Wine sales direct to consumers, wine education, merchandising, inventory control, stocking, wine tasting.

Kiwi sales manager in Texas selling New Zealand wine.Work closely in partnership with the state distributor/sales representatives to grow sales. Network with key on and off premise customers. Ambassador for New Zealand wine.

• Development, implementation and achievement of annual sales and accounts goals.• Develop, implement and execute sales programs and pricing strategy.• Assist with development of brand marketing strategy and product development.• Manage winery stock levels for volumes allocated to New Zealand distribution.• Develop and execute merchandising and distribution standards with our distributor network.• Build and maintain close working relationships with distributor sales and management personnel.• Build and maintain close working relationships with the top on and off premise accounts, both chain and independents.• Work each market with sales representatives.• Conduct mid-year and annual planning and review meetings with all distributors.• Daily distributor management responsibilities including monitoring of price points (including competitive set), orders, shipments, samples, stock levels, allocations, training and POS management.• Conduct sales meetings on a consistent basis to communicate sales and marketing objectives and keep winery brands at the forefront of all distributor sales presentations.• Conduct quarterly market analysis surveys in all major markets.• Provide monthly reports and accomplishments recap to Forrest management.Marlborough regional salesEvent coordinator representing the winery at wine club tastings, trade shows and consumer events.Work with the Forrest management team developing company sales and marketing strategies. Create sales and marketing trade tools.Use my digital media background to create professional company business video using Final Cut, Live Type and Soundtrack. Also using Photoshop and photography, creating original songs using Garage band.Proficient with all elements of Microsoft Office, Xero, Tradegecko, MYOB.

Responsibilities: Sales and Marketing Assistant at Forrest Wines. Coordinate wines to critics, control the company website, manage awards and accolades, assist with design of market trade tools. Assist with creating company sales and marketing strategy. Maintain and communicate marketing information to links with the company global distribution. Develop company annual mail order strategy - create monthly e-newsletters. Plan and coordinate company events, nationwide Foodshows, wine club tastings, trade shows. Assist with designing adverts for publications. Design and implement company social media strategy using my digital media skills. Manage comapny new wine release program.Marlborough SalesWest Coast SalesUS Sales Manager Mail Order ManagerSocial Media ProviderDigital Creator

Responsibilities: Manage the cellar door - selling and educating people about wine, staff and stock control, stock orders, monthly stock takes, general maintanence. Manage courier services for winery and consumers. Coordinate tours, corporate tastings, private tastings and critics. Daily check out and monthly reporting.Event coordinating - Grape Ride, trade tastings, wine dinners, consumer events. Foodshows - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch.Took over the mail order and moved from posted newsletters to e-newsletter.US Market Manager - control all sales and marketing with our importer and state distributors.Regional sales - Marlborough, Kaikoura, West Coast - sales, merchandising, instore tastings, displays, promotions, wine dinners.Digital Media/Social Media Marketing for Forrest Wines.Forrest wines was the third winery in the world on facebook.Forrest wines has an extensive catalogue of professionally made company videos totalling over 60 at this time.Lover of wine and film. Always thinking outside the square to keep ahead of the pack. Using my background in film and knowledge of current technology to promote Forrest wines globally.

Corporate sponsorship - art exhibitons, Interislander, World of Wearable Arts, sporting evets etc...Administer regional preferred supplier agreements.Negotiate prefer supplier agreements with corporates.Sales and marketing to corporates in Wellington, including networking, hunting out new business and corporate tastings.Sales and marketing to government departments.Coordinating corporate sales with second tier distributors.Regional fine wine specialist, assisting sales reps selling both agency and international brands.

Worked in the Domaines and Estates Division in Austin, Texas. Sales Representative to the finest restaurants in the city and the largest retailer in Austin. Responsible for sales and distribution, conduct wine tastings, trade show events and wine dinners. Work in the market with national and regional sales managers, winemakers, importers.Year one sales went from $300,000 to $600,000. Year two sales went to $800,000 and year three sales went to $1 million. I was the top sales person in our division for my route every month of the third year. I exceeded sales by 10% every month.

Managed the opening of the restaurant, hiring all restaurant and bar staff. (25 wait staff and 10 bar staff). Develop menu with the executive chef and wine program. Developed a wine list with a selection of 450 wines, offering a large selection of the finest California wines, a good selection of French and Italian wines and over 80 wines from New Zealand and Australia - the best selection in the city.Managed the staff and worked on the floor as the sommelier.Within the first year the restaurant was one of the top 5 restaurants in the city.