Enrique Vasquez
Bartender
Chicago,IL
Summary
Dynamic Assistant General Manager and Bartender with a proven track record at Beatnik on The River, enhancing customer satisfaction and resolving staff conflicts. Skilled in high-volume dining and fluent in Spanish, I excel in customer engagement and drink presentation, significantly contributing to workplace efficiency and team motivation.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Bartender/ Manager
Beatnik on The River
05.2019 - Current
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
- Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
- Was recently, January 2024, promoted to Assistant General Manager.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
Bartender
Monteverde
05.2016 - 04.2018
- Started as a bar back but was quickly promoted to Bartender within a year.
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
- Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
Support Staff Member
Three Dots And A Dash
08.2015 - 05.2016
- Assisted servers and bartenders with clearing tables and the bar.
- Improved my barback experience with learning more how to organize a bar and setting up bartenders for success.
Support Staff Member
The Boarding House
12.2012 - 08.2015
- Assisted the servers and bartenders with resetting tables and the bar with glassware and plates.
- Ran food throughout the restaurant.
- Restocked the bar with liquors, wines and organized the liquor room as need be.
Education
Marketing - Business
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL05.2015
Skills
- Workplace Safety
- Team motivation
- Customer Engagement
- Alcohol awareness
- Sanitation Standards
- Bar Equipment Maintenance
- Drink Presentation
- POS System Operation
- Liquor, beer, and wine knowledge
- Highly reliable
- Engaging personality
- Customer Service
- Customer service expertise
- Outgoing Personality
- Conversant in Spainish
- Classic cocktails
- Fluency in Spanish
- High-volume dining
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Bartender/ Manager
Beatnik on The River
05.2019 - Current
Bartender
Monteverde
05.2016 - 04.2018
Support Staff Member
Three Dots And A Dash
08.2015 - 05.2016
Support Staff Member
The Boarding House
12.2012 - 08.2015
Marketing - Business
Saint Xavier University
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