Savannah Armstrong Email & Phone Number

Colorado

Represent multiple M.S. Walker Brands in Liquor Stores and at events throughout the Denver Metro Area by handing out samples and merchandise, educating consumers about the brand, and hand selling bottles.

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

• Conduct short- and long-term planning and management for events and sales.• Develop and recommend the budget, marketing plans, and objectives and manage within those approved plans.• Maintained and exceeded budgeted sales and profits in all event areas.• Recommended, developed, and implemented effective marketing plans for generating event revenue.• Evaluated each piece of event business to ensure business can be properly serviced.• Assembled creative and innovative event attractions based on internal capabilities or outsourced to qualified vendors.• Trained, supervised, and worked with event staff, to solicit and book banquet and catering functions, as well as the planning, merchandising and execution of the functions.• Leads the event team to build long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of sales objectives.• Administered all phases of the event department, including but not limited to sales, planning, marketing, servicing, and administrative procedures.• Coached and counseled employees to reflect company service standards and procedures.

Larimer Square - Downtown Denver

• Returned to Cru’ as a Server and Assistant General Manager. • Continued to serve a variety of different red and white wines, including flights, that change weekly. Also serve different cheese and charcuterie boards as well as entrees that pair with the customers pallet. • Gained extensive wine and food knowledge while doing weekly wine tastings and working closely with our Somalia and Executive Chef. • Opened and closed the restaurant on a weekly basis which included doing all side work: folding napkins, cleaning, setting up patio, re-stocking bar, cutting fruit, etc.• Conducted daily manager duties such preparing the bank each morning, putting together tip outs, going to UPS or FedEX when needed, running NTR and other financial reports. Managed the floor staff as well as talking to the guests to ensure a great experience. Closed daily by making sure all side work is complete, run aloha reports, enter information into daily spreadsheets and ensure corporate has all reports for that day.

In charge of managing a large back and front of the house staff, assisting them and making sure the guests have an amazing dining experience.In charge of all the marketing including updating the restaurant's facebook, instagram, twitter pages, advertising all around the lohi and Denver area by passing out menus, coupons etc. Reply to all inquiries in regard to the restaurant, our menu and hosting events/parties at the venue.In charge of all opening and closing managerial duties, making sure the restaurant is all set up and staff is ready. Conducted daily and weekly manager duties including the staff schedule, updating/adding items to the Aloha POS system, doing table touches to ensure guests are having the best experience and creating a positive, uplifting work environment for my staff.Conducted all closing details including making sure the drawer and deposit are correct. Separating out the staff’s hours and tips. Running multiple reports and keeping track of daily and weekly sales.In charge of the wine program and all ordering for the bar. Also ensured front of the house was fully stocked with all office supplies or other items they needed.

Cocktail Server and Server at the 2nd highest grossing Capital Grille in the nation. All high-end fine dining service to a variety of guests.Extensive knowledge of all the food we offer as well as our extensive wine list. Attend monthly training to expand my knowledge in food and wine specific to the Capital Grille Opened and closed the lounge on a weekly basis which included completing all side work and opening/closing responsibilities.

Greater Denver Area

• Recruited and placed professional and technical candidates in the Aerospace, Communications and Healthcare Industries.• Responsible for advertising all of my active openings on several different job boards such as Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder, Craigslist, RMIUG etc. Updated the company website with all open job orders by using MaxHire.• Performed daily recruiting tasks including searching for resumes, calling and emailing prospective candidates, conducting phone and in-person interviews, checking references and on-boarding candidates that are hired. • Used the Staffing Software MaxHire to track the recruiting process. • Attended several networking events and seminars to meet new candidates and learn more about the industry.

Denver, Co

• Human Resource Management of 80 employees between 4 different Midstream Oil & Gas companies.• Processed payroll bi-monthly. Employees were paid 100% commission, so processed the commission rates for each driver using Microsoft Excel, then entered total gross amounts into Paychex Online. Also calculated PTO, Sick Days, Hourly Employees, Salary Employees, Bonuses etc.• Processed all withholding and deductions including Child Support, Loans and Benefits.• Handled all hiring of new employees which included posting the job, reviewing resumes, conducting phone and in-person interviews, checking their background, driving record, references and scheduling drug tests. Once cleared made sure all hiring paperwork was filled out and they had everything to start and to be DOT Compliant.• Manage the Driver Schedule, Sick and Vacation Days for all 4 companies to ensure DOT compliance was maintained for all drivers.• Set-up and Processed all benefits information including, Medical, Dental, Vision and Simple IRA's.• Managed all Workman Compensation and Unemployment Claims.• Ordered and Managed all company cell phones, run tickets, uniforms, and all other mandatory equipment/paperwork in order to be compliant with the DOT.• Conducted driver meetings to review all company policies and procedures.• Made sure all drivers stayed DOT compliant by managing their training, making sure their HazMats, Medical Certificates, and CDL's where current and scheduling random drug tests.

Work with the Executive Chef, Kitchen Staff and Management at the Denver Zoo and National Western Stock Show to meet client’s specific needs for their event.Served different roles such as Captain, Line Captain, Bartender and Server for barbeques, fundraisers (Do at the Zoo, Brew at the Zoo, Singles Safari, Zoomilly, Boo at the Zoo, Zoo Lights, Volunteers of America), trade shows (National Western Stock Show, Harley Davidson Show, Auto Show, Dog Show) large and small dinner parties, weddings and corporate banquets. Put together creative signs and menus for the events. Set up and tear down for events ranging from 10 to 3000 people.• Assist the Denver Zoo Catering Manager, Regional Manager and Assistant Manager of National Western with administrative tasks.

Recruited and placed professional and technical candidates.Responsible for making sure our clients received qualified candidates for their staffing and project requirements and ensured that our processes met their needs.Experience with several different recruiting tools, techniques, job boards, newspapers, magazine ads, referrals etc. Performed daily recruiting tasks including searching for resumes, calling and emailing prospective candidates, conducting phone and in-person interviews, checking references and on-boarding candidates that are hired. Entered candidate information, tracked recruiting activity, scheduled interviews/meetings and entered candidate skills into these databases. Multi-tasked by working on a large amount of different job requirements at one time and presented several qualified candidates for each requirement.

Recruited and placed professional and technical candidates.Experience with several different recruiting tools, techniques, job boards, newspapers, magazine ads, referrals etc. Responsible for posting all job descriptions on several different job boards such as Monster, Dice, Careerbuilder, Craigslist, RMIUG etc.Worked with several different VMS accounts including IQNavigator, Chimes and Pinnacle. Performed daily recruiting tasks including searching for resumes, calling and emailing prospective candidates, conducting phone and in-person interviews, checking references and on-boarding candidates that are hired. Created and managed job orders in different databases that included Oracle, Zoniac and WebPAS. Also entered candidate information, tracked recruiting activity, scheduled interviews/meetings and entered candidate skills into these databases. Updated the company website with all open job orders by using WebPAS and HTML.

Professionally answered, screened and announced all incoming calls. Greeted guests in a professional, friendly, and hospitable manner. Assisted the recruiters by screening resumes as they arrived and entered preliminary pertinent information into different systems including Oracle, Zoniac and WebPAS. Re-formatted 8+ resumes in Microsoft Word daily for the recruiters. Each resume was Re-formatted within 30 minutes or less and most resumes where 3+ pages long.Did special projects for management such as: fax and e-mail campaigns, letters, back office work, and reports.Posted job descriptions on several different sites including Monster, Careerbuilder, Dice, Craigslist and RMIUG.Assisted the marketing director with event planning, tradeshows, and marketing materials.Typed memos, correspondence, reports, and other documents for the company.Arranged business travel for all managers within the company.

Handled all inside sales and assisted on outside sales.Overlooked all accounting practices and collections.Conducted all front desk responsibilities such as answering the phones, faxes, copies, emails, and assisting customers with all their questions and concerns.Showroom organizer and detailer.Responsible for marketing, direct mailings and advertising for the office division and supporting Outside Commercial Sales Representatives. Specifically preparing quotes, follow up calls, managing inventory, scheduling deliveries and preparing all contractual agreements.

Conducted Business to business sales daily.Sold marketing promotions for professional sports teams, luxury day spas/resorts, and championship golf courses.Worked with large profile clients.Spoke with at least 200 people a day in 3 different states and at least 30 different cities.

Worked with customers over the phone and in person.Assisted corporate clients with all orders and concerns while tracking inventory.Sold all available products and focused on immediate closing.Processed production reports, advertising and gift center sales.Assisted the accountant with bills and all accounts payable inquiries.

Business

Scholastic Diploma, General Studies