Seasonally grown New England cut flowers available wholesale to florists and designers.

Wholesale account development of domestic and imported wines focusing in organic and sustainable practices.

Lead role in customer Live Nursery sales, plant maintenance and healthcare.

Responsible for high quality customer service and personally attentive retail transactions of horticultural products in upscale Long Island, NY. As a full service nursery, product sold included trees, shrubs, perennials, herbs, annuals and tropical plants. Additionally, I sold seasonal home, gift and garden accessories, including pottery, statuaries and fountains along with a full line of soils, fertilizers, mulch and other natural products.Daily responsibilities when working inside sales included customer service, marketing and display of all plant and garden products, building integrative and fresh design displays to achieve optimum sales. Responsibilities also included custom container designs, on and off site, as well as outside landscape sales, perennial garden design, and supervision of installations insuring customer satisfaction.Assisted nursery owner in sales and design of larger scale landscape design projects focusing on client relationships, supervision of installation and securing a high level of client satisfaction. Occasional floral work included nationwide phone sales and orders, custom bouquets for walk in clients, winter wreathing preparation, grave blankets, wreaths, design and display. Other responsibilities included computerized inventory control, greenhouse maintenance, tropical plant maintenance, outdoor plant and shrub maintenance and pruning. Constant Contact and cash register trained. Plant Health Care annual maintenance contracts and mailings.

A wholesale wine distribution company with a small California family-driven portfolios in mind. Utilization of relationship and brand building skills are used to introduce and establish wine brands in New Hampshire.Wholesale targets included retail wine shops, restaurants and high end grocer markets. Relationship building with buyers is crucial, sampling of products, display design and support, creation of point of sale material and complimentary retail tastings to support increasing customer base.Administrative work included inventory control, national transportation coordination, winery relationship building, recruitment and research as well as accounts receivable and payable.

West Coast Wines was a wholesale Brokerage focused on selling products and building names for small, family owned wineries in Northern California. This collaboration of wineries began organically with a single winery relationship, as I set out to build a highly respectable compilation of quality and award winning family owned wineries. The search for quality and interesting wines, produced around the region by good farmers, blossomed into representing 30 small wineries and the niche wines each offered. Quick growth and brisk economic times warranted the hiring of a sales manager, and a sales staff which varied from 7-10 wine professionals representing all areas of Northern California.My responsibilities included; creation and building of retail and restaurant account base, forming relationships and sales strategies with wineries, compilation of a high quality group of wineries, wholesale account sales, interviewing, hiring and supervision of commissioned sales staff, administration of commissions, A/R, A/P, Payroll, marketing, advertising, tasting events, catalog design and content. Event and tasting planning.