Edward Lance Kirkpatrick

• Provide consistent daily support to all areas of winery and vineyard operations.
• Assist with onsite wine tastings as well as outside sales.
• Coordinated workflow for harvests and high-volume task loads.
• Load crop harvests into trucks, trailers and winery tanks.
• Prune grapevines and train growth on trellises.
• bottling line set up/ break down and warehousing pallets
• Wine Cellar sanitation and organization

• Daily operation of forklift, in warehouse and cellar. Also, to load and unload delivery trucks and trailers.
• Fully operate processing equipment on crush pad to include; destemmer / press / pressure washer / holding tanks / scales etc.
• Interacted with and assisted delivery drivers and growers that brought in harvest bins.
• Assisted with bottling line operation, warehousing of case pallets and barrel racking
• Daily punchdowns of fermenting grape bins
• Responsible for high level of sanitation and safety in the wine cellar and warehouse.
• Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs.

West Texas wine sales and merchandiser for Pioneer Wine Company. Servicing all on and off premise accounts as well as delivering product when called for.

I primarily work from my home office, with the company headquarters being located in Carrollton, TX. I traveled to the DFW office for meetings, tastings and training.

• I have increased the total sales for the territory by meeting and surpassing product sales goals.
• Helping to restore consistency, reliability, integrity and professionalism for the company in general out in the west Texas market
• I have been recognized by management team on my organization, attention to detail and work ethics
• Managed account inventory, warehouse inventory, sales goals, promotions and communication utilizing assigned ipad.
• Performed shelf resets, merchandising, display maintenance to keep sales areas well-stocked, organized and current.
• Conducted wine tastings regularly for restaurant owners and store managers, to influence sales and product placement.

• Liaison between sales representatives and retail account managers
• Managed sales route in order to achieve desired sales goals
• Merchandise/stock company products in large retail accounts
• Perform product shelf resets regularly
• Assist in managing Point of Sale warehouse inventory, and placement of promotional material in retail accounts
• Utilize Glazer's product ordering system through assigned iPad
• Kept open communication with clients through text, email and daily service calls
• Displayed appropriate signage for products and sales promotions.