Blake Jacobs
Holdrege
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Restaurant Owner
Country Cookin'
Holdrege, NE
02.2022 - Current
- Managed payroll, daily deposits, and cost controls.
- Supervised daily restaurant operations, ensuring smooth workflow and timely resolution of any issues that arose.
- Set employee schedules, delegated work, and monitored food quality and service performance.
- Maintained positive relationships with local community and government officials.
- Ensured compliance with all health department regulations, maintaining a safe environment for both employees and patrons alike.
- Optimized menu offerings based on customer feedback, leading to better sales performance and high levels of repeat business.
General Manager
Slim Chickens
Lincoln, Nebraska
10.2019 - 01.2022
- Ensuring incoming staff complies with company policy
- Training staff to follow restaurant procedures
- Maintaining safety and food quality standards
- Keeping customers happy and handling complaints
- Organizing schedules
- Keeping track of employees' hours
- Entering and keeping track of inventory
- Ordering food, linens, gloves and other supplies while staying within budget limitation
- Recording payroll data
Administration/Internment Verification
Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home
Lincoln, Nebraska
11.2017 - 11.2019
- Perform basic bookkeeping activities
- Plan meetings and conference calls and arrange and manage meetings
- Take and distribute meeting minutes
- Maintain electronic and physical files
- Maintain weekly schedules of employees
- Organize and provide documents, reports and information
- Resolve administrative problems by coordinating preparation of reports, analyzing data, and finding solutions
- Respond to emails on behalf of the Vice-President
- Work independently and within a team on special projects, which could include presentations, mailings, or proofreading
Delivery Driver
7Day Furniture
Lincoln, Nebraska
02.2012 - 11.2017
- Pull, pack and ship orders in an accurate manner
- Organize stocks and maintain inventories
- Deliver orders to customers real time
- Inspect goods for defects and damages
- Track inventory in appropriate system
- Organize space in the warehouse and perform cleaning duties
- Notify supervisors of problems that are not resolvable
- Resolve all other issues at the warehouse level
- Restock materials as and when required
- Process and package goods in a time efficient manner
Cook / Stadium
Valentino's
Lincoln, Nebraska
01.2010 - 02.2012
- Greet customers, take orders, assemble orders and receive payments
- Preparing dough and making pizzas according to orders and in recorded time
- Clean counter surfaces, tables and chairs
- Maintain ovens and other equipment and utensils
- Checking equipment to ensure correct working order
- Deliver pizzas and other orders in the absence of delivery people or in the event of high customer traffic
- Backing up other team members during weekends and holidays
- Maintaining food supply and stock
- Provide initial training to new team members
Barista/Target Cashier
Target
Kearney, Nebraska
10.2008 - 12.2009
- Deliver excellent customer service at all times
- Serve and present hot non-alcoholic beverages quickly and efficiently, meeting company standards
- Assist in keeping front-of-house and toilets clean and tidy at all times
- Keep up to date with current promotions and new products
- Make customers aware of offers on our great food and drink range
- Speak to customers to ensure that they are satisfied with their order
- Maintain personal knowledge by completing in-house training and workbooks
- Always adhere to all company policies and procedures and licensing laws
- Be involved and contribute at team meetings
- Carry out instructions given by the management team and head office
Education
High School -
Southeast High School
Lincoln, Nebraska01.2007
Skills
- Menu development
- Small business operations
- Food presentation
- Food pairing
- Business marketing
- Staff hiring
- Vendor engagement
- Recipes and menu planning
- Food plating and presentation
- Kitchen staff coordination
- Cost Control
- Kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
- Recruitment and hiring
- Sanitation
References
- DAWN RUDD, (402)570-1235
- DARICK SEYLER, (402)429-1485
- LINDA REISER, (308)991-2490
Timeline
Restaurant Owner
Country Cookin'
02.2022 - Current
General Manager
Slim Chickens
10.2019 - 01.2022
Administration/Internment Verification
Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home
11.2017 - 11.2019
Delivery Driver
7Day Furniture
02.2012 - 11.2017
Cook / Stadium
Valentino's
01.2010 - 02.2012
Barista/Target Cashier
Target
10.2008 - 12.2009
High School -
Southeast High School