David Wright
Royse City,Tx
Summary
. Accomplished Food Service Director at Compass Group, adept in budget administration and team leadership, significantly enhanced operational quality through strategic cost control and staff development programs. Demonstrated expertise in business development and safety standards, achieving notable revenue growth by implementing effective purchasing and staff training initiatives.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Service Director
Compass Group
06.2018 - Current
- Manager café/catering department doing weekly sales of $400k
- Supervise a staff of 90 hourly associates, and 5 salary managers
- Training and follow-up training of staff
- Inventory, ordering, and cost control
- Responsible for safety training, personal and food
- Health and 3 party safety inspections
- Schedule using staffing program
- Responsible for P&L budget, All AR, Food cost, Labor, and other cost
- Oversaw inventory by ordering precise quantities of stock and executing corrective actions to drive profitability
- Reviewed performance data to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress and activity levels
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules and contract negotiations
- Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality
- Increased revenue streams by reducing costs, managing schedules and performing variance and risk analysis to implement corrective actions
Purchasing Director
Compass Group, NAD
03.2014 - 06.2018
- Set up purchasing department handling $800000.00 inventory
- Help set up the Transfer system for the campus transferring between departments
- Training and follow-up training of staff
- Inventory, ordering, and cost control
- Safety training
- Efficiently obtained needed products from vendors, regularly completing $20k+ purchases
- Maintained fully compliant and open operations with thorough business and financial records
- Maintained expansive spreadsheet to track upwards of $100k in vendor transactions
- Developed strategic purchasing programs to facilitate better access to needed supplies
- Managed day-to-day purchasing operations by successfully sourcing and securing goods and services such as raw materials and production components
Account Executive
Martin Preferred Foods
06.2013 - 03.2014
- Creating New sales
- Maintaining current account satisfaction
- Culinary consultant
- Product training
Sales Specialist
Ben E. Keith Food
06.2003 - 06.2013
- Culinary consultant: Kitchen staff train, Wait staff training
- Menu development and costing
- Sales; Help with sales territories
- Computer training; Train customers on kbit, keithnet2
Executive Chef
Dodge City Country Club
04.2002 - 06.2003
- Management of 10-14 kitchen staff
- Menu development and costing
- Training and follow-up training of staff
- Inventory, ordering, and cost control
- All food preparation
Executive Chef
Alto Lakes G. & C. C
03.2001 - 10.2001
- Management of 30 kitchen staff
- Menu development and costing
- Training and follow-up training of staff
- Inventory, ordering, and cost control
- All food preparation
General Mgr. & Partner
The Chef's House
01.2000 - 03.2001
- Management of kitchen staff
- Menu development and costing
- Monthly P&L reports and Payroll
- Inventory, ordering, and cost control
- All food preparation
Executive Chef
Mesa Country Club
04.1994 - 08.1999
- Management of 15-35 kitchen staff
- Hiring and training of new staff
- Menu development and costing
- Inventory, ordering, and cost control
- All food preparation
Education
A. A - culinary arts and restaurant management
01.1992
Skills
- Budget
- Cost control
- Hiring
- Payroll
- Safety
- Performance improvement
- Client Account Management
- Team Leadership
- Deadline-oriented
- Budget administration
- Business Development
- Effective leader
- Staff training/development
- Employee scheduling
- Budgeting
- Recipes and menu planning
- Sales expertise
- Coaching and mentoring
- Ordering and Purchasing
- Staff Training and Development
- Sanitation Standards
- Staff Leadership
Locations
- Royse City, TX, 75189
- Conroe, TX, 77385
Timeline
Food Service Director - Compass Group
06.2018 - Current
Purchasing Director - Compass Group, NAD
03.2014 - 06.2018
Account Executive - Martin Preferred Foods
06.2013 - 03.2014
Sales Specialist - Ben E. Keith Food
06.2003 - 06.2013
Executive Chef - Dodge City Country Club
04.2002 - 06.2003
Executive Chef - Alto Lakes G. & C. C
03.2001 - 10.2001
General Mgr. & Partner - The Chef's House
01.2000 - 03.2001
Executive Chef - Mesa Country Club
04.1994 - 08.1999
Scottsdale Culinary Institute - A. A, culinary arts and restaurant management
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