Sydney Edelstein
Fort Lauderdale
Summary
Energetic and adaptable professional with strong leadership and organizational skills. Understands business operations and financial management, with expertise in strategic planning and team coordination. Committed to driving growth and efficiency while fostering positive workplace culture.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager
Hillstone Restaurant Group
07.2019 - Current
- Implemented growth-oriented strategies for enhancing profit margins.
- Achieved consistent 10% growth in yearly revenue.
- Managed budget development, forecasting, and financial reporting processes to track progress towards organizational objectives accurately.
- Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision, and long-range planning.
- Implemented effective cost-saving measures to reduce overhead expenses without compromising quality or service.
- Achieved significant cost savings by renegotiating vendor contracts and optimizing supply chain logistics.
- Led and mentored new General Managers to achieve company-wide goals and initiatives within the region.
- Assisted in overseeing operations within the South Florida territory.
- Advanced career development by promoting hourly employees to junior managers and junior managers to general managers.
- Prioritized, planned, coordinated and scheduled corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance work for assigned maintenance areas and external service providers.
Content Editor/Creator Intern
Cool Cousin Application
05.2017 - Current
- Conduct GAP market analysis establishing new platforms in previously unidentified locations
- Assemble marketing materials resulting in the procurement of 1,400 new users over the course of four months
- Manage firm's social media application, maintaining consistent online presence for growing user base
- Research potential new platforms to acquire for market expansion
- Manage content for over 500 user profiles
- Crowned as an up-and-coming travel service by New York Times, Guardian, USA Today, National Geographic and TechCrunch
Manager
Organic Krush
02.2016 - Current
- Collaborated with culinary team resulting in the creation of attractive and appetizing signature dishes becoming a central component to the menu
- Created and implemented beginning to end training packages for new employees decreasing general learning curve
- Promoted on an accelerated basis over the course of 11 months from server, shift leader, assistant manager to store manager
- Created social media presence to improve marketing and develop customer outreach strategies
- Profit and loss accountability
- Managed multiple locations
- Product development and innovation
Education
Bachelor Of Business -
The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL2016
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Customer Engagement
- Food Service Management
- Recruitment
- P&L
- Time management
- Multi-tasking
- Sales
- Team Mentorship and Development
- Inventory management
- Labor cost controls
- Vendor relationships
- Project management
Accomplishments
- Masa-Destination Israel: Completed an intensive five month foreign internship and Hebrew language development program
Timeline
General Manager
Hillstone Restaurant Group
07.2019 - Current
Content Editor/Creator Intern
Cool Cousin Application
05.2017 - Current
Manager
Organic Krush
02.2016 - Current
Bachelor Of Business -
The University of Tampa
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