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Matthew Phelps

Lincoln, AL,AL

Summary

Multi-Unit Restaurant Manager with background in sales and marketing.

Consistently hit profit, sales, and people supply targets.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

District Manager

Waffle House, Inc.
Pell City, AL, USA
08.2017 - Current
  • Manage 100+ employees, 3 unit managers, and 9 assistant managers in a 24 hour restaurant. Performed same job 2012-2015.
  • Consistently achieved profit target
  • Built a great team that provides superior customer service and helped build sales.
  • Managed all aspects of business from purchasing to food safety and maintenance.

Kitchen Manager

Logan's Roadhouse
Fultondale, AL, USA
04.2015 - 07.2017
  • Managed all aspects of a casual dining kitchen, with an emphasis on speed, quality, and controlling costs.
  • Held positions of bar manager, service manager, and kitchen manager.

District Manager

Waffle House, INC
Alabama, USA
06.2012 - 01.2015
  • Performed duties of unit manager as well as assisting and instructing 3 unit managers in a district that exceeded sales goals for the year.
  • Work closely with the Division Manager and Area People Director on overall strategies
  • Sourced and operated community events of up to 500+ people which provided extra revenue for local units.
  • Raised sales and hit profit targets in a 24 hour business.

Controls Specialist

Kodiak Controls
Birmingham, AL, USA
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Generated business in a new territory for a major industrial controls company
  • Managed territory of Blount, Cullman, Jefferson, and Shelby County, AL
  • Completed call logs and sales reports
  • Marketed product to major industrial companies in Birmingham metro area
  • Gained experience cold-calling

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MARKETING

University Of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
01.2010

Skills

  • Food service
  • Purchasing
  • Profit & Loss
  • Sales
  • Employment & labor law
  • Process improvement
  • Restaurant experience
  • Merchandising
  • Food Safety
  • Strategic planning
  • Leadership
  • Inventory Control
  • Restaurant Management
  • Labor Cost Analysis
  • Recruiting
  • POS
  • Marketing
  • Customer service
  • Catering

Certification

Food Handler Certification, ServSafe

Awards

University Scholars Scholarship, 2006, Full 4 year academic scholarship to University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Timeline

District Manager

Waffle House, Inc.
08.2017 - Current

Kitchen Manager

Logan's Roadhouse
04.2015 - 07.2017

District Manager

Waffle House, INC
06.2012 - 01.2015

Controls Specialist

Kodiak Controls
01.2010 - 01.2011

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MARKETING

University Of Alabama at Birmingham
Matthew Phelps