Chris Swafford

-Highly motivated, dedicated, professional, & highly effective leader and team builder looking for a manager or sales role in a growing company where I can continue to grow professionally. Have had success in building teams and relationships throughout my career and looking for a great company who values and rewards hard work and efficiency.

- Flexible and adaptable with superior communication, relationship management and influencing skills. Proven history of identifying issues, acquiring data and drawing conclusions to support resolution. Strong aptitude for leading teams to effectively address client needs and implement changes by supporting strategic initiatives. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

• 2012 award winner: Guest Count number Change vs. Prior Year
• 2012 award winner: Controllable Income dollars Change vs. Prior year
• 2012 award winner: Increase in Sales from previous year ($270,000 -11%)
• 2014 award winner: Increase in Sales from previous year ($205,000 -6.5%)
• 2014 Guest scores improvement by 12%
• 2014 Reduced team member turnover by 25%
• Consistently maintained an A rating through Health Department inspections (2010-2015)

• Revenue Growth
• Building and maintaining high performing teams
• Inventory and cost control
• Strategic planning and implementation
• P&L budget accountability
• Maintaining clean and safe work environments
• Management training/leadership development
• Computer applications
• Reversing negative operational trends
• Process improvement
• Vendor coordination
• DOT and FMCSA Compliance
• Developing relationships and trust with team and vendors to help reach the desired result
• Creative thinking and problem solving
• Strong analytical skills involving numbers, trends, and processes that help identify opportunities and efficiencies
• Developing and implementing Cost Controls eliminating wasted dollars and time for the business and team members.

Assistant Baseball Coach at Burns Middle School 2022-present Coaching local youth in Little League Baseball & developmental basketball leagues Hunting and the Outdoors with family and friends

• I LOVE coaching youth sports! I have coach youth teams in basketball and baseball for years, and currently am the Assistant Baseball Coach at Burns Middle School in Burns, TN. I have two boys, ages 14 &12. Both are 3 sport athletes for their Middle School. When we are not chasing our tails with the sports schedules, we love spending time at the lake as a family and love to spend time hunting, fishing, & camping in the outdoors.

• NATMI Certified in : Safety & DOT Compliance, Hazardous Materials Awareness Training
• Have held previous ServSafe & NSF Certifications
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