Responsible for the leadership, financial management and strategic growth of a small business in the wine wholesaler’s industry. Manage 5 FTEs with an annual budget of $300k and oversee13 markets in Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Virginia, Florida, and Wisconsin with $2 million in wine sales.Key Accomplishments:• Managed inventory tracking and logistics with over $500k in wine. Evaluated deliveries, shipments, and product levels to improve costs. Successfully met all price points with given taxes, shipping, and duty.• Developed partnerships with over 13 markets throughout the United States with over 400+ sales representatives. Successfully had 3 partnerships with wineries in Italy with 5 base wines and sold over 20,000 cases of wine annually. • Created and maintained relationship with a distributor in Texas and implemented brand promotions including in store wine tastings. Results: sold over 8,000 cases of Villa Puccini Pinot Grigio and Tuscan Red by 2018.• Licensed out Villa Puccini brand to national markets in 2018. Results: wine sold currently in over 40 markets.

Responsible for the business and market development of the wine and spirits portfolio in 20+ markets throughout the United States.Key Accomplishments:• Created programming and marketing sales in the New Jersey/New York market. Successfully improved sales from 3,000 cases to 20,0000 cases annually. • Developed partnerships with 20+ distributors in business to business sales. Successfully developed relationship with Sam’s Club integrating brand into stores nationwide.

Responsible for the financial management of a NYC wine sales territory with over 100+ wines.Key Accomplishments: • Developed and created various partnerships with over 45+ retailers. Successfully grew territory within 1 year by 30%.