Daniel Specht Email & Phone Number

Illinois/Indiana

Downers Grove, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Orland Park, Il

Moving the needle in Orland Park, setting overall expectations high in order to build sales and push money through to the bottom line while creating Raving Fans for the Best BBQ in the world.

Minnetonka, Mn

• Manage the operations side of LTO’s, LTO tests and product tests, analyze corresponding data and make recommendations, operations processes and training techniques. • Capture and analyze guest feedback by working directly with the Guest Relations Specialist• Ensure seamless operations and consistency between eight Area Directors and 53 restaurant teams • Active member of the Pipeline Innovation Team contributing to all aspects of FDA’s guest, food and beverage R&D plan• Subject Matter Expert in Food cost management through ongoing analysis of data managed in an operations-based food cost program called Decision Logic • Assemble recommendations and implement programs to lower costs and improve quality in every aspect of guests, food and beverage

Lombard, Il, Bolingbrook, Il, Greenwood, In

• Successfully transferred and took charge of our high volume Greenwood location• Managed a team of 5 Assistant Managers and roughly 70 staff • Ran sales over budget for the year and Guest Relation scores to the company goal of 77% • Kept Bolingbrook to the high standards set by the previous GM who was promoted to Area Director• Achieved training store status in 2009• Successfully took charge of the Yorktown location previously being the Kitchen Manager• Beat LY EBITDA in Qtr 3 2007 by roughly 50K

Lombard, Il, North Riverside, Il, Streamwood, Il, Addison, Il, Rogers, Ar

• Worked myself quickly into the General Manager position• Traveled to multiple restaurants to help when strong management was needed• Made impact in every location, grooming staff when needed and managing costs in every aspect of the p/l

Normal, Il

• Started as a meat cutter/cook and built myself into a Manager's Assistant and Bartender• Gained knowledge in customer service and guest relations.

Princeton, Il

• My first job, started as a dishwasher and worked myself into a Grill Chef and Meat Cutter.

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