Nicole Powell

About Nicole Powell

With more than 25 years of recruiting industry experience, Nicole’s insider knowledge spans as an Executive Recruiter, in the recruitment industry. Her sales and recruitment experience ranges from smaller start-ups to extensive mergers and acquisitions in a highly matrixed global organization. Passion for servicing clients in the recruitment industry shows in her commitment to provide professional, high caliber, mid-level to C-level talent to organizations throughout the US.Partners with companies and top talent that specializes in the alcoholic beverage, food, and CPG industries. Based in the entire US and internationally, she takes pride in skillfully and strategically matching sales, marketing, and executives with meaningful careers. She leverages her natural networking abilities to ensure she’s making placements that are the right fit ― professionally, personally, and culturally. Nicole brings her experience working both the Distributor and Supplier side of adult beverage companies. Success has come through building trusting relationships between talent and clients, providing above and beyond support to internal customers and using industry knowledge to build a reputable network in the areas of total rewards and compensation. She is a collaborative individual who values strong client relationships and strives to provide creative solutions to help clients develop their business.

Experience

1. National Executive Recruiter - Wine, Spirits, & Non-alc

   Nelson Connects

   Jan 2019 — Present · Santa Rosa, CA, US

   Founded in Northern California and headquartered in the heart of wine country, we have deep roots in the wine, spirits, beverage, and food industry and our communities. As these industries have grown, we’ve evolved alongside it, supporting these business every step along the way. We have dedicated teams throughout the state of California and nationwide.

Skills

• Recruiting
• Cold Calling
• Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Sales Management
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Direct Sales
• Team Leadership
• Social Media Marketing
• Talent Acquisition
• Analysis
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Coaching
• Crm
• Account Management
• Sales Operations
• Change Management
• Customer Service
• Business Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Budgets
• Training
• Customer Satisfaction
• Consultative Selling
• Leadership