Juan Ignacio Torre

Experience

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  San Jose de los Hermanos Maristas School

  May 2004 - Nov 2004

  Management Assistant
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  Electrolux Home Products - Madrid

  Jan 2006 - Jun 2006

  Logistics Assistant

  - In charge of Stock management.

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  Torre Enologica Alimentaria

  Sept 2006 - May 2008

  Commercial Manager

  Torre Enologica Alimentaria is a family owned company that provides dry goods to the Wine Industry.- In charge of the trade and distribution of oenological products cellars for the Uco Valley area.

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  Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

  Sept 2006 - Mar 2007

  Assistant Professor in Macroeconomics I
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  Grupo ASSA

  Oct 2008 - Sept 2010

  Consultant

  Providing enterprise resource planning (ERP) support to Johnson & Johnson Co. (Medical Devices and Diagnostics).Assigned to the following projects:- “OTC”: JDEdwards Implementation, involving Sales and Logistics areas. Customer: Johnson & Johnson Co.- “Palladium”: Providing system flexibility when adding inputs. Representing the company in the implementation of a new warehouse management system in J&J offices in Miami, USA. Customer: Johnson & Johnson Co.- Responsibilities included daily communication with clients, conducting tests to evaluate how changes impacted the business and providing ERP support. Show less

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  TiendaVinos

  Jun 2010 - Apr 2011

  Co-founder

  Distributor of wine and gourmet products from boutique Argentine wineries.- Identification of new business opportunities. Negotiations with suppliers.- Marketing analysis and strategic partnerships.- Management of the logistics and distribution of products.

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  Trivento Bodegas y Viñedos S. A. - Viña Concha y Toro

  Apr 2011 - May 2012

  Export Manager

  Export Manager - Northern and Eastern Europe Regionat Trivento, Argentinean cellar part of Concha y Toro S.A.- Design of commercial plans and follow up.- Preparation of periodical management reports and sales forecast.- Margin and statistics analysis.- Visits to the markets. Strong relationships with customer and potential customers (Importers-Distributors)- Increasing the market share of the cellar.

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  Grupo Peñaflor

  May 2012 - Feb 2020

  In-house Corporate Business Manager in charge of the entire bottled operation in Canada (i.e. Estates: Trapiche, El Esteco, Cuma, Finca Las Moras, Mascota Vineyards, and Santa Ana).- Negotiations with local Agents.- Meetings with provincial Boards/Customers.- Design of the strategic business plans and annual budget per province/per winery.- Preparation of periodical management reports and sales forecasts.- Improvement of the overall business profit.- Establishment of the commercial terms with clients.- Development of new businesses and new customers.- Definition of marketing and promotional budgets.- Definition of new launching products and their strategy for each province.- Marketing activities, in-market trainings, wine trainings to the sales team, and participation in trade fairs and international events. Show less In-house Sales Resident Manager in charge of the bottled operation of Mascota Vineyard, El Esteco, Finca Las Moras, Santa Ana and El Esteco/Michel Torino wineries in Canada.- Negotiations with local Agents.- Meetings with provincial Boards/Customers.- Design of the strategic business plans and annual budget per province/per winery.- Preparation of periodical management reports and sales forecasts.- Improvement of the overall business profit.- Establishment of the commercial terms with clients.- Development of new businesses and new customers.- Definition of marketing and promotional budgets.- Definition of new launching products and their strategy for each province.- Marketing activities, in-market trainings, wine trainings to the sales team, and participation in trade fairs and international events. Show less Regional Export Manager - South America, Caribbean, Africa and Middle East at Trapiche, the longest standing and most experienced cellar of Grupo Peñaflor S.A.- Design of strategic business plans and follow up.- Design of the annual budget per market.- Preparation of periodical management reports and sales forecasts.- Establishment of the commercial terms with clients.- Development of new businesses and new customers.- Negotiations with clients and customers (Importers-Distributors).- Definition of marketing and promotional budgets.- Definition of new launching products and their strategy for each market.- Planning and review of marketing activities.- Visits to the markets, and participation in trade fairs and international events. Show less

  • Corporate Business Manager - Canada

    Jul 2016 - Feb 2020

  • Sales Resident Manager in Canada

    Feb 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Regional Export Manager

    May 2012 - Jan 2014
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  PondView at Bella Terra Vineyards

  Sept 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Operations Manager & Associate Winemaker

    Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Associate Winemaker

    Sept 2021 - Dec 2021
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  Select Wines

  Oct 2022 - now

  • Commercial Director

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Brand & Trade Marketing Manager

    Oct 2022 - Jul 2024