Food & Beverage Director

Food and Beverage Director — Meridian Crest Resort

Denver, CO | January 2024 – Present

• Directed all food and beverage operations across 3 dining outlets and 15,000 square feet of banquet space, managing a $4.2M P&L and increasing net profitability by 14.5%.
• Negotiated vendor contracts and integrated Restaurant365 for inventory tracking, reducing food cost of goods sold (COGS) by 4.2% and saving $68,000 in procurement costs.
• Redesigned the resort’s catering packages and pricing structures, yielding a 19% increase in average event spend and capturing $320,000 in incremental revenue.
• Introduced a comprehensive service standards training program for 72 culinary and front-of-house staff, boosting resort guest satisfaction survey scores by 18.2%.

Food and Beverage Manager — Beacon Dining Group

Seattle, WA | August 2020 – December 2023

• Supervised daily front-of-house operations for a 220-seat high-volume restaurant, maintaining a labor cost threshold under 28% while servicing 450+ covers nightly.
• Optimized scheduling protocols via HotSchedules for a team of 45 hourly employees, cutting weekly overtime expenditures by 38% and reducing staff turnover by 24%.
• Managed beverage program inventory and wine list curation, increasing high-margin beverage sales by 22% and generating $115,000 in additional annual profit.
• Coordinated execution of 80+ private dining events annually, streamlining prep workflows to reduce guest ticket wait times by an average of 8 minutes.

P&L management, Food & beverage cost control, Menu engineering, Banquet operations, Guest relations, Vendor negotiations, Regulatory compliance, Oracle Micros Simphony, HotSchedules, Restaurant365, Tripleseat, Excel, Food safety standards, ServSafe

Multi-Outlet POS Migration

Role: Project Leader

Tools: Oracle Micros Simphony, Excel

Directed the transition of 3 dining outlets to a cloud-based POS system over a 3-week timeline, minimizing transaction downtime to less than 15 minutes.

Banquet Space Revitalization

Role: Food and Beverage Director

Tools: Tripleseat, Restaurant365

Led the modernization of the main banquet hall's catering package and scheduling tool, driving a 32% increase in group bookings over 6 months.

• Certified Food and Beverage Executive (CFBE) (2023)
• ServSafe Manager (2020)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Meal preparation coordinator for regional food bank (2021-present)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice