Caroline Cueter: Manager/Beer Buyger in Playa Del Rey, CA
Caroline Cueter
Manager/Beer Buyger
Playa Del Rey | United States
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Outdoor
Run
Health & Fitness
Work experience
Fishing with Dynamite
Manager/Beer Buyger | 05/2016 - Current
- Optimized profits by controlling beverage and labor costs on a daily basis
- Unrelentingly dedicated to workgroup recruitment by conducting interviews within aggressive timeframe
- Assisted in developing high attention detailed training to all incoming crew members
- High detail mentorship of existing crew through technical and behavior examples.
- Conducting effective evaluations with teammates that promote development and provide discipline
- Supporting the GM in achieving weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial goals
- Using the P&L statement to regularly identify areas of opportunity to generate profit by increasing revenue or minimizing costs.
- Executing monthly beverage inventories at high level assuring accounts are within budget
- Curated beer programs for three Michelin recognized restaurants in Manhattan Beach by building close relationships with local, national, and independent craft breweries
- Overseeing and maintaining beer list consisting of 24 rotating draft handles and intimate bottle/can list
- Actively developing other members in leadership to maintain their restaurant specific beer program by assisting in purchasing, driving sales, training and managing costs.
- Maintaining high attention detail cleaning to all draft systems
- Worked alongside DOO in creating an intimate Cider program for Manhattan Beach Post that included approachable, yet complex ciders from Normandy, France all while being value driven.
GU Energy Labs
Sponsorship Coordinator | 10/2021 - Current
Built out in-kind and cash Event Sponsorship contracts for the year including contract negotiating, pre and post event logistics, brand partnership collaboration alongside Experiential Brand Manager
Facilitated and managed custom promotional tactics, health and fitness seminar speakers, on-site activations, special sponsorship requests, product sampling, expo and finish line booth placement, vehicle needs, signage placement, health permits, and city permits.
Requested, managed, and secured promotional assets and materials from sponsors for use in event print and digital media, on-course signage, newsletters, PA announcements, media guides, race programs and goodie bags
Managed Ambassador team of 530 enthusiastic athletes from across the country through promotion and incentivizing.
Managed trade show logistics and collaborated with Sales to determine show strategy. Tradeshows included: Run Show – Chicago, Fleet Feet Conference, IDEA World Convention, and The Running Event.
Nominated to Core Values Team: worked cross functionally to bring values to life, keep employee moral high, and ensure that all business decisions aligned with Athleticism, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, Longevity, Love
Drove sustainability initiative through TerraCycle partnership: upcycling program that’s diverted over 1.8 million wrappers (nearly 7,000lbs) from landfill since 2015
Collaborated with Marketing Communications team to develop athlete storytelling for every Sponsored event.
Traveled to events to promote the brand and partner with retailers to drive sell-through. Events included Oakland Running Festival, Way too Cool 50, Boston Marathon, and Western States