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Manager Customer Service

Location:
Norristown, PA, 19403
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Bevin Sager

**** ******** *****

Eagleville, PA *9403

215-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Di Bruno Brothers Catering and Group Sales, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 215-***-****)

Family-owned three location Italian food market, restaurant and catering/event planning business

June 2008 - Present

Catering Operations Specialist

Human Resources

Train all new catering specialists on daily functions of catering and events

Help hire and train all new delivery and banquet staff

Employee relations – interface with employees on daily execution and resolve issues that arise

with in-house operations

Accounts receivable – discovered and collected $70,000 of significant past due

accounts in two months

Prepared and approved payroll for ADP processing

Client Relationships

Manage daily processing of catering requests for social and corporate clients

Sole contact for largest client with annual catering revenue of $350,000

Operations

Oversee the execution and delivery of annual catering revenue in excess of $1.5 million

Manage entire customer order flow from initial contact, order entry, product sourcing, menu

fulfillment by chefs to delivery

Accomplishments

Planned and designed the Delaware Valley Green Building Council's annual charity party for 600

guests including the President’s Board and Mayor of Philadelphia

Organized a Rehearsal Dinner Tasting for over 400 prospects to host their rehearsal dinner with

DiBruno Brothers. Coordinated menu sourcing among DiBruno’s chefs, Traino’s featured wine

selections and Robertson and Pure Florists arrangements

Kildare’s Irish Pub, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 610-***-****)

Largest location among five regional privately-owned restaurants

December 2006 – March 2008

Assistant General Manager

Human Resources

Trained all new managers and general managers system-wide and evaluated compatibility with

company objectives and branding and reported results to company owners

Hired and trained all staff: servers, bartenders, barbacks, host/hostess, security, valet, kitchen

Employee relations – handled all issues between employees and management

Prepared employee shift scheduling within labor budget

Finances – processing daily credit card statements, cash counts, end of the day reports, safe counts

Prepared and approved payroll for ADP processing

Client Relationship

Initiated and planned corporate events for large clients including Shire, Vanguard, Brinker Capital,

GSI Commerce, Lockheed Martin

Operations

Managed sale and operation of corporate events, birthday parties, rehearsal dinners,

wedding receptions and weddings including full planning and execution of St. Patrick’s Day,

Kildare’s annual largest corporate event

Daily management of the restaurant and bar including beverage inventory management at average

23% liquor cost and serving as chef when short staff

Bally’s Atlantic City, New Jersey

Division of Harrah’s Corporation

June 2005 – December 2006

Beverage Shift Manager

Human Resources

Laison for management with union employees and the union, helping all parties work together to

reach common goals and reduced grievances; earned accolades from union management personnel

for fair and yet responsible treatment of employees

Selected by Harrah’s corporate to become Total Rewards Trainer (Harrah’s customer incentive

program) – in charge of training all beverage staff on the new customer loyalty program

Customer Service Ambassador – in charge of training all staff on customer service

Hire and train all new management/supervisors for the Beverage Department

Organized and conducted a job fair to hire servers and bartenders

Prepared and approved payroll for ADP processing

Client Relationship

Handled relationships with all VIP Clients that visited the property, ranging from celebrities to

Seven Star Card Holders

Operations

Promoted within three months of hiring to manage full shift with for 20 bars, over 300 employees,

and 3 casinos (Bally’s Park Place, Wild West, and Claridge)

Initially hired to manage the main casino cocktail lounge at Bally’s – Blue Martini

Accomplishments

Within three months, elevated the Beverage Department from bottom to number one in Customer

Service for the Eastern Division of Harrah’s Corporation

Achieved reputation of total competence and input was sought by all levels of management on

correcting daily floor operations

Increased personal profile that enabled access and awareness to most senior executives in Harrah’s

corporate (Las Vegas, National, Regional)

Was one of the first two Bally’s employees selected by Harrah’s corporate from Atlantic City to

be sent to Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa for re-opening and re-branding

Vita Nova, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

February 2005 – May 2005

Senior Year Capstone Course: Vita Nova is a restaurant open to the public requiring students to participate

in operation of all phases of restaurant management and menu preparation

Commonwealth National Golf Club, Horsham, Pennsylvania 215-***-****

June 2004 – August 2004

• Internship with the General Manager with responsibilities at Manager level

• Performed as food and beverage manager, dining room manager, and bartender on full

weekly schedule which varied from 40-50 hours for the summer

• Organized and managed weekly golf outings, which consisted of 65 golfers to 250 golfers

EDUCATION

University of Delaware

Major: Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management

Dates Attended: February, 2003 – May, 2005

Bachelor of Science in Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management

Monmouth University

Major: Business Management

Minor: Communications

Dates Attended: September, 2001 – December, 2002

ADDITIONAL

Experience in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher

Received Distinguished Junior Award in May, 2004 at the University of Delaware



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