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BRIDGETTE RIVERA

Summary

It is my interest to lead as Director of Operations for your company. Through successfully leading acclaimed and successful concepts for King's Seafood Company (555 East, Pier Burger, Meat On Ocean and Water Grills in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and South COast Plaza) as a multi-unit General Manager, I have in-depth knowledge of operations in the hospitality industry. I take immense pride in my genuine and approachable leadership. With my ability and influence to provide a culture of coaching and feedback, I have developed new and existing crew members to perform and effectively yield results. Never afraid to go the extra mile, I work with my crew to achieve low food costs, meet financial budgets and objectives to company standards. Through my experience and dedication, I have thorough knowledge of the aforementioned concepts pertaining to operations, quality control, controllable costs, trends and profitability as well as positive guest sentiment through our my delegating and managing team responsibilities. Using my experience and company systems, I have built great rapport with our neighboring restaurants and hotels to ensure representation in the community and a consistent flow of Guests. I truly love this profession and strive to deliver the best results. My belief in hospitality is how I drive my team to provide quality, service, consistency and high value experiences. I have reviewed Specialty Restaurant's Mission and Vision. My goals align with your Mission: To deliver a 5-star experience for our teams, guests, and community.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

General Manager

Kings Seafood Company
02.2013 - Current
  • Re-organized crew and built a fresh management team to bring Meat On Ocean back to KSC standard.
  • Identified service opportunities and partnered with RSM and trainers to updated training materials to match MOO steps of service and standards.
  • Developed a measurable Service Program implemented through the managements team with the support of the RSM and AGM.
  • Helped implement ordering standards for the Meat Program by utilizing the forecasting tool.
  • Achieved improved Guest Sentiment scores, taking MOO from at 4.4 to a 4.7, and 4.8.
  • Lowered comps in quarter 1 and 2 of 2023 back to standard.
  • Hired, utilized training program to promote internal and external candidates into the MIT program
  • I have led in 6 of our remarkable concepts.
  • Was able to retain crew through closure and rebuild a strong team that is executing record breaking sales and Guest counts.
  • Assisting the LDM with MIT training at Home Office on programs: CTUIT, RIS, Dayforce/Ceridian
  • Prompt in my responses and follow up
  • Ensure all crew is trained, motivated and empowered to deliver KSC standards to our Guests while upholding company rules of conduct.
  • Maintaining restaurant at a level that exceeds the company standards for quality, service and cleanliness.
  • Utilizing labor effectively to meet budgets while ensuring high quality of quality and value to Guests.
  • Continuously improving the skills, knowledge and morale of all crew members including Quarterly learning for Leads and Supervisors.
  • Accomplishing my Manager action plans to drive qualified crew members for promotion to their next position.
  • Evaluated Manager performance in daily/annual candid performance evaluations based on clearly communicated standards and expectations.
  • Confronted Managers poor performance and applied company procedures of progressive discipline.
  • Holding consistent MTM's to review victories and opportunities of team goals.
  • Enforce all federal, state and local labor laws.
  • Training and enforcing food safety, food handling and sanitation policies at a company standard of 90% or higher.

Education

Associate of Arts - Hospitality Administration And Management

El Camino College
Torrance, CA

Skills

  • Strong command of the English and Spanish language for productive bilingual communication with guest/employee relations
  • Sets an appropriate image to represent a professional work style that is reflective of the restaurant's values and culture
  • Ability to make decisions (sometimes unpopular) in alignment with company objectives
  • Strong understanding of company software and systems to analyze, report and apply action-plans
  • A complete understanding of our concepts to the ability to answer questions about operations, food cost, profitability and human resources
  • Exceptional at planning and organizing to keep deadlines and projects on time
  • Action-oriented and an ability to address and solve opportunities through my team
  • Risk Management
  • Facility Management
  • Event Sales
  • Event Planning

Timeline

General Manager

Kings Seafood Company
02.2013 - Current

Associate of Arts - Hospitality Administration And Management

El Camino College
BRIDGETTE RIVERA