General Manager Beverage

ALEC STEIDL

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

**/**** – 01/2023 Suprema Provisions New York, NY

General Manager

• Daily management of operations from open to close – only manager on payroll.

• Training of staff on wine primarily, but a focus on knowledge of all items served.

• Assuring that the owner’s vision for food and service are met at all times. 02/2020 – 09/2020 Mermaid Inn New York, NY

General Manager

• Brought in to run entire restaurant operation.

• Responsible for scheduling, staff training and all beverage inventory needs.

• Restaurant closed for COVID in March. Stayed on to help with preparation for reopening. Unfortunately the location closed permanently in September.

09/2018 – 01/2020 Vin Sur Vingt New York, NY

General Manager / Wine Educator

• Hired as day to day operator of the largest location in the group.

• Constant wine and service training for an ever rotating staff.

• Responsible for opening and closing the location 5 days a week. Always on call.

• Maintained in house inventory of short and new items to maintain a strong inventory.

• Worked with owner on rotating Happy Hour wines and kept staff notified.

• Programmed and prepped install of two POS systems and trained staff.

• Started concierge outreach for all hotels in the neighborhood.

• Finished 2019 with sales up 13%.

10/2017 – 07/2018 Caravaggio New York, NY

Sommelier / Cellar Manager

• Restructuring and organization of 1500 label international wine list and two large wine cellars for Italian restaurant on Upper East Side.

• Cellars had not been organized in quite a few years. Touched every single bottle and opened every case finding over 200 labels in house that were not represented on list.

• Constantly scanning list and looking for pricing errors and places the restaurant can be more profitable.

• On dinner service six days every week.

• Micros system maintenance to make system easier for staff use. 06/2015 – 07/2017 Strip House New York, NY

Beverage Director / Service Manager

Annual Sales Volume: $8 Million

Annual Wine and Beverage Sales: $3,200,000

• Repaired damaged program from 30% to 20% cost in 4-1/2 months, by reviewing all costing of inventory, fixing pricing errors, updating listings, and finding new lower-cost sourcing for most frequent sellers.

• Primary responsibility for on the floor wine sales.

• Wine list management and constant inventory analysis.

• Constant staff training in food, wine and wine sales.

• Also involved in P&L, payroll, scheduling, floor supervision and all other FOH duties.

• Programming of computer system and organization of wine cellar. 09/2014 – 01/2015 Via Carota New York, NY

Wine Director/Opening General Manager

Annual Sales Volume: n/a (opening)

• Successfully opened new restaurant to ensure smooth launch and future success.

• Created the entire wine and beverage program and educated staff.

• Responsible for staff training, floor supervision and general front of house. 09/2013 – Present New York, NY

Freelance Wine Consultant

• Travel to Italy on a regular basis for wine tastings and vineyard visits; research and advice on wine importing for several wine companies.

• Wine list creation and POS maintenance for smaller restaurants.

• Attend industry tastings and events to keep current with the business. 06/2009 – 09/2013 Babbo Ristorante/Enoteca New York, NY Wine Director

Annual Sales Volume: $8 Million

Annual Wine and Beverage Sales: $3,200,000

• Hired as Sommelier with duties that included receiving, wine cellar maintenance, 5 weekly floor shifts, rotation of quartino list and pairings for multi course tasting menus.

• Promoted to Wine Director in 2011 with the mandate that purchasing was done as if the restaurant would exist forever, with close attention to be paid to DI purchases and futures.

• Consistently met or exceeded budget and sales targets; sales increase by September of 2013 was over

$350,000, tracking for the best year in the history of the restaurant.

• Praised by Eric Asimov as the Best Italian Wine List in NYC.

• Controlled a S2.3 million dollar/15,000 bottle in-house inventory with both everyday purchasing of regular list items and movement of wines to and from storage in Western Carriers.

• Supervised a staff of three regular sommeliers, which included training, leading the maintenance of the 1,300 bottle wine list and pristine appearance of wine cellar for special guests.

• Maintained active wine education program, ensuring staff was fully educated on wines and trends, resulting in increased knowledge and sales.

03/2006 – 06/2009 B.R. Guest Inc. (Multiple) New York, NY Assistant General Manager / Beverage Manager

Annual Sales Volume: $5 Million

Annual Wine and Beverage Sales: $2,000,000

• Worked at several concepts: Blue Water Grill (9 months), Dos Caminos Soho (2 years) and Vento (6 months).

• Purchased liquor for fastest moving beverage program in company.

• Restaurant consistently met a budgeted 18% overall cost.

• Day to day floor supervisor, constant communication with back of house and host stand.

• In charge of maintaining payroll and operations spending for restaurant; involved in P&L with a strict eye kept to budgets, overtime and cost.

• Hired, trained, and scheduled full staff. Staff at Vento exceeded 65 FOH. 02/1996 – 02/2006 I Trulli Ristorante/Enoteca New York, NY General Manager

• Worked with owner to expand all-Italian wine list to one of the largest in the city.

• Opened Enoteca I Trulli, the city’s first wine bar featuring only wines from the Italian peninsula with over 50 constantly changing selections by the glass.

• Helped to open Vino, one of the city’s only all-Italian wine shops.

• Opened and ran Vinoteca, I Trulli’s event space and storage facility.

• Owner started his own import company. Worked with selections brought in and labeling of new wines. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

Head Luthier at East Coast Music Mall – ran a custom guitar shop that produced 10-15 guitars a month. EDUCATION:

Arlington High School, Poughkeepsie, NY

SKILLS:

Management, Wine Knowledge, Conflict Resolution. Hiring / HR, Computer Systems, Openings

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