Ranier Reglos

Well-connected Beverage Director with six years of experience raising alcohol spend per guest experience at high-end boutique restaurants. Expert leader in training bar and wait staff in quality beverage marketing techniques. Sommelier with advanced knowledge of fine wines, beer and spirits.

• Led Social Affair to be recognized by the 'San Ramon Award Program' in 2022 in their Bar & Restaurant Category
• Instrumental in establishing and building Social Affair Wine & Cocktail Lounge
• Consistently created new client experiences by way of creative merchandising, marketing, and promotion by partnering with local businesses
• Experienced in building and establishing new business locations
• Selected to manage Prada's 2013 America's Cup pop-up location in San Francisco
• Created systems and procedures to assist team in tracking sales and inventory management
• Consistently sold an average of over $130,000 monthly while managing customer experience and employees
• Responsible for recruiting, hiring and training staff which includes servers, hosts, bartenders, and sommeliers
• Enforce alcohol regulations and other guidelines to ensure customer safety
• Coordinated all Private Events for Social Affair which included pairing dinners, company happy hour, and private parties for clients
• Streamlined processes to improve the customer experience
• Promoted and implemented new ideas to bring additional customers and cash flow
• Responsible for creation and curation of the wine and cocktail menu
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with various vendors to secure a proper beverage program
• Maintains daily and monthly inventory of the current beverage program
• Monitors finances, including sales and expenses
• Created business relationships around the community to promote Social Affair
• Processes a range of documentation and maintains information in databases
• Supervised and delegated tasks to a team of 35 people
• Oversaw daily operations that included inventory management, working with vendors, maintaining and creating retail displays for products, and led tastings for all new and existing beverage products
• Proactively participated in meetings and helped create new practices
• Answered calls, responded to emails, and spoke with clients face-to-face
• Trained, coached, and supervised new staff members
• Pitched ideas on how to improve performance and efficiency
• Helped management to identify workflow issues and find solutions
• Consistently had one of the highest 'Units Per Transaction' in store
• Responsible for merchandising and general upkeep of the store floor
• Responsible for team training and clientele relations, while leading the team to monthly sales goals of over a million dollars
• Responsible for monthly inventory cycle counts
• Ensured that sales of the day are accurately reported
• Consistently met yearly individual sales goal of over $1.3M
• Created numerous ways to increase productivity and sales numbers through knowledge of SAP
• Instrumental in opening and establishing the Prada Livermore location
• Helped in the creation and opening and management of the Prada pop-up shop in San Francisco, CA during the 2013 America's Cup from July to October 2013
• Created shortcuts for logistical operations
• Created format for sales associates to track sales figures
• Responsible for conveying the entire House Family Wine catalog and brand to potential customers through food pairings, basic wine chemistry, and history of the vineyard
• Served as the Sommelier for House Family Winery's private event dinners
• Coordinated events for the winery
• Created tasting notes for House Family Winery's Catalog of wine

• Selected as a Judge in the 2023 USA Spirits Ratings
• Selected as a Judge in the 2023 Sommelier's Choice Awards
• Attained a CWAS from the San Francisco Wine School