Briana Van Over Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Seattle

• Sold, contracted and planned private and retail events
• Created site-specific marketing and outreach collateral
• Consistently exceeded sales goals, and cultivated new business
• Contributed in increasing sales YOY

-First Catering Operations Manager to be instituted at this location. Defined the roles and expectations for the position during the 2018 Season-Scheduled staff of 40+ employees for daily events-Executed day-of coordination of events ranging 10-5000 guests-Created and implemented training and staff retention programs-Managed the ordering of durable and.

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Managed the Private Events team in increasing sales and building new business, and oversaw all private events of three venues, as well as offsite catering -Managed financials and prepared weekly reports -Created the department manual, defining procedures and protocol-Executed planning, staff scheduling and payroll, of off-site catering for groups 10-1000

-Oversaw staffing, training and payroll for all cater employees while selling and coordinating in-house events for three venues-Managed off-site events from conception to completion, overseeing day-of operations-Increased catering sales over prior year

-Lead server, and new hire trainer -Broke sales records for single employee sales, in one shift

• Campbell’s was my summer occupation for nine years. In 2008 and 2009 I worked year round as part of a management team that rebranded the restaurant’s menu, culture, and identity.
• I worked as a server, bartender, manager, and lead trainer.
• Helped implement team service, and assisted in creating the training manual for servers.
• Compiled the wine service handbook.