Cedric Bowman
Management
Summary
Reliable Operations Manager with over 30 years of experience in bookkeeping, payroll and financial management. Motivational and inspiring team leader with expertise in scheduling, customer relationship management and inventory control. Resourceful and methodical self-starter. Ambitious Managing Director with excellent leadership and Sales growth skills. Highly effective at promoting positive relationships and building capable teams. Track record of improving overall operations, reducing overhead and increasing corporate value. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager of Operations
Genghis Grill
Frisco, TX
12.2021 - Current
- Chaired weekly meetings with executive leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, establish milestones and tailor products to individual markets.
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines.
- Partnered with vendors and suppliers to effectively manage and budget.
- Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
- Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
- Advanced productivity KPIs by leading trainings on procedures and safety practices.
Director of Operations
Hard Eight BBQ
The Colony, TX
12.2015 - 11.2021
- Oversaw day-to-day production activities in accordance with business objectives.
- Worked collaboratively with functional leaders to implement new procedures and corrective actions to improve quality.
- Defined, implemented and revised operational policies and guidelines.
- Monitored office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
- Monitored budget and utilized operational resources.
- Achieved team goals through formalized training plans, coaching and performance management.
- Kept up-to-date with industry trends and identified areas of opportunity to drive improvements.
- Modernized and improved operational procedures to increase productivity and profitability while tightly controlling costs.
- Provided documentation of processes to comply with regulations and company policies.
- Increased sales by 3 percent by establishing goals, overseeing performance and sale growth.
Owner/Operator
Chefs On Scene
Prosper, TX
07.2013 - 11.2021
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.
- Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
- Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase sales and profit levels.
- Reconciled daily sales, returns and financial reports in QuickBooks.
- Optimized team hiring, training and performance.
- Maintained up-to-date administrative records to monitor operational conditions.
- Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
- Generated revenues yearly and effectively capitalized on industry growth.
Education
Certified Chef, Transportations Specialist - Food Services Management
United States Army School of Culinary/
Fort Knox, KY/Fort Leonard, Missouri02.1990
Certificate in Business Management - Business Administration And Management
American School of Business
Shreveport, LA12.1987
High School Diploma -
Southwood High School
Shreveport, LA05.1987
Skills
- Administrative Management
- Human Resources Oversight
- Reporting Tools
- Originality and Creativity
- Sales Promotion
- Operational Efficiency
- Supplier Monitoring
- Workload Planning
- Hiring and Onboarding
- Morale Improvements
- Business Leadership
- Financial Statement Review
- Finance and Accounting Oversight
- Focus and Follow-Through
- Government Rules and Regulations
- Sales Tracking
- Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
- Policy Development and Enforcement
- Management Training
- Profit and Loss Control
- Price Structuring
- Guest Relations
- POS Inventory System Operation
- Effective Working Relationships
- Money Handling
- Desktops, Laptops and Mobile Devices
- Policy and Procedure Improvement
- Business Forecasting
- Inventory Tracking and Management
- P&L Administration
- Corporate Communications
- Upscale Dining
- Business Growth Initiatives
- Database Maintenance
- POS Terminal Operations
- Program Rollout
- Payroll Administration and Timekeeping
- Product Transportation
- Succession Planning
- Maintaining Clean Work Areas
- Logistics
United States Army Veteran
Served In the United States Army from 1987-1996 as a Drill instructor training a number of Soldiers to be able to accomplish the mission.
1.Certified Culinary Chef
2.Certified Transportation Logistics Courier
3.Certified Food Service Management
4.Certified Supply/Inventory Specialist
Timeline
General Manager of Operations
Genghis Grill
12.2021 - Current
Director of Operations
Hard Eight BBQ
12.2015 - 11.2021
Owner/Operator
Chefs On Scene
07.2013 - 11.2021
Certified Chef, Transportations Specialist - Food Services Management
United States Army School of Culinary/
Certificate in Business Management - Business Administration And Management
American School of Business
High School Diploma -
Southwood High School