Bert Svensson

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About Bert Svensson

Proven hospitality and beverage professional. Strong background in sales, procurement, new business and account development including emerging markets. Extensive contact network within hospitality and beverage industries. Goal and results driven, very experienced in business metrics and analytics. Hospitality career exceeds $1 billion in procurement and exceeds $1/2 billion in sales. Experienced Liquor Department Retail manager focused on customer centric store sales to drive personalized sales and create customer relationships that continues to shop store, and by that increase department and store sales as well as customer basket. • Experience of turning around departments and reach set target goals for both sales and profitability, while continuously meet and exceed set budgets and create customer loyalty. • Build, mentor and train teams/staff in standards as well as sales and merchandising. • Wine, Fine Wine, Spirits, Beer and Craft Beer Specialist. Sommelier with more than 10+ years On- and Off-Premise beverage experience and 20+ years of hospitality sales. • Wine, beer and spirits specialist focused on growing sales and brands based on drinkability trends and consumer data. • Host of 500+ consumer tastings. • Wine educator, trade/staff training. • Consulting for restaurants/bars improving and creating craft beer and wine by glass selection and menus, manage distributor network, purchasing and onsite events. Hospitality industry sales and meetings & events planning specialist with successful delivery focus including • site selection • sourcing • procurement • contracting • onsite logistics • relationship management expertise, destination knowledge and product development. Specialties - Hospitality and Wine, Beer, Spirits, Beverage Industry Business Development, Key Account Development, Relationship Management, Sales and Marketing, Product Development, Site Selection, Sourcing, Procurement, Contracting, Brand Strategy, Branding & Sales Development, Database/Email Marketing. Sommelier; Wine, Fine Wine, Craft Beer and Spirits Specialist.