Erik Dye
Huntington Station,NY
Summary
Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Bartender
Fogo de Chao
01.2024 - Current
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Developed loyal clientele by consistently delivering outstanding service and engaging in friendly conversation.
Bartender
P.F. Chang's
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Greeting tables that are sat in my section, as well as any quests that sit at the bar
- Taking down drink and food order, and ensuring the kitchen receives the food orders
- Making drinks for my guests, as well as any drink tickets that come through to the bar for other tables
- Maintaining an accurate tab for each guest I have
- Keeping conversation, entertaining guests, and ensuring they have a pleasant experience
- Giving the proper check to the guest at the appropriate time
- Ensuring payment is received for each guests tab
Shift Leader
Chick-fil-A Restaurants
12.2022 - 07.2023
- Ensuring speed of service time is at standard
- Ensuring food safety, and food quality standards are upheld
- Ensuring team morale, and a healthy work environment is maintained
- Assisting stations that are falling behind/are understaffed
- Training new team members on each station, and making sure they are cross-trained to as many stations as possible
- Keeping day to day food waste low
- Ensuring labor percentage is within acceptable standard
- Overseeing the entire raw chicken section, making sure that it is well maintained, we rotate chicken properly, and to keep raw chicken waste as low as possible
- Due to strategies that I created and implemented, I was able to take raw waste down hundreds of dollars a week, significantly reducing food cost
- Help other leads with their assigned sections since I've already implemented a working strategy within my own
Team Member
Cabo Fresh California Mexican Grill
04.2022 - 11.2022
- Keeping a good level of cleanliness on the line, assisting customers and preparing their orders, as well as preparing some backups for specific food items we use on the line
- Since I started working at Cabo I've taken every opportunity to learn to do more, expand my skillset, and overall help as much as I physically can when I'm in
- I definitely consider myself one of the anchors in the front of the house who can rotate in and out to help where needed
- I've gone beyond the job description to learn how to cook specific options usually left to the person on Grill, so that I can help lighten their workload, and expand the skillset I currently have
Sales Associate
DICK'S Sporting Goods
08.2020 - 01.2022
- Maintaining a good level of organization on the sales floor, and recovering it as needed
- Maintaining a friendly and welcoming atmosphere as I help the customers find what they need
- Explaining the differences between certain products, this mainly came into play selling bigger ticket items (i.e
- Bikes, Cardio equipment, Bows, etc
- Setting up a Delivery and Assembly for customers ordering equipment such as treadmills, or basketball hoops through a third party company
- Though I was originally hired as a sales associate for team sports, I'm also trained to work behind the register, as well as in Bikes and Fitness, and archery
- Typically I've been working within the bikes and fitness section, and mainly build bikes and sell them after explaining the benefits of a certain bike, and answering any questions that may arise about the bikes, or cardio equipment
Floor Technician
Retro Fitness
08.2018 - 08.2019
- Making sure all the gym equipment remained usable, and closing off equipment that was faulty
- Maintaining a good level of cleanliness around the gym
- Making sure people enjoyed being at the gym, giving them a helping hand and directing them to people who were able to handle any problems that arose
Camp Counselor
Future Stars Summer Camp
06.2017 - 08.2019
- Watching over a group of 20-30 kids, depending on the week with roughly one to two other counselors in the group
- Making sure we did enjoyable activities that made everyone feel included, and made sure everyone had a good time overall
- Watching over the waterslides we set up after lunch, which every kid went to at different time slots
- I got to work with a lot of people from many different backgrounds while I was here, and made a lot of friends with other counselors, which overall improved our cohesiveness at work
Education
Associate's Degree - Paralegal Studies
Suffolk County Community College
Brentwood, NY05-2025
High school diploma -
Walt Whitman High School
Huntington Station, NY07.2020
Skills
- Highly reliable
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Document filing
- Strong multitasking
- File organization
- Motion drafting
- Proficient in Westlaw
Timeline
Bartender
Fogo de Chao
01.2024 - Current
Bartender
P.F. Chang's
08.2023 - 07.2024
Shift Leader
Chick-fil-A Restaurants
12.2022 - 07.2023
Team Member
Cabo Fresh California Mexican Grill
04.2022 - 11.2022
Sales Associate
DICK'S Sporting Goods
08.2020 - 01.2022
Floor Technician
Retro Fitness
08.2018 - 08.2019
Camp Counselor
Future Stars Summer Camp
06.2017 - 08.2019
Associate's Degree - Paralegal Studies
Suffolk County Community College
High school diploma -
Walt Whitman High School
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