Reid Arizmendi
Arvada,CO
Summary
Skilled Kitchen Manager knowledgeable about best practices, safe food handling and inventory management. Over 10 years of experience in preparing and serving diverse foods. Motivates employees to exceed customer expectations in high-volume settings while maintaining strong quality and cost controls. Service-oriented with good multitasking, safety management and decision-making skills. Able to work in high stress situations while keeping a calm demeanor.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Kitchen Manager
Alamo Drafthouse
05.2020 - 08.2023
- Implemented and maintained food safety and sanitation standards to establish safe handling and preparation of food.
- Scheduled and received food and beverage deliveries, adhering to food cost and budget.
- Delegated food preparation duties down to cooks and followed up with cooks to verify proper preparation and production of meals.
- Reviewed and analyzed kitchen performance to verify gaps and observe continuous improvement.
- Calculated prices of ingredients to monitor food costs and control expenses.
- In charge of all scheduling for the kitchen
- Conducted Inventory counts and regularly reviewed COGs to maintain good costs in kitchen
- Input all invoices in timely manner to ensure all vendors were paid in a timely manner
- Competed manager lever Servsafe certification and is valid until 2025
- Responsible for all health inspection walkthroughs and always maintained a good review
- Maintained a very high volume kitchen that would regularly serve around 2000 guests a day
- Regularly worked over 60 hour weeks
Shift Lead
Alamo Drafthouse
01.2015 - 05.2020
- Completed store opening and closing procedures
- Trained new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities.
- Kept employees operating productively and working on task to meet business and customer needs.
- Maintained safe working environment by observing safety procedures, policies and regulations.
- Enforced company policies and regulations with employees.
Education
High School Diploma -
Marshall High School
Marshall, MI06.2011
Skills
- Staffing and Sales Reporting
- Performance Monitoring
- Equipment Maintenance
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Maintain Food Safety
- Disciplinary Action
- Employee Scheduling
- Inventory Control
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Supply Ordering and Management
- Recruitment and Hiring
- High-Volume Dining
Certification
Manager Level Servsafe - March 2019 - March 2025
Timeline
Kitchen Manager
Alamo Drafthouse
05.2020 - 08.2023
Shift Lead
Alamo Drafthouse
01.2015 - 05.2020
High School Diploma -
Marshall High School
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