Cotto Alex

Experience

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  El Conquistador Puerto Rico

  Apr 2001 - Oct 2007

  Assistant Banquet Manager

  Responsible of the Set-Up and banquet Department overnight shift. Prepare salons/ball rooms for diverse activities and functions such as breakfast, lunch, dinners, companies meetings, etc. Work together with engineering and show production. Coordinate with the client the activities with diagrams. Responsible for the day to day operations, work schedules, purchases, inventories, fore plans, customer service, side inspections and employee problem solution. Ensure that equipment is prepared for the following day’s work and that all banquet facilities are in proper operational condition, properly stocked and cleaned on a regular basis. Ensure the security and proper storage of banquet inventory and equipment. This is a 5-diamond hotel, 2 luxury ballroom over 50,000 s/f banquet and meeting rooms, plus 15,000 s/f open-spaces and sales exceeding 20 million dollars annually. Show less

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  CROWNE PLAZA DIA DENVER

  Feb 2010 - Jan 2012

  Assistant Banquet Manager

  Responsible of the Banquet Department. Prepare salons/ball rooms for diverse activities and functions such as breakfast, lunch, dinners, receptions and weddings, companies meetings, etc. Work together with engineering and show production. Coordinate with the client the activities and the catering manager s with diagrams and the finals details for the activities. Responsible for the day to day operations, work schedules, purchases, inventories, fore plans, customer service, side inspections and employee problem solution. Ensure that equipment is prepared for the following day’s work and that all banquet facilities are in proper operational condition, properly stocked and cleaned on a regular basis. Ensure the security and proper storage of banquet inventory and equipment. \Cover the MOD position at least one day per week or by request. This is a Business and Convention Center, one ballroom over 50,000 s/f and 25,000 s/f meeting spaces. Show less

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  Embassy suites colorado springs

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Banquet Manager

  Responsible for preparing/set-up of salons for diverse activities. Preparation and presentation of buffets and full table service meals including table set-up and guests service. Prepare salons/ball rooms for diverse activities and functions such as breakfast, lunch, dinners, companies meetings, etc. Work together with engineering and meeting planners. Coordinate with the client the activities with diagrams. Responsible for the day to day operations, work schedules, purchases, inventories, fore plans, customer service, side inspections and employee problem solution, Sales exceeding 2 million dollars annually. Show less

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  Hotel Elegante

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

  Banquet Manager

  Oversee Banquet department of 500 Rooms hotel and 85,000 S/F of Banquet/Meeting space. Responsible for monitoring the daily operations of the Banquet Department; managing the staffs and the execution of events from set up to break down; ensuring that all client needs and requests are met; Supervise and evaluate the Banquet Department, oversee staffing and scheduling; sales exceeding 8 million dollars annually.

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  The Antlers by wyndham

  Jan 2014 - now

  Director of Baqutes

  Director of Banquets and Beverage operationI work 365 Grand Club corporation, and I overseeing 2 properties The Antlers hotel with more a 50,000 s/f in meeting rooms and Wyndham Miners Exchange 29,000 s/f in meeting rooms, and supervise one banquet manager, one assistant banquet manager, 8 captain and more a 60 employees, all the beverage operations for banquets and rest of the hotels operation. Is 10 million dollars in banquet.