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Responsible for the successful start of one of the nation’s first single barrel bourbon sales programs, with more than 125 barrels or 2,000 cases sold resulting in over $500,000 in sales over 5 years. Turnaround and process improvement integration expert in the beverage industry. Extensive management experience in all aspects of operations to include purchasing, sales, marketing, inventory, personnel, warehousing, and facility maintenance.• Led the formation of an investor group that created Taft’s Ale House, a startup brewpub & restaurant located in the Over the Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. • Led the successful turnaround of a struggling retail business by instituting cost controls at all levels, reducing excess inventory, and enacting new marketing & merchandising programs. Operational turnaround saved the business from having its bank loan called. • Provided oversight of planning, design, construction, and opening of a new $1 million, 10,000 square foot retail store. New store generated over $2 million in sales within 3 years. • Led charge to fully integrate network that streamlined inventory control, reduced pricing errors, enabled real-time tracking and forecasting, and managed labor costs. Reduced inventory in excess of $125,000 and converted out of stock cycle from weeks to days. • Actively nurtured supplier-wholesaler relationships, leading to better service and access to special discounts, hard-to-find products, and high demand goods.• Instituted organization’s first IT control system that integrated purchasing, inventory, sales, and accounting departments, resulting in $200,000+ inventory reduction.• Oversaw the implementation of an ordering & forecasting system that reduced on-hand inventory and out-of-stocks to <1% .• Foresaw the evolution of the craft beer movement and was first in the market to promote new opportunities for growth. Sales increase due to new product mix lifted category’s gross profit 6%.

Listed skills include Sales Management, Sales, Marketing, Retail, and 12 others.