Adam Parke
Akron
Summary
Highly driven General Manager successful at implementing strategic approaches to drive profitability and sales. Recognized for performance excellence in operations and customer care. Successful at motivating, training and developing team members to drive profitability in highly competitive environment.
Customer-oriented general manager with several years of experience focused on increasing production and minimizing downtime. Adaptive and deadline-oriented with capacity to execute and complete multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General manager multi unit
Lane ave group dba, Donatos pizza
03.2024 - Current
- Day to day operations of franchise held units
- Staffing, ordering, inventory, finance management, training and development of junior managers and staff.
- Insured all company policies were being adhered to and interpreted accordingly.
- Scheduling meetings at different levels.
- Maintains proper signage and sales events insured the overall profitability monitoring key metrics and implementing adjustments where needed.
Assistant Manager
Bob Evans
Macedonia
04.2023 - Current
- Annual Sales Volume: $6MM PreCovid19
- Maintained Labor Cost below 12% by scheduling, flexing shifts to maximize labor hours, monitoring sales, and forecasting.
- Typically oversee a staff of 60 but 20 during Covid19.
- Managed several locations filling in for GM and AGM’s as needed.
- Reason for looking: Better Opportunity
General manager
Charter foods North Akron
North Akron
12.2023 - 02.2023
- Day to day operations of franchise held restaurants.
- Certified level 2 food safety manager.
- ServSafe Proctor.
General Manager
Denny’s
Akron
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Maintained Labor and food costs under company Guidelines.
- By flexing staff and crew schedules based on actual sales and forecasting.
- Maintained staffing levels by recruiting and onboarding new hires.
- Performed weekly and daily inventories ordered food and dry goods.
- Invoicing, payroll, banking.
- Training and developing new hires as well as potential management candidates.
- Maintained all company policies and guiding principals.
General Manager
Beef ‘O’Brady’s
Wadsworth
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Annual Sales Volume: $2.5 MM
- Retained Customer base by increasing promotions, developing advertising, and marketing with local businesses.
- Reduced Labor Cost by restructuring staff of BOH for greater efficiency.
- Oversaw staff of 20+ and held pre-shift meetings for both BOH and FOH.
- Organized catered on-site events for local businesses and special occasions.
- Reason for leaving: Franchise was sold
Kitchen Manager
Johnny J’s Pub and Grille
Akron
06.2018 - 08.2019
- Annual Sales Volume: $6 MM
- Managed BOH staff of 7.
- Recruited, hired, trained, and coached the team.
- Reorganized and renovated the kitchen with new equipment.
- Maintained speed of prep and ticket times for an efficient operation.
- Provided food for events of 150-200 guests.
- Reason for leaving: location closed
Executive Chef
Craft Cantina
Akron
08.2017 - 03.2018
Cook/Kitchen Manager
Valley Café
Akron
05.2011 - 07.2015
- Contributed to building the brand of a locally sourced scratch kitchen.
- Developed and printed menus and developed processes.
- Oversaw staff of 10.
- Negotiated with local vendors to cut food costs.
- Reason for leaving: Growth Opportunity
Education
Psychology/Business -
Kent State University
Kent, OHElectronics and Soldering -
Ashtabula County Vocational School
Ashtabula, OHSkills
- Operations management
- Financial analysis
- Inventory control
- Labor cost optimization
- Food safety compliance
- Customer relationship management
- Staff recruitment
- Sales forecasting
- Performance monitoring
- Marketing strategy development
- Team leadership
- Conflict resolution
- Effective communication
- Staff training and mentoring
- Problem solving
- Staff training and development
- Vendor sourcing
- Goal setting
- New business development
- Project planning
- Supervision and training
- Account management
- Business administration
- Performance improvements
- Branding
- Public relations
- Team building
- Community outreach
- Networking
- Staff supervision
- Staff motivation
- Sound judgment
- Product analysis
- Budget analysis
- Sales planning and implementation
- Budgeting and cost control
- Cross-functional team management
- Advertising and marketing
- Change implementation
- Sales
- Outsourcing
- Multimillion-dollar P&L management
- Employee scheduling
- Process redesign
- Time and resource optimization
- Data review
- Total quality management
- Budget coordination
- Troubleshooting expertise
- Time management
- Sales team development
- Vendor partnerships
- Deadline oriented
- Problem resolution
- Staff training/development
- Risk management
- Dealership management
- Workflow planning
- Organizational restructure and change
- Leadership and team building
- Training and development
- Vendor negotiations
- Staff training
- Budgeting and cost control strategies
- Leader
- Budget forecasts
- Recruitment
- Strategic planning
- Staffing
- Operations Start-up
- Relationship building
- Risk mitigation
- Project scope
- Team oversight
- Budget administration
Certification
Serv Safe Certified
Timeline
General manager multi unit
Lane ave group dba, Donatos pizza
03.2024 - Current
General manager
Charter foods North Akron
12.2023 - 02.2023
Assistant Manager
Bob Evans
04.2023 - Current
General Manager
Denny’s
01.2021 - 01.2023
General Manager
Beef ‘O’Brady’s
09.2019 - 03.2020
Kitchen Manager
Johnny J’s Pub and Grille
06.2018 - 08.2019
Executive Chef
Craft Cantina
08.2017 - 03.2018
Cook/Kitchen Manager
Valley Café
05.2011 - 07.2015
Psychology/Business -
Kent State University
Electronics and Soldering -
Ashtabula County Vocational School