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Peter Henwood

Memphis,TN

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Offloader

FedEx
Memphis, TN
12.2024 - 01.2026
  • Unloading the cargo when a plane lands onto the dolly (metal cart) being towed by a comrade on a tug (little motor vehicles, similar to a tractor in size)
  • Driving the cargo to an unloading center
  • Second half of the night is the same in reverse, taking cargo to the plane and loading it on

Crew Member

McDonald's
Memphis, TN
09.2024 - 12.2024
  • Executed cooking tasks for menu items to meet customer orders
  • Assembled food orders to facilitate prompt service
  • Maintained cleanliness of kitchen and dining areas to ensure a safe and inviting environment
  • Working with customers
  • Restocked shelves with inventory to ensure availability
  • Fry grill

Server

El Porton
Memphis, TN
02.2024 - 05.2024
  • Facilitated dining experience by attending to guests at their tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Assumed various responsibilities delegated by the staff during the shift.
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors

Server

Wolf River Brisket
Germantown, TN
03.2023 - 01.2024
  • Waiting tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Various responsibilities randomly delegated amongst the staff of the day
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors

Server

Mellow Mushroom
07.2018 - 10.2022
  • Waiting tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Various responsibilities randomly delegated amongst the staff of the day
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors
  • (no longer in business)

Server

Raffertys
Memphis, TN
03.2018 - 03.2018
  • Waiting tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Completed various duties delegated by management.
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors

Server

Buffalo Wild Wings
Memphis, TN
04.2015 - 03.2017
  • Waiting tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Various responsibilities randomly delegated amongst the staff of the day
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors
  • (no longer in business)

Server

Raffertys
Memphis, TN
09.2014 - 03.2016
  • Waiting tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Various responsibilities randomly delegated amongst the staff of the day
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors

Server

Romano's Macaroni Grill
06.2013 - 06.2014
  • Waiting tables
  • Working directly with the guests
  • Meeting and greeting guests
  • Maintaining a rapport with guests throughout the meal
  • Managing their food orders
  • Writing down and keeping track of each individual’s desires.
  • Maintaining an adequate knowledge of the menu for the sake of being able to answer questions guests may have.
  • Entering each table’s complete order on the computer system.
  • Keeping track of the food as it is made and bringing it out to the guests when it is finished being prepared.
  • Handling all final financial transactions involved in closing
  • Attempting to upsell in any way possible at any point throughout the meal
  • Various responsibilities randomly delegated amongst the staff of the day
  • Cleaning up and restocking things like the drink station, emptying trash and linens, rolling silverware, etc. etc.
  • Cleaning and resetting tables after guests have left (and before leaving work)
  • Taking recently washed dishes from the back and restocking them
  • Sweeping the floors
  • Removing all used dishes utensils cups and any other items from the table after guests have left, and taking them to the backroom to be washed and cleaned.
  • Help setting up tables after they have been bussed, preparing them for new guests.
  • (no longer in business / Building burned down)

Shift Leader

Little Caesars
Germantown, TN
06.2012 - 12.2012
  • Directed anywhere from 1-7 employees at a time
  • Managed daily workload, that the shift was adequately staffed.
  • Monitored the level of food products we had hot and ready to sell
  • Performed standard duties along with coworkers (such as running the cash register, cooking, cleaning, inventory management.)
  • Independently operated store during evening hours, maintaining smooth operations.
  • Closing down the store
  • Disposing of any food that hadn’t been sold / restocking the drink machine / turning off the oven / other standard closing duties such as mopping and taking out the trash.
  • Counting down my register
  • Completed administrative paperwork to maintain accurate records.
  • Counting all the money and balancing the books.
  • Taking an inventory of the store’s supplies / making sure the number of orders made, remaining supplies, and total profits are equal and balanced
  • Determining daily labor costs
  • Setting the alarm and locking up the store on my way out

Sales Associate

Hastings
05.2011 - 12.2011
  • Alternate between the various departments (Video Games, Books, Movies, etc.) when told
  • Provided customer service in all areas
  • Checking in and re-shelving rentals
  • Managing store inventory, checking in new items and finding a place for them, re-arranging items whenever needed
  • Running a cash register
  • Buying and re-packing used items from customers
  • Standard cleaning duties
  • (no longer in business)

Customer Service Representative

Blockbuster Video
10.2008 - 02.2011
  • Check out customers at the cash register
  • Check in movie returns and re-stock the shelves
  • Provide any form of assistance the customer needs (such as giving recommendations or helping to find a particular film).
  • Organizing the movie racks
  • Standard cleaning tasks (sweeping, emptying the trash, etc.)
  • Closing down the store
  • (no longer in business)

Party Host

Incredible Pizza Company
Cordova, TN
02.2008 - 06.2008
  • Supervised 3 birthday parties per day. This included preparing the room, entertaining the children, keeping the parents happy, bringing food from the kitchen, making sure all of the party’s activities (food, cake, games, presents, etc.) were finished by the scheduled time, and cleaning up afterwards.
  • Help other hosts as needed whenever there was downtime
  • Standard cleaning duties

Concessionist

Malco Movie Theatres
Cordova, TN
06.2006 - 07.2007
  • Prepare food/drinks for customers and handle the cash registers.
  • In 2007 I alternated periodically with another employee as the 'Popper' (the employee who works in the back stocking the popcorn reservoir).
  • Standard cleaning duties

Cashier

Huffman's Deli & Café
Cordova, TN
04.2005 - 05.2006
  • Although we all had our own primary individual position (mine being cashier) no one (other than the manager) had a specific 'job'. We all worked wherever it was needed
  • Cashier
  • Cook / sandwich maker / grill overseer
  • Coffee/tea/smoothie maker
  • Busboy
  • Kitchen prep work
  • Dishwasher
  • Catering/delivery service. It was not the main focus of the establishment but we did have a delivery service (for catering services AND individual orders).
  • Standard cleaning duties
  • (no longer in business)

Education

High school diploma -

ECS (Evangelical Christian School)
7600 Macon Rd, Cordova TN, 38018
01-2007

Psychology

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
Memphis

Skills

  • Over 10 years server / waiter experience
  • {Plus) 3 more years in regular food industry
  • Over 4 years in retail / customer service industry
  • 3 years of overnight shifts and loving it
  • Self-motivated and reliable, not swayed by the whims of the crowd or the moment (people come and go, I still remain)
  • Work well with people AND working solo
  • IQ of 187 out of 200
  • Expert at "out-of-the-box" thinking
  • Expert at reading people and situations
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Tenacity
  • Cool head under pressure
  • The BEST "Omega" you've never met

Accomplishments

Eagle Scout, 2007, BS Troop 276

References

  • Theresa Adams, Manager (at Raffertys), (901) 326-9555, Thedry7074@gmail.com
  • Ted Baker, Former Manager (at Little Caesars), (901) 281-8491
  • Kelley Gwen McClure, Former Assistant Manager (at Hastings), (901) 258-9816, Richardson.kelley@rocketmail.com
  • Richard Marsh, Former Scout Master, (901) 482-4429, richard.marsh.585@facebook.com

Timeline

Offloader

FedEx
12.2024 - 01.2026

Crew Member

McDonald's
09.2024 - 12.2024

Server

El Porton
02.2024 - 05.2024

Server

Wolf River Brisket
03.2023 - 01.2024

Server

Mellow Mushroom
07.2018 - 10.2022

Server

Raffertys
03.2018 - 03.2018

Server

Buffalo Wild Wings
04.2015 - 03.2017

Server

Raffertys
09.2014 - 03.2016

Server

Romano's Macaroni Grill
06.2013 - 06.2014

Shift Leader

Little Caesars
06.2012 - 12.2012

Sales Associate

Hastings
05.2011 - 12.2011

Customer Service Representative

Blockbuster Video
10.2008 - 02.2011

Party Host

Incredible Pizza Company
02.2008 - 06.2008

Concessionist

Malco Movie Theatres
06.2006 - 07.2007

Cashier

Huffman's Deli & Café
04.2005 - 05.2006

High school diploma -

ECS (Evangelical Christian School)

Psychology

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
Peter Henwood