Corporate Restaurant Manager with almost 30 years experience working for leading International Cruise Lines, that successfully designed, proposed and implemented strategic changes within the Restaurant Department. These have included: Increased Food Revenue; Reduction of operational restaurant staffing costs of €3.5m per year; Changing the actual restaurant organization; and Increasing proficiencies by implementing smarter ways of working. This was achieved by removing the manual process of recording guest orders by waiters, to a digital ordering system. In addition, I have reduced hotel equipment’s costs.
MSC Cruises
Universidad Insurgentes, S.C.
My experiences
MSC Cruises
2 YEARS 7 MONTHS
Corporate Dining Services Manager of fleet Yacht Club area and dining operation. Date: feb 2019 – now Where: Genova, Italy
Costa Crociere S.p.a
11 YEARS 2 MONTHS
Corporate Restaurant Manager of Fleet Restaurant operation Date: sep 2014 - feb 2019 Duration of work: 4 Years 6 Month
Cruise line professional with over 26 years of experience, in food & beverage operations, procurement,new building, product development , strategy and digital project.
Currently Corporate Restaurant Manager in Costa Cruises , the leader Italian cruise line which boast 65 years of history.
Presently responsible for the management of all Restaurant Operations fleet-wide. this includes ensuring the consistency of existing & future levels of service fleet wide in dining venues onboard. In addition, my primary focus is the development and continuous improvement of products, concepts and standards to ensure Costa Crociere remains a market leader in service delivery. Development of fleetwide initiatives with flexible dining programs, including web restaurant reservation and digital solution essential to ensure our leadership position within the industry.
Lately I've developed first and created after a system of digital orders within the restaurants, bringing innovation and modernity within an organization that needed flexibility and dynamism. This concept brought considerable income to the company apart of been the first cruise company having all the restuarant fully digitally under control.
Competencies:
• Restaurant and Beverage Venue Start-Ups
• Pre-Opening Leadership
• Restaurant Planning & Design
• R&D and Concept Innovation/Development
• Process Improvements
• Public Health & Food Safety Compliance
• Wine & Beverage Operations
• Revenue Generation
• Cost Analysis/Controls
• Quality Assurance Programs
• Catering & Event Management
• Staff Training & Development
• Staff Retention/Succession Planning
Corporate Restaurant Supervisor Date: feb 2014 – sep 2014 Duration of work: 8 months Where: Genova, Italia
Maitre d'hotel. Date: jan 2008 – jan 2014 Duration of work: 6 Years 1 Month
Princess Cruises
17 YEARS
Maitre d'Hotel Date: 1991 – june 2008
Education
Universidad Insurgentes, S.C.
Economy and Finance
1994 - 1998
Istituto tecnico Nautico San Giorgio
Aspirante capitano Lungo corso
1991
Johnson & Wales University
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