General Manager
Davenport, Iowa Area
As General Manager of the Quad Cities River Bandits, I provide leadership and vision for all aspects of the baseball team, non baseball events, and amusements departments. • Ultimate authority for all business and financial decisions reporting directly to ownership• Managed staff of thirty full-time staff employees, twenty five seasonal assistants and over two hundred seasonal employees spanning twenty departments and two companies• Responsible for cultivating applicants, interviewing hiring and training of all new employees and conducted majority of terminations • Conducted all quarterly one-on-one employee and department reviews• Oversaw all financial elements of organization including budgets, payroll, AP/AR etc. • Supervised operation that set all-time franchise records for attendance and revenue while keeping expenditures at an all-time low• Facilitated more than two hundred and fifty events annually including weddings, political rallies, fundraisers, tournaments, galas and more• Surpassed annual sales goal every year – cultivated and maintained a client portfolio of more than seventy five accounts totaling over one million dollars • Primary contact for all major partners including Major and Minor League Baseball, The Midwest League, and City Administration• Designed and built in-venue amusement park from scratch which included a roller coaster, ferris wheel and seven other rides. These attracted more than 100,000 riders annually• Worked diligently with in house concessionaire Levy Restaurants. Created new menus and pricing structure every year. Reconciled all financial reports. Ensured all third party vendors met food quality and customer service requirements. • Executed media purchasing for local radio, television, newspaper and social media campaigns, maintained advertising budget of $300,000 annually.