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Trent Cole

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Summary

Driven Market Area Manager and Craft Beer Manager with extensive experience in the craft beer industry, including draught system expertise and warehouse management. Excelled at Connect Beverage by enhancing brand growth and securing new account placements. Known for exceptional interpersonal skills and a hardworking ethos. Achieved significant distribution expansion and orchestrated impactful events with Tanager Beverage.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Market Area Manager

Connect Beverage
02.2022 - Current

Worked multiple positions for a beverage distributor. As a sales representative to grow beer and non alcohol brands for a startup company in the area. Worked with accounts to gain new placements, earn their trust. Become familiar with the products and how they can benefit the accounts. Also deliver products to the accounts. Maintain draught beer lines, cleaning lines and troubleshooting when necessary. Install new draught system into accounts. Work with new accounts to grow distribution of products. Part of the time spent doing managing and maintaining the warehouse.

Craft Beer Manager

Tanager Beverage
05.2009 - 02.2022

Managed the craft beer and NA portfolio for beverage distributor. Duties included inventory, ordering for 500+ products. Arranging shipping. Unloading and stocking. Selling in new products to accounts. Worked with accounts to set up special events such as Tap Takeovers, samplings and beer dinners. Work with local nonprofits for fundraising events. Presell products into accounts, delivery, draught cleaning, warehouse management.

Education

Community Health-Health Promotion - General Studies

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
12.2007

Skills

    Experience of the craft beer industry

    Knowledge and experience on draught beer

    Honest professional hardworking

    Great interpersonal skills

Accomplishments

Yellowstone Beer Fest founder and President of the non-profit organization for ten plus years. Helped organize breweries, bands, food vendors. Raised over 200K for local charities. Managed fundraising to get the festival started. Ordered, worked with with 70+ breweries to get beer to the festival. Set up and maintains a smoothly run event with over 2,500 attendees.

Timeline

Market Area Manager

Connect Beverage
02.2022 - Current

Craft Beer Manager

Tanager Beverage
05.2009 - 02.2022

Community Health-Health Promotion - General Studies

Northern Arizona University
Trent Cole