Dan Shields Email & Phone Number

Buffalo-Rochester, New York

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Direct and manage four sales team in the on and off premise to gain permanent cocktail menu market share, overachieve both feature menu placements, and primary display goals, while focusing on volume growth in Buffalo.
• Collaborate with merchandising team to secure retail floor space, window real estate, while featuring seasonal marketing campaigns and pursuing all six sizes of Tito’s Handmade Vodka in each account
• Frequent travel Upstate and Metro markets for continuous brand education and maintain the partnership between Southern Glazer’s and Tito’s Handmade Vodka
• Utilize yearly budget for bar spend promotions and in-store consumer tastings to educate consumers and obtain real-time market feedback while remaining compliant with company and state guidelines
• Using SalesForce and Compass programs to monitor trends in the adult beverage category; as well as reconcile all business expenses via American Express corporate card and Concur Solutions

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Support a dedicated sales team of five and a leading district manager to grow our key brands from the Bacardi, Heaven Hill, and Patron portfolios
• Using BrandMuscle (SaaS) to execute the latest brand marketing campaigns
• Sustain major floorspace by upkeeping displays with thematic points of sale
• Assigned fleet vehicle for field work and personal transport vehicle
• Record and monitor inventory of barware, product racks, neons, etc. for account needs

Jamestown, New York

• Oversee various shifts, employee work duties, and resolve any customer issues
• Conduct orders with wine and spirit distributor representatives
• Guide and upsell customers to best sellers and new products
• Light accounting when replenishing registers with cash and reconciling nightly sales
• Manage incoming product inventory while maintaining competitive pricing

Lakewood, New York

• Holiday employee trainer November - December; 2013 & 2014
• Drive sales through suggestive selling, and showcasing product knowledge
• Placing online ordered for customers
• Handled minor customer complaints and concerns in an effective, customer supportive manner
• Returned for two holiday seasons to assist onboarding new hires and report their progress to management

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

• Analyze the American and International political systems and their formations • Review Supreme Court case study and the effects of these.

Associate'S Degree, Criminal Justice And Corrections

• Exploration of the American criminal justice process: from the rights of the individual from arrest through sentencing to release •.