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Rowan Brown
Circle Pines,MN
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Summary
Diligent Manager with over 23 years of experience maintaining seamless business operations. Smoothly administers budgets, trains staff and monitors procedures to maximize efficiency and balance objectives with operational requirements. Exceptional skills in inventory management, loss prevention and vendor negotiation.
Overview
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Wal-MartBrooklyn Center, MN
Store Manager
10.2013 - 11.2015
Job overview
- Facilitate meetings and trainings
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Monitored progress by establishing plans, budgets and measuring results.
- Monitored inventory levels and placed orders to restock shelves.
- Prepared staff work schedules and assigned team members to specific duties.
- Generated repeat business by responding to customer concerns with friendly and knowledgeable service.
- Improved productivity initiatives, managing budgets and accounts, coordinating itinerary and scheduling appointments.
AramarkMinneapolis, MN
Assistant Food Service Director
08.2007 - 10.2013
Job overview
- Facilitate meetings with event planners
- Organized tasks for banquet supervisors and student managers
- Managed clubrooms and suites for sports arenas
- Implemented innovative strategies for cost savings within the department's budget guidelines.
- Prepared weekly schedules for kitchen staff based on anticipated customer volume projections.
- Coached staff on strategies to enhance performance and improve customer relations.
Ritz Carlton ResortJamaica, JA
Banquet Manager
04.2001 - 01.2006
Job overview
- Orchestrated breakdown of rooms and cleanup to return event spaces to original order.
- Managed all aspects of event planning including budgeting, scheduling, vendor selection, management, menu selections, creation, decorations.
- Delegated tasks among banquet staff
- Organized, scheduled and supervised staff for banquets.
- Communicated well and used strong interpersonal skills to establish positive relationships with guests and employees.
- Worked closely with other departments such as kitchen staff or housekeeping staff to ensure smooth operations during events.
Blue Mountain LLCCoon Rapids, MN
Owner/Operator
01.2016 - Current
Job overview
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Developed strategic partnerships with other businesses in order to expand reach into new markets.
- Monitored progress by establishing plans, budgets and measuring results.
- Conducted vehicle inspections before and after every trip and performed minor repairs to keep truck functional.
- Forecasted customer demand to set prices or credit terms for goods or services.
- Analyzed market trends and customer feedback to identify opportunities for growth.
Education
Adams Catering and Commercial school
Associate of Arts from Food Beverage/Human Development
01.1993
University Overview
- Staff management
- Supervision and training
- Calm under pressure
- Recruiting and interviewing
- Team-oriented
- Retail inventory management
- Operations management
- Event planning
Skills
- Promotional Planning
- Loss Prevention
- Operational Budgeting
- Operations Oversight
- Financial Planning
- Operations Management
- Payroll Processing
- Human Resources Oversight
Availability
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Timeline
Owner/Operator
Blue Mountain LLC
01.2016 - Current
Store Manager
Wal-Mart
10.2013 - 11.2015
Assistant Food Service Director
Aramark
08.2007 - 10.2013
Banquet Manager
Ritz Carlton Resort
04.2001 - 01.2006
Adams Catering and Commercial school
Associate of Arts from Food Beverage/Human Development
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