Partner, Operations & Marketing
Vin Noir Explorers and Importers
I actually started out at Capital One in Process, Risk, and Compliance Management. Much of that time was spent understanding effectively navigating complex regulatory environments and how that impacted our business partners. Ever since then, I’ve taken those lessons to Tech, Sales, Marketing and now to my role as a partner for my own small business importing and distributing wine. The ability to be a professional “Swiss Army Knife” and embrace new challenges has given me the confidence to take a challenge of this magnitude.
Funny enough I actually have a perfect weekly plan that sits on my desk: - Monday: Orders, Tax , and Compliance review with a review of our planned sales visits - Tuesday: Begin Sales visits with Marketing campaign planning - Wednesday: Deliveries & Content Marketing Planning - Thursday: Digital Marketing Day (Writing, Social Media, Ads) - Friday: Makeup Day for anything & Business Recap Reporting
Launching Vin Noir Explorers and Importers. It was the culmination of every single skill, experience, and mentor/mentee conversation I’ve had that gave me the confidence to step into this venture still nervous, but confident that I have the ability to succeed.
“Link-ability” - Finding connections to anything from content, vendors, shippers, and everything in between to make sure if I don’t know the answer I know where to start to find out what it is.
Standard MS Office tooling (Excel, PowerPoint) - Core tool for spec sheets and reporintg Buffer & Canva - Content Marketing and Social Media planning ChatGPT - I’m a terrible proofreader 😅 Google Analytics, Aherfs, Wix - Site performance and management
My Kanban Board, a To-Do List, a clear unwavering vision, and my Remarkable Notebook 😅
A successful ops leader is somene who is ever curious, is thirsty for new knowledge and is constantly seeking efficient ways of working. Additionally, a leader must trust their people, give them the tools, support and autonomy to accomplish the objectives at hand.
If you’re not constantly researching how to do something or how you can add a new skillset to your tool belt, are you even an ops person?
How the future of Operations will be shaped by more empathetic and mindful generations and leaders that recognize the importance of the human touch.
Say yes to new challenges. Even those that make absolutely no sense, because you never know how that experience will shape your future career outlook or trajectory.