Steve Nelson

Building Partnerships in Hospitality / Regional Vice President of Sales

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

About

As a person of service, I'm passionate about helping to increase employee morale and in making an impact on the guest experience. With more than two decades of hospitality experience, I support Employee Cafe's, Guest Coffee with our Roasters with a Social Cause, Lobby Market Places and Grab N Go snacks and fresh food throughout Florida. It's my personal mission to • mirror your company culture and business initiatives • increase employee satisfaction, retention and productivity • ensure you’re positioned to recruit top talent for your team • significantly strengthen customer loyalty Call me at 262-212-8249 and get started right away at ensuring both your employee and guest experiences are the best they can be. Your employees and your guests expect the best. I can help. Yours in Hospitality, Steve

Experience

  • Canteen North America (12 yrs 7 mos)
    • Regional Vice President
      Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Canteen is a proud member of Compass Group North America and a family of companies serving clients with national, regional, and local offerings for our lobby markets, employee cafe's, vending and coffee solutions. Utilizing my extensive hotel/resort experience, I look to engage and to partner with hotelier's. My passion is to focus on two things...to increase employee morale and productivity in hospitality and to elevate the overall guest experience. I begin by ensuring your employee breakroom mirrors your company culture while ensuring your employees can refuel and re energize themselves to take great care of guests. Happy employees, happy guests and greater profit. I also present strategies to ensure the guest experience is unique and tells a story. You want your guest's to leave with stories of their experience to share with others and to ensure they return again and again.

    • Senior Sales Director
      2016 - Present · 10 yrs 7 mos

      "Always Fresh. Always On.” Canteen continues the great tradition that began in 1929. Our mission is to be recognized as the most client and customer focused company in the world. Canteen is the largest operating coffee and automated retail company in the United States and is a division of Compass Group North America.

    • Regional Sales Director
      2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

  • Director of Catering at Chartwells, Compass Group USA
    2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

    Chartwells is a leader in foodservice management and a division of Compass Group North America, working in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Whitewater. The Director of Catering is responsible for serving a community including 12,000 UWW Faculty and Students that conducted more than 1100 catered meetings and events in 2013.

  • Assistant Director of Sales at Grand Geneva Resort
    2011 - 2012 · 1 yr

  • Renaissance Hotels (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Sales Executive
      2010 - 2011 · 1 yr

    • Senior Catering Sales Manager
      2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

  • Director of Catering & Conference Services at Radisson
    2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs