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Oakdale, Mn

 Prepare and disseminate materials for board of director meetings for clients. Oversee registration table and welcome special guests such as legislators.  Execute event planning for client special events, annual conferences, and recurring leadership meetings.  Events range from conferences with more than 500 participants and a trade show to small organizational meetings with fewer than 10 participants.  Organize travel arrangements for the committee and board members.  Draft press releases and media advisory alerts. Develop client social media activity and create a plan to increase engagement. Assist clients with event planning. Design and maintain www.mnwatershed.org Duties include booking space, create event dossier, set up and registration, agenda, and materials, media relations, social media, managing RSVP list, acting as a liaison during the event, event feedback with the steering committee.

3M Center Headquarters

 Responsible for all catering departments accounting for $5,000,000 in annual sales. Oversee 6 managers and 40 catering and event planning staff members.  Provide overall planning, direction and control to assigned units within 3M to achieve operating and financial goals.  Responsible for the accuracy and predictability of each unit’s financial performance through the utilization of the forecasting process.  Oversee and manage all events and budgets.  Assist with hiring, discipline, performance reviews, and initiating pay increases of employees.  Identify opportunities to implement new and innovative products and services which support business development and client retention. Proactively elevate programs based on feedback and experiences to be standardized across campus.

Eagan, Mn

 Oversee and manage 45 employees in retail café’s with an average total sale of $12,000 daily. Experience with hourly hiring process and interviewing, orientation, coaching and counseling as well as evaluating job performance.  Effective in both front and back of the house, with sharp financial abilities, effective communication skills, exceptional customer service competencies and strong background in motivating employees for excellent service outcomes.  Manage the catering department with average weekly sales of $4,500  Create marketing promotions for café’s and catering through digital media, online blogging and visual table displays to help drive sales and promote new business and new products. Coordinate and supervise unit personnel regarding production, merchandising, quality, and cost control as well as labor scheduling, staffing, and employee training.  Ensure that requirements for appropriate sanitation and food safety levels in respective areas are met.

Minneapolis, Mn

 Maintains food quality and customer service in a cash handling retail food operation that includes branded concepts, in-house formats and signature designs. Assists in maintenance of cash control and payroll records, supporting financial and HR functions, filing and invoices, sending out billings and transfers between units.  Managing 50 P&L employees and 35 unionized employees. Filling positions as needed, interviewing, hiring, conducting performance evaluations as well as constructive criticism assessments.  Implement all marketing programs and promotions as well as weekly specials to build awareness and continue to grow sales within each unit.  Assists in answering phone calls and directing to the appropriate department, faxing in work orders and help out with updating employee files as training is conducted.  Manage inventory levels of all products within the account to make sure all items are ordered as needed and our food cost is remaining stable. Coordinate catering events at Phillips Eye Care Institute (Allina Health Care System) ranging from 10-200 people. Meet with clients about catering proposals, menu planning and room set ups. Generate weekly and monthly reports and invoices to maintain a low food cost and high sale numbers.

St. Cloud, Minnesota Area

•Conduct research to evaluate and determine product pricing increases and present the pricing analysis assessments for approval from the appropriate committees. •Assists with unit marketing efforts including market research and market analysis; designs, develops, and refreshes visual merchandising and products; assists with marketing program development, implementation, communication, and evaluation. •Develop a strategic marketing plan for each restaurant concept to be presented, and created a partnership report at the end of each semester to evaluate the success of products based on sales. •Implement limited time offers at various retail and residential locations to achieve the restaurant concept’s sales, growth, and profitability while ensuring a marketing message consistent with Sodexo’s corporate direction. •Develop public relations opportunities such as speaking engagements, press releases and presentations to enhance partnership with the University, Sodexo, vendors and off campus clientele. •Assist with the overall establishment of 6th Street Grill restaurant including the menu board design and artwork, recipes of products serve, training of employees, implementing new featured items to generate new business and retain current customers.•Maintain the account website and update social networking sites multiple times daily.•Develop a marketing and communications strategy that supports consistent business growth and enhances Sodexo’s Comprehensive Solutions brand equity and brand awareness.•Manage product display booths at multiple campus events to promote student meal plans, educate the campus community on Sodexo initiatives, and provide limited time offer samples to create product awareness.•Makes key financial decisions during renovation phases, enhancement of facilities and technological advancements to enhance the value perception of dining operations

 Interviewed, scheduled and trained catering staff and supervised 1 to 35 employees during direct set-up and take down of events. Attended trade shows to promote Sodexo Catering Services to recruit new clientele to campus.  Catered for groups of 2 up to 500 people and supervised a total of 1,200 events per year. Create prep sheets for events as well as room set up diagrams and employee teams to help with the daily flow of business.  Coordinate with managers and chefs to ensure that events are successfully completed.

Human Resource Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

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