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Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Full P&L Responsibility for our exciting new Single Malt Whisky Distillery - Lancaster Spirits Co.LSCo Whisky Distillery is a small-batch craft distillery, filling approximately 300 casks per year.Utilises wash produced by Lancaster brewery from Malted Winter Barley that is ordinarily used to produce craft ales.100% of our malt is freshly milled on the day of production, mashed with water from our own artesian well and fermented with our own Brewers Yeast for up to 144 hours.Our plan is to predominately fill high-quality speciality Red Wine Casks & Sherry casks that will add a lot of character & complexity to our whiskies.

Annan, Scotland, United Kingdom

Global Head of Sales.Responsible for all defining & delivering the Sales Strategy for all sales channels including International Distribution, UK Trade Sales, Private Cask Sales, Bulk Cask.Sales & White Label Sales.

Lake District

National Sales Manager for the Off-Trade. Managing all Specialist & Online retailers within the United Kingdom. Full P&L responsibility for Specialist & Online, managing 80+ customers worth in excess of £1.5million.Driving Brand Awareness and Advocacy for the Lakes Single Malt and the rest of our spirits portfolio.

Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Full P&L responsibility for National Accounts and Grocery channel. Managing grocers such as Asda, Morrisons, Tesco and Booths; as well as Multiple retailers such as The Whisky Shop and Majestic Wine.

Responsible for driving and developing sales within the on-trade wholesale channel as well local and national off-trade outlets whilst based in the beautiful Lake District.

United Kingdom

On-trade Business Development Manager for the North-East of England for premium brands such as Remy Martin, Cointreau liqueur, Bruichladdich whiskies, Botanist gin and Louis XIII cognac.

Manchester, United Kingdom

The Whisky Shop is the UK’s largest whisky retail chain with 22 stores nationwide. I currently manage our newest flagship shop in Manchester,My role is to drive sales on a day-to-day basis. I am responsible for stock management, customer service and merchandising. I am also responsible for the recruitment, management and training all of our six staff at the Manchester branch. I am continually seeking to raise the profile of the store by hosting frequent whisky tasting both in-store and for local business and bars alike. A self-confessed whisky enthusiast, I organise and lead several whisky events per month for groups of up to 30 people. Through personal research and networking I have built an extensive and specialist knowledge of whiskies from around the globe.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

I was promoted to Manage our new flagship store in Manchester after turning our brand new branch in Nottingham into one of the largest turnover stores in the first year.

MerchandisingRetail ManagementEvent Management

Level 3 Advanced Certificate, Merit

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Criminology And Law, 2:1