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, AL01.2010
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