Customer-oriented General Manager with 28 years of experience focused on increasing revenues and expanding margin. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen, offering vision and motivational acumen.
Promoted to General Manager
In charge of four million in sales a year maintaining a 20% return of sales each year.
Managing and directing four manager that report to me along with 100 kitchen and service employees reporting to me.
My responsibility is to build a winning culture of great food, great service, and a clean restaurant.
Achieve goals set for me includes sales, waste, turnover, earnings and all day to day activities.
All hiring's and terminations had to be approved by me.
My job was also to make sure all managers had individual duties and those duties done on time. All managers schedules, crew schedules where performed by me weekly and monthly.
Responsibilities Included
All guest relations negative and positive
Hiring all front of the house staff
Leading staff of 100 employees to lead sales and guest service.
All training of front of the house employees
Maintaining crew and ensuring staff for all shifts
Fulfilling request for all employees vacation and time off
Working 10 to 12 hour days leading and managing team to success
Motivating my team to be the best they could be
During this time is when I began my career at Red Lobster as a server being promoted to various management positions before becoming a General manager.
Human Resources skills
Computer Skills
Organizational Skills
Leadership
Motivator
Time Management
Customer services
Problem solving
2006: Highest Guest Satisfaction for Dallas Division
2014: Highest Guest Satisfaction for Dallas Division
2014: Best Turnover improvement for Dallas Division
2015: Highest Guest Satisfaction for Dallas Division
2022: Legacy Award (Only 4 GM's receive this award out of 700).