Food and Beverage Industry Specialist

 

Management ~ Sales

 

 

Ø  Offering numerous years of successful experience as both Restaurant Owner and more recently, Food and Beverage Director with an elite Country Club

Ø  Successfully purchased restaurant doing approximately $100K in sales and grew to over $500K in annual sales through proactive marketing and advertising, focus on world-class customer service and innovative menu development

Ø  Excel in strategically forecasting and controlling food and beverage, labor and operating costs as well as pricing restaurant menus and catering events to maximize bottom-line profits

Ø  Effectively manage inventories and purchase food and beverage to boost profit-margins

Ø  Expertly recruit, hire, train, and direct high-performance front and back of house staff including servers, bartenders and cooks; efficiently schedule personnel to optimize use of resources

Ø  Prior background in both outside and inside sales; dynamic communication, presentation and relationship management skills

 

 

Food and Beverage Director, Oakhurst Country Club-Grove City, OH                          2008-Present

Profitably steer broad-scope operations spanning human resources, purchasing, inventory control, fiscal management, and business development

Effectively hire, train, schedule, and direct staff including servers, bartenders and cooks

Actively collaborate with catering sales department in competitively pricing events

Perform food costing focused on maximizing profit margins

Create unique menus for both catering and restaurant

 

Owner/Operator, Restaurant-OH                                                                                      2001-2007

Demonstrated sharp business acumen in successfully purchasing, growing and managing restaurant to quadruple sales volume; held full P&L accountability

Efficiently scheduled staff to meet customer demand while containing labor costs and managed full-range HR functions, from hiring and training to performance evaluations and employee relations

Effectively forecasted payroll and sales, priced food costs and controlled budgets

Managed all food and beverage purchasing, including vendor pricing/terms negotiations, and controlled inventory at optimal levels

 

 

Computer Information Science Major, Devry University