Paolo Bouchard

About Paolo Bouchard

Highly motivated, multi-cultural, team-oriented, creative, and results-driven Business…

Experience

1. Business Development Manager

   Bouchard Cooperages

   Nov 2017 — Present

   Bouchard Cooperages has been providing the North American, Australian and New Zealand wine industries for over 40 years with custom made premium French, Hungarian, Austrian and American oak barrels, ovals, casks, conicals and French oak alternatives and tannins. Bouchard Cooperages offers customers a commitment to quality products and quality customer service. Starting in 2017, through Bouchard Cooperages sister company; Premier Vintage Imports, Bouchard Cooperages expanded it\'s non-oak vessel product line into cocciopesto, terracotta, sandstone, concrete and stainless steal opuses, amphorae, jarres, tanks and eggs. The oak product suppliers in Bouchard Cooperages\' portfolio include: Tonnellerie BILLON from Beaune, Tonnellerie DAMY from Meursault, Tonnellerie MAURY from Bordeaux (for North America), Tonnellerie BEL-AIR from Bordeaux (for Australia and New Zealand), Fassbinderei SCHNECKENLEITNER from Austria, EUREOPEAN COOPERS from Hungary, MASTER COOPERS USA from California, CANADELL from Southern France and CHENE-OELOGIE from Cognac. The non oak product suppliers in Bouchard Cooperages portfolio include VIN ET TERRE from Bordeaux, CLC VASCHE from Padova, ARTENOVA from Tuscany, DRUNK TURTLE from Pisa and EGGINOX from Slovenia- Personally cultivate key existing strategic accounts while adding new high profile accounts and growth opportunities - Lead relationships and negotiations with suppliers in France, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Slovenia while forging synergies with domestic partners- Collaborate with management, sales and logistics teams to increase revenue and customer base via custom targeted sales and marketing campaigns- Consult with customers, suppliers and teams to create new products and procedures for specific target markets and existing customers

Education

• POLIMI Graduate School of Management

  Executive MBA

• European School of Economics

  Certificate in Marketing, Marketing

• International School of Florence

  International Baccalaureate, HL: English, History, Art. SL: Math, Chemistry, Italian

  2006 — 2010

• NOLS

  Summer Semester in Alaska, National Outdoor Leadership School

• Université Grenoble Alpes

  Cours Intensif De Langue Française, French Language and Literature

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics | Minor in Business and Entrepreneurship (Leeds School of Business)

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Presentation Skills
• Social Media
• Social Networking
• Quantitative Research
• Photoshop
• Market Research
• Public Speaking
• Content Marketing
• Wine
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Marketing Strategy
• Research
• Microsoft Word
• Sas
• Customer Service
• Campaign Strategies
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Strategic Sales
• Teamwork