Jeff Bjork
Dewey,USA
Summary
Experienced strategic hospitality professional with a strong background and extensive expertise in restaurant opening, planning, development, and operations spanning over twenty years. Focuses on both managerial and co-worker development to create thriving environments that deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Overview
2024
2024
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner Operator
TJ Freedom, LLC dba Wings-Pizza-N-Things
- Planned, designed and oversaw construction of new restaurant
- Developed business plan and budgets
- Set up of financing, developed training programs, menu development, managed cost controls, recipe creation and hiring of staffing of new restaurant
Freight Agent
Retzko Long LTD dba Quail Runner LLC
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Broker/Agent Logistics
- Sales
Director of Dining Service
Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE)
01.2012 - 01.2021
- Controlled costs and built participation in order to reach budget guarantee to all districts
- Provided Catering for events as needed
- Followed federal and state guidelines in the planning of menus for multi-site food service program
- Inspect food and preparation to maintain quality standards and sanitation regulations
- Ensure all health, fire, safety and sanitation codes were being met at all sites
Kitchen Manager
Apple Core, Applebee's
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Ordering, running food cost budget using Applebee's system of control
- Provided a safe working environment throughout the facility for all employees
- Team building and growing of restaurant sales and creating a positive work environment
- Scheduled and received food and beverage deliveries, adhering to food cost and budget.
General Manager/Management Trainer
Golden Corral
01.2002 - 01.2008
- Hired and trained co-workers for the successful opening of new restaurant
- Trained Manager for future Golden Corral growth opportunities
- Developed menu for maximum profitability, created budgets, oversaw the everyday operations of five million dollars' annual sales
- Served as management troubleshooter in other company stores assisting managers control cost and any other company requests as needed
Education
Bachelor of Science - Hotel & Restaurant Management
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZBachelor of Science - Hotel & Restaurant Management
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ12-1993
Skills
- Restaurant and K12 food service experience
- Client and customer satisfaction
- Supervision of budgeted accounting
- Purchasing functions
- Profit and Loss Statement
- Cost reduction
- High volume sales experience
- Training managers and coworkers
- Leadership skills
- Budget control
- Coworker satisfaction
- Cost of turnover in a restaurant setting
- Staff supervision
- Customer engagement
- Inventory management
- Staff management
- Food presentation
- Cost control
- Financial planning
- Employee scheduling
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Supervised team of 65 staff members.
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Freight Agent
Retzko Long LTD dba Quail Runner LLC
01.2022 - 01.2024
Director of Dining Service
Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE)
01.2012 - 01.2021
Kitchen Manager
Apple Core, Applebee's
01.2009 - 01.2012
General Manager/Management Trainer
Golden Corral
01.2002 - 01.2008
Owner Operator
TJ Freedom, LLC dba Wings-Pizza-N-Things
Bachelor of Science - Hotel & Restaurant Management
Northern Arizona University
Bachelor of Science - Hotel & Restaurant Management
Northern Arizona University
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