporting and compliance activities for several EMEA entitie

Commercial Controller - McDonalds

London
London
ยฃ85k - 100k per year
This is an opportunity to take ownership of one of the largest and most strategically important Quick Service Restaurant partnerships within a global food and beverage business. You'll sit at the centre of the organisation, influencing commercial strategy, innovation, sustainability and cross-functional decision making while helping shape the future of the partnership across Europe.

Senior Customer Marketing Manager - Off Trade

London
London
Market related
The Advocate Group is proud to be partnered with one of the largest and most established spirits companies in the world, home to an iconic portfolio of globally recognised premium spirits brands. With a strong UK presence and a reputation for quality, innovation, and long-term brand building, they are now looking for a Senior Customer Marketing Manager to play a key role in shaping shopper experiences across Sainsbury's and Asda, bringing iconic brands to life through impactful customer activations.

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