Serviced-focused General Manager with 16 years of management experience; dedicated to delivering positive customer experiences to promote loyalty and repeat business. Orchestrates optimal resource utilization to handle expected operational needs. Sales leader with sound judgment, good planning abilities and interpersonal communication strengths.
• Providing excellent customer service throughout the sales process
• Matching customers with vehicles based on their needs and budget
• Negotiating the price and terms of sale with customer
• Arranging test drives for customers
• Completing all necessary paperwork and documentations with customers
• Collaborating with the sales team to achieve monthly sales targets
• Staying up-to-date on product knowledge, market trends and competitors
• Developing and implementing strategies to engage customers
• Developing long-lasting client relationships by consistently exceeding expectations with exceptional service.
- Manage a staff of 10 managers and about 50-60 employees depending on location.
- Recruit, interview, hire new employees or terminate existing employees. Conduct performance evaluations and take disciplinary action when needed with approval from operations manager or Human Resources.
- Coach, direct, motivate, and hold accountable all employees in order to achieve overall success.
- Prepare Weekly crew schedules and monthly manager schedules to ensure restaurant is appropriately staffed.
- Manage, supervise, and assist with the preparation, sales, and service of food that meets or exceeds the brand's standards.
- Manage, delegate, and is responsible for the food/paper orders, receipt, storage and issuing of all food, labor, equipment, and cleaning supplies for the restaurant to ensure minimum loss of waste or theft.
- Resolve conflicts and complaints with customers in a timely manner.
- Maintain a clean and food safe restaurant.
- Keep up with planned maintenance of building and all equipment and report all issues in a timely manner to be resolved when it can't be handled in store.
- Ensure a safe working environment for all employees in compliance with company handbook.
- Keep team involved with financial results of each month and work on all opportunity for better results the following month.
- Ensure all money makes it to the bank and deposits are validated each day.
- Assist team with customers during rush periods
- Ensure restaurant is food safety audit ready each day
- Keep track of all employees training and development
- Work safely in a high volume manufacturing environment.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
- Collaborate and work well with other team members.
- Ability to stand, lift, reach and bend while performing task near heavy machinery.
- Utilize manual and lift equipment such as cranes.
- Used electronic bar code equipment and follow lock out/tag out procedures for safety.
- Monitor production, while following standard procedures to produce quality paper reels.
- Assist with machine uptime by communicating maintenance issues.
- Complete required operational paperwork.
- Collect all paper samples and report to lab for quality inspection.
- Assist general manager in decisions on promotion/staffing for shift leaders and crew trainers.
- Address retention issues within each restaurant.
- Ensure proper training is in place for all employees including the general manager.
-Assist in reprimand and counseling if necessary, participate in unemployment cases.
- Help general manager implement employee incentive programs.
- Demonstrate the highest leadership standards in order to create a similar standard among team.
- Enforce all company policies.
- Protect the brand by performing food safety audits every visit, assess pest control, demand high standards; coach/counsel general managers as needed.
- Follow up on customer complaints, call and recover if needed.
- Ensure execution for new products roll out on time and team has been properly trained.
- Monitor store prices.
- Ensure company policies that would impede operational standards or inhibit sales.
- Ensure weekly and monthly accurate inventories are taken place; address and investigate when needed.
- Conduct detail food cost, cash control audits, ensure all camera systems are working.
- Assist/Set sales and scheduling targets for each restaurant,approve weekly schedules, ensure hours that were not scheduled are legitimate, follow up on payroll expense issues.
- Conduct monthly store safety audits to prevent/minimize insurance claims.
- Enforce company policies that would maximize company profit.
- Manage a staff of 10 managers and about 50-60 employees depending on location.
- Recruit, interview, hire new employees or terminate existing employees. Conduct performance evaluations and take disciplinary action when needed with approval from operations manager or Human Resources.
- Coach, direct, motivate, and hold accountable all employees in order to achieve overall success.
- Prepare Weekly crew schedules and monthly manager schedules to ensure restaurant is appropriately staffed.
- Manage, supervise, and assist with the preparation, sales, and service of food that meets or exceeds the brand's standards.
- Manage, delegate, and is responsible for the food/paper orders, receipt, storage and issuing of all food, labor, equipment, and cleaning supplies for the restaurant to ensure minimum loss of waste or theft.
- Resolve conflicts and complaints with customers in a timely manner.
- Maintain a clean and food safe restaurant.
- Keep up with planned maintenance of building and all equipment and report all issues in a timely manner to be resolved when can't be handled in store.
- Ensure a safe working environment for all employees in compliance with company handbook.
- Keep team involved with financial results of each month and work on all opportunity for better results the following month.
- Ensure all money makes it to the bank and deposits are validated each day.
- Assist team with customers during rush periods
- Ensure restaurant is food safety audit ready each day
- Keep track of all employees training and development.
- Leadership
- Problem Solving Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Food Safety
- Customer Service
- Financial Management
- Inventory
- Coaching
- Sales
- Communication
- Managing a Budget
- Evaluating and improving productivity
-Overseeing Operations
- Store Manager Experience
- District Manager Experience
General Manager Business Leadership Capstone
- Certified general manager for all Mc Donald's restaurants since 2014.
ServSafe Certified
- Servsafe certified. Aware of the importance of food safety, as well as the best food preparation practices, cleaning and sanitizing methods, storage techniques, cooking methods along with maintaining a pest free facility.