Brenna Goldstein

www.brennagoldstein.com Supporting business operations and strategic development for food related businesses, brands and restaurants, especially as it relates to brand partnerships, events and project management.

Supported licensed partners at 30+ domestic airport, stadium and travel plaza locations with all supplier needs and vendor management. Embedded with marketing, construction and operations teams daily on new vendor set up for all new Shack openings. Facilitated development of new product flavors and menu items alongside culinary team (yes, that means milkshake and burger tastings). Analyzed & tracked monthly cost fluctuations, inventory and sales across all items.

Managed all orders across e-comm, retail, pre-order, catering sales channels. Point of contact for all sales inquiries and catering, holiday, corporate gifting outreach and execution. Square & Shopify sales channels.

Connecting food makers and innovators with the kitchens and spaces they need, from their first phone call to first day in their new kitchen. Well versed in advisement on LADPH and CDPH permitting regulations. Oversaw: Social, Mailchimp, Nimble CRM, Outlook Calendar, Google suite, Microsoft Teams, Appfolio.

Managed over 60 tenants running individual commercial food businesses under one roof. From independent CPG to meal prep to R&D to restaurant prep, our tenants ranged in support needs, permit requirements and key learnings.

General assistant to both Business and Events managers, as well as owners Chef Walter and Margarita Manzke. Managed general email account, main phone line, nightly reservations, daily menu, invoicing, office inventory and all special projects. Large focus on organization tasks throughout the office, event rooms and 2 story restaurant.

Worked for a top US wholesale footwear trading company based out of New York, with a large office in China. Assisting with all day to day logistics from customer appointments to client dinners to sample shipments and development. With travel opportunities and wonderful customers, the shoe business industry has been an important learning experience.

Completed all prep duties for daily food production, kept track of new recipes and helped developed daily specials. The greatest take-away was working with the most genuine and passionate people everyday. That combined with using delicious local ingredients made this one of the best jobs I'll ever have. Often worked front of house as well, running the register or as a floor manager. A personal fave task was writing the beautiful chalkboard signs- a dream career for my next life!

Assisted on execution and last minute organization of 2015 30 Under 30 issue.