Christopher Elliott Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

• Develop operational, marketing, and business plans in conjunction with owners and board of directors
• Estimate food and supply needs, oversee the placement of orders
• Hire, train, and supervise managers and staff
• Manage the budget, administer payroll, and make sure operations remain within budget
• Establish and enforce standards and regulations for personnel, administration, entertainment, and food
• Developed and maintained relationships with all catering customers

Bellaire, Texas & Houston, Texas

• Assisted owner in opening the second location and development of all business to date
• Managed of all day to day operations
• Developed and instituted all policies and procedures
• Monitored and managed of all variable costs including labor and food costs (under 30% each)
• Administered payroll ($13,000/week)
• Monitored and analyzing of all sales ($750,000/year)

Greenway Plaza And Baytown Restaurants In Houston, Texas

• Managed and oversaw day to day operations for two restaurants
• Monitored profitability of 2 operations totaling $1.7 million a year
• Monitored and manage all variable costs; namely food and labor costs
• Managed and developed all marketing and promotional strategies
• Monitored and managed all ordering and inventory functions
• Increased net sales an average of 11% (roughly $2000) per week

Houston, Texas

• Supervised delivery and wait staff of 10 employees
• Monitored all transactions including purchasing and sales ($1000+/day)
• Catering sales and assessing the needs of all catered clients
• Various forms of customer service including diffusing and resolving customer disputes

West Allis, Wisconsin

• Administered all employee health benefits
• Managed employee payroll which included calculation of wages and commissions ($55,000/week)
• Assisted the branch manager in the employee hiring and training process (averaged about 15/week)
• Trained employees in the Sales process
• Developed and implemented scripts for the sales process
• Managed and monitored 50 employees in the call center

Morristown, New Jersey

• Prepared and analyzed all of the Financial Statements
• Managed and analyzed all of the corporate assets and liabilities of a Small Business start-up ($500,000)
• Administered corporate payroll ($15,000/week)
• Monitored job profitability
• Worked closely with the President on creating yearly budgets
• Oversaw entire corporate billing process (roughly $1 million/year)

Randolph, New Jersey

• Sold vintage wine, beer, and liquor
• Managed customer service
• Oversaw receiving of merchandise
• Assisted in product ordering and managed inventory

B.A Marketing Major/Anthropology Minor, Cumulative Gpa – 3.14

• Independent study course on research design and implementation • Study of Consumer Decision Making focusing on emotional/motivational.

A.A. Business Administration

• Fall 2004 Honor’s List • Spring 2005 Dean’s List • Finalist for Government Department Student of the Year Award for 2004-2005