Jill Mclean Email & Phone Number

Napa, CA, US

Napa, CA

• Responsible for Quickbooks accounting management for multi-million dollars of annual air-charter revenue and expenses.
• Perform all general accounting activities including generation of customer invoicing, A/P, A/R, processing credit cards, making bank deposits and reconciling statements, using company defined accounting policies and.
• Compile monthly charter sales and expense reports for individual owners of lease-back aircraft.
• Oversee the company payroll processing, employment taxes, and company workers compensation program.
• Compile, report and submit monthly, quarterly and annual Federal Excise tax forms and payments to IRS
• Coordinate with outside CPA firm for S-corporation annual reporting for tax preparation.

Yountville

Assist with marketing Hill Family Estate organic garden tours and wine tastings for their tasting room located in the heart of the Napa Valley, in Yountville. Building relationships with hotel concierge and bed and breakfasts in the Napa and Sonoma valleys. Lead organic garden tours, which are dedicated to growing and providing produce for some of the most.

• Responsible for all aspects of new recipe development and food product introduction for Francis Ford Coppola
• Manage current product quality, 20 total, insuring co-packers are supplying product meeting company standards
• Identify new co-packers and manage product development and pricing
• Assist co-packers in identifying sources and pricing of raw materials
• Develop gift basket programs incorporating Francis Coppola foods and wines for national chains – Target, Costco and BJ’s
• Assist in retail and distributor management in the Southwest market

• Managed 65 nationwide sales representatives and East and West coast distributors, identified new markets
• Increased nationwide sales of Wine Country Kitchens brand by 30% in 2003
• Coordinated and participated in annual Fancy Food shows and gift trade shows, developed show specials
• Created monthly sales reports for Wine Country Kitchens products and sales representatives as well as implemented quarterly and yearly sales goals
• Developed strategies with new product development, oversee label design as well as managed category introductions
• Designed, developed and managed company website and all sales collateral and press releases

San Francisco, CA

• Developed, sourced and selected specialty food products across five core-food categories sold nationwide
• Created product launch strategies and defined assortment plans, target retails, margins, distribution, inventory management and merchandising
• Lead cross-functional team of Sourcing, Production, Packaging and Design, and Inventory Management to bring products to fruition, profitably and on-time
• Analyzed product reporting data and adjusted product strategy to maximize margins
• Identified and introduced new products to retail stores currently exceeding sales projections by 36%
• Successfully managed supplier relationships and negotiated contracts achieving a +7% over goal

Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Business/Commerce, General

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity