Sofia Cobelli Email & Phone Number

Ramsgate, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

• Event production and Execution: Lead event planning from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality experiences.
• Flagship Events: Hands-on delivery of key annual large conferences for Lewis Silkin.
• Calendar and Coordination: Manage the firm's event calendar and coordinate multiple events/meetings simultaneously.
• Project Management: Oversee large-scale events, project timelines, team roles, and weekly status updates.
• Venue and Supplier Management: Coordinate with venues… Show more
• Venue and Supplier Management: Coordinate with venues and suppliers, ensuring smooth setup, AV, and logistics.

• I played a key role in organising and executing a diverse range of live events, ensuring seamless execution from conception to post-event evaluation.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborated with stakeholders to understand their specific event objectives, and created detailed event plans aligning with client goals and brand messaging.
• Vendor Management: Managed vendor relationships, negotiated contracts, and ensured high-quality service delivery.
• Financial Management: Built… Show more I played a key role in organising and executing a diverse range of live events, ensuring seamless execution from conception to post-event evaluation.
• Financial Management: Built out budgets and trackers.
• Client Relations: Conducted regular status meetings with clients, providing timely updates, especially regarding budgets and maintained strong communication.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Operational Leadership: Spearheaded the development of a robust operational structure with a key focus on company policies, supplier contracts and increasing spend-per-head initiatives
• Team Building: Led recruitment drives, successfully assembling a new management and Front-of-House (FOH) team. Managed the training processes to ensure alignment with organisational objectives. Including the.
• F&B Enhancement: Worked… Show more
• F&B Enhancement: Worked closely with the Head Chef and Bar Manager to elevate Food and Beverage offerings, implementing key deals and operational changes to maximise revenue. Examples of these are introducing movable.
• Staff Motivation: Introduced initiatives to motivate FOH staff and a target-based reward system.
• Best Practices Implementation: Developed and managed comprehensive best practice procedures for management and FOH staff, covering food hygiene, health and safety, fire safety, first response, and licensing.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Overseeing two venues, I gained extensive managerial expertise across various events, ranging from annual conferences, corporate gatherings, and private functions to charity fundraisers, national food and drinks.
• Implementation of Online Rota System: Introduced a new online rota system across both venues, optimising staff scheduling across operational departments with projected labour costs.
• Introduction of a new Epos system with stock control and EOD financial reports.
• Financial Controls and Invoice Cross-Checking: Reinstated strict financial controls, rigorously cross-checking invoices to consistently come in under forecasted targets for overall labour costs and overheads.
• Development of Best Practice Procedures: Drafted and developed best practice staff procedures and manuals, maximising staff efficiency, reducing company overheads, and maintaining high-quality customer service levels.
• Subcontract Agreement Revisions and Supplier Negotiations: Revisited subcontract agreements, and negotiated new consumable suppliers, resulting in significant annual savings on cleaning and bar consumables.This tenure.