Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Additional Information
Certification
Languages
Timeline

Stella Andritsakis

Clearwater,FL

Summary

Proactive manager with demonstrated leadership abilities, strategic planning expertise and problem-solving acumen. Assists senior managers with accomplishing demanding targets by encouraging staff and coordinating resources. Methodical and well-organized in optimizing coverage to meet operational demands.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification

Work History

Assistant Manager

Harold Seltzer’s
  • Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
  • Ensures a safe, secure, and legal work environment
  • Overseeing restaurant staff performance, ensuring quality dining
  • Promoting Sales
  • Labor Percentages at 20%
  • Maintaining a prime cost of 53
  • Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy and reducing discrepancies.
  • Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
  • Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
  • Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies and forecast future needs.
  • Developed loyal and highly satisfied customer base through proactive management of team customer service strategies.
  • Set and enforced policies focused on increasing team productivity and strengthening operational efficiency.
  • Monitored security and handled incidents calmly.
  • Assessed job applications and made hiring recommendations to bring in top candidates for key vacancies.
  • Verified inventory counts remained within monthly tolerance levels and compiled financial data in compliance with budget.
  • Established and optimized schedules to keep coverage and service in line with forecasted demands.
  • Conducted weekly staff meetings to motivate staff members, address concerns and questions, plan improvements, and evaluate progress toward goals.
  • Achieved recognition for contribution to store success by optimizing sales.

General Manager

Buff City Soap
  • Determines annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing strategies; and analyzing trends and results
  • Motivate high-performing sales teams
  • Meet customer needs
  • Providing training to sales staff
  • Maintained an ITR of 5
  • Action Sports — Store Manager
  • Product management, including ordering, receiving, price changes, handling damaged products, and returns
  • ITR - 3
  • Dealing with customer issues and complaints
  • Maintaining Low Labor Costs and Efficiency
  • Recruiting, training, and supervising staff
  • Managing budgets, and maintaining statistical and financial records
  • Understanding customer buying behavior
  • Handles all aspects of preparing and distributing employees' payments
  • Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules and contract negotiations.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures and technology systems.
  • Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
  • Reduced costs, managed delivery schedules and performed risk analysis to improve overall profitability.
  • Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision and long-range planning.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
  • Reduced corporate risk by managing shrink processes and controlling inventory levels.
  • Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
  • Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
  • Developed effective business plans to align strategic decisions with long-term objectives.
  • Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
  • Directed successful operational turnaround, eliminating over $Amount in debt within Timeframe.

Assistant Manager

Perkins
  • Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy and reducing discrepancies.
  • Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
  • Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
  • Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies and forecast future needs.
  • Reduced financial discrepancies by monitoring credit card sales and deposits.

Restaurant Manager

Big Claw Management
10.2022 - Current
  • Promoted positive atmosphere and went above and beyond to guarantee each customer received exceptional food and service.
  • Carefully interviewed, selected, trained and supervised staff.
  • Met, greeted and encouraged feedback from customers and used feedback to implement positive changes within restaurant.
  • Reconciled cash and credit card transactions to maintain accurate records.
  • Correctly calculated inventory and ordered appropriate supplies.
  • Conducted health, safety and sanitation process evaluations to identify and remedy any violations immediately.
  • Quickly identified problem situations and skillfully resolved incidents to satisfaction of involved parties.
  • Developed, implemented and managed business plans to promote profitable food and beverage sales.
  • Purchased adequate quantities of food, beverages, equipment and supplies.
  • Oversaw front of house personnel to maintain adequate staffing and minimize overtime.
  • Maintained safe working and guest environment to reduce risk of injury and accidents.
  • Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
  • Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
  • Created fun team building activities to engage staff in up-selling to meet revenue targets.
  • Clearly and promptly communicated pertinent information to staff, such as large reservations or last minute menu changes.

Store Manager

Action Sports
06.2011 - 01.2019
  • Managed inventory control, cash control and store opening and closing procedures.
  • Managed store employees successfully in fast-paced environment through proactive communication and positive feedback.
  • Completed point of sale opening and closing procedures.
  • Maximized sales and minimized shrinkage through excellent customer service and adherence to standard practices.
  • Maintained proper product levels and inventory controls for merchandise and organized backroom to facilitate effective ordering and stock rotation.
  • Coached sales associates in product specifications, sales incentives and selling techniques, significantly increasing customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Set effective store schedules based on forecasted customer levels, individual employee knowledge and service requirements.
  • Approved regular payroll submissions for employees.
  • Rotated merchandise and displays to feature new products and promotions.
  • Supervised guests at front counter, answering questions regarding products.
  • Reviewed and monitored scheduling, purchases and other expenses to maintain quarterly budget.

Restaurant Management

Blooming Brands
  • Reconciled cash and credit card transactions to maintain accurate records.
  • Met, greeted and encouraged feedback from customers and used feedback to implement positive changes within restaurant.
  • Promoted positive atmosphere and went above and beyond to guarantee each customer received exceptional food and service.
  • Led and directed team members on effective methods, operations and procedures.
  • Conducted health, safety and sanitation process evaluations to identify and remedy any violations immediately.
  • Quickly identified problem situations and skillfully resolved incidents to satisfaction of involved parties.
  • Oversaw front of house personnel to maintain adequate staffing and minimize overtime.
  • Maintained safe working and guest environment to reduce risk of injury and accidents.
  • Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
  • Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
  • Created fun team building activities to engage staff in up-selling to meet revenue targets.
  • Recognized and formally acknowledged outstanding staff performance to boost company morale and productivity.
  • Created and deployed successful strategies to boost restaurant performance, streamline food prep processes and reduce waste.
  • Prepared for and executed new menu implementations.
  • Actively participated in ongoing customer service programs to build sales and rapport in community.
  • Interacted positively with customers while promoting hotel facilities and services.
  • Promoted business through participation in and sponsorship of community events.

Restaurant Manager

Crazy George’s
04.2011 - 09.2017
  • Promoted positive atmosphere and went above and beyond to guarantee each customer received exceptional food and service.
  • Carefully interviewed, selected, trained and supervised staff.
  • Met, greeted and encouraged feedback from customers and used feedback to implement positive changes within restaurant.
  • Reconciled cash and credit card transactions to maintain accurate records.
  • Led and directed team members on effective methods, operations and procedures.
  • Correctly calculated inventory and ordered appropriate supplies.
  • Conducted health, safety and sanitation process evaluations to identify and remedy any violations immediately.
  • Quickly identified problem situations and skillfully resolved incidents to satisfaction of involved parties.
  • Developed, implemented and managed business plans to promote profitable food and beverage sales.
  • Purchased adequate quantities of food, beverages, equipment and supplies.
  • Oversaw front of house personnel to maintain adequate staffing and minimize overtime.
  • Maintained safe working and guest environment to reduce risk of injury and accidents.
  • Effectively managed payroll and timekeeping, and paperwork for new hires and terminations.
  • Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
  • Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
  • Created fun team building activities to engage staff in up-selling to meet revenue targets.
  • Clearly and promptly communicated pertinent information to staff, such as large reservations or last minute menu changes.

Education

Psychology

St.Petersburg College , Clearwater, FL

Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs, FL
06.2013

Skills

  • Visionary Leadership, Strategy & Development,clear and persuasive of the vision , Performance Management, Sales Driven , Negotiation and Conflict Management and Team-building & Interpersonal Skills
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Property Tours
  • Directing Team Members
  • Sales Monitoring
  • Shrinkage Prevention
  • Performance Tracking and Evaluations
  • Managing Multiple Priorities
  • Statistical Data Gathering
  • Project Proposals
  • Product and Service Knowledge
  • Scheduling and Coordinating
  • Technical Proficiency
  • Vendor Performance Monitoring
  • Administration and Reporting
  • Shift Coverage
  • Scene Blocking
  • Recruiting and Interviewing
  • Employee Coaching and Motivation
  • Managing Operations and Efficiency
  • Payroll Preparation
  • Maximizing Profitability
  • Food Safety and Quality
  • Effective Selling Techniques
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • High-Volume Dining
  • Overseeing Employees
  • Cash Deposits and Receipts
  • Operational Excellence
  • Hiring and Developing
  • Timelines and Milestones

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Supervised team of 35 staff members.

Additional Information

  • AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS , Single handedly Sold 946 winter documentaries in the first 2 weeks of employment. Store of the year 4 consecutive years in a row at Action Sports Increased sales by 27% within the first two months of management Decreased labor cost by 13 % in only 4 months

Certification

  • CPP - Certified Payroll Professional
  • Human Resources Certified
  • Event Planning Certified
  • Bar Management Certification

Languages

Greek
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Restaurant Manager - Big Claw Management
10.2022 - Current
Store Manager - Action Sports
06.2011 - 01.2019
Restaurant Manager - Crazy George’s
04.2011 - 09.2017
Assistant Manager - Harold Seltzer’s
General Manager - Buff City Soap
Assistant Manager - Perkins
Restaurant Management - Blooming Brands
St.Petersburg College - , Psychology
Tarpon Springs High School - ,
Stella Andritsakis