Deidra Meade

I represent a company or product at events. Serving as the face of a brand creating a memorable and engaging experience for customers and potential clients.

• Product demonstration: Showcasing products, features, and benefits to potential customers.
• Event hosting: Engaging with attendees, answering questions, and creating a positive brand experience.
• Sampling and distribution: Providing product samples or giveaways to attendees.
• Data collection: Gathering contact information or survey responses from interested customers.
• Brand representation: Wearing branded attire, displaying branding materials, and maintaining a professional image.
• Social media promotion: Sharing event experiences, product information, and behind-the-scenes content on social media.
• Customer interaction: Building relationships, answering questions, and addressing concerns.
• Event setup and teardown: Assisting with display setup, product organization, and event cleanup.
• Reporting and feedback: Providing event summaries, customer feedback, and suggestions for future improvements.

• Oversee store operations by counting cash drawers, employee scheduling, inventory replenishment and other daily functions to maintain smooth operational flow and address surprise issues head-on.
• Assists management in evaluating and developing displays, including promotional, seasonal, and sale merchandise also completes resets as necessary.
• Educate customers about product and service offerings, special deals and newly released offerings to help each person make informed choices.
• Monitor associates throughout each assigned shift and professionally manage any challenges to maintain optimal store performance.
• Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, including records of scanning errors, price inquires, price modifications and voids.
• Implement daily operating procedures to keep store clean, adequately stocked and well-organized.
• Effectively allocate tasks during high-traffic times to keep operations running smoothly and employees focused.
• Assists with and coaches other team members to work with warehouse and vendor ordering process as orders are created, reviewed, and received, including Receiving vendor deliveries.

• In control of managing and maintaining large account base including multiple chain accounts, golf courses, Korean BBQ / sushi restaurants, smoke shops, LGBTQ and lower volume bars.
• Expanded revenue by acquiring new customers and determining needs to offer relevant products.
• Reached monthly sales goals on a consistent basis.
• Handled customer inquiries regarding credit, delivery, product information, draft service requests and other inquiries as they arise.
• Drove business development through proactive networking and relationship-building strengths.
• Maintain regular schedule of weekly appointments with accounts.
• Successful accounts receivable collections within corporate credit policy.
• Provide proper merchandising of accounts with permanent and paper POS.
• Assist distributor partners in promoting sales and marketing programs.
• Represented wide range of products including Samuel Adams, Lagunitas, and Miller Lite products.
• Delivered top customer satisfaction, reviewing feedback closely and addressing needs and requests of account holders.

• Set up and break down temporary bar.
• Verify that guests at bar are of legal age.
• Maintain full knowledge of beverage list.
• Set up glassware and liquor prior to events.
• Provide excellent individual attention to every drinking patron.
• Serve each guest courteously, quickly, and efficiently.

• Responsible for overall management and supervision of a 15,000 sq ft store.
• Direct and execute company initiative to include identifying industry trends and meeting and exceeding customer experience.
• Direct employees to meet monthly and annual sales goals.
• Ensure availability of product by utilizing analytical year over year data; monitoring monthly sales; maintaining inventories; ordering effectively.
• Protect employees and customers by providing a safe and clean work environment.
• Accuracy in invoicing, scheduling, store profitably, product placement and daily management tasks.
• Actively hired, trained, supervised, motivated and developed employees.
• Responsible for daily and monthly reports.
• Maintained stores appearance and merchandising.
• Lead by example on sales floor by demonstrating seamless service and always act in best interest of the customer as well as the company.