Creative Business Owner with exceptional background spent in beverage industry. Proven leader with engaging demeanor and success working in most demanding environments. Talented in training and mentoring successful teams.
Management of retail and wholesale beverage distribution.
Retailing responsibilities mainly include daily opening/closing of facility, processing all incoming product, merchandising, quality control, inventory control and customer relations.
Wholesaling responsibilities involved the running of a 22,000 sf warehouse in Mt Vernon NY. Daily processing of outgoing orders ie invoicing, picking, loading and delivering. Maintenance of property, truck fleet, forklifts and all other warehouse needs. Sales responsibilities involved building relationships with the owners of all accounts, on and off premise, country clubs chain stores.
ACHIVMENTS
1993 Acquired rights to distribution of private label beer brewed for D'Agostino chain.
1998 Distributed private label spring water for Foxwood casino.
2010 Negotiated cross docking station for AZmetro