Restaurant manager - 1992 to todayBusiness activitiesTaking responsibility for the business performance of the restaurant.Analysing and planning restaurant sales levels and profitability.Organising marketing activities, such as promotional events and discount schemes.Preparing reports at the end of the shift/week, including staff control, food control and sales.Creating and executing plans for department sales, profit and staff development.Setting budgets and/or agreeing them with senior management.Planning and coordinating menus.Front-of-house:Coordinating the entire operation of the restaurant during scheduled shifts.Managing staff and providing them with feedback.Responding to customer complaints.Ensuring that all employees adhere to the company's uniform standards.Meeting and greeting customers and organising table reservations.Advising customers on menu and wine choice.Recruiting, training and motivating staff.Organising and supervising the shifts of kitchen, waiting and cleaning staff.Housekeeping:Maintaining high standards of quality control, hygiene, and health and safety.Checking stock levels and ordering supplies.Preparing cash drawers and providing petty cash as required.Helping in any area of the restaurant when circumstances dictate.

Strategic Planning, Sales and Customer Relations, Statistical Analysis and Survey Planning, Data Analysis

Organizing and executing market research and opinion polls.Training researchers, deploying data gathering networks, research audit,data entry.

Working, as a trainee, in geophysical prospecting for uranium ore deposits. Deploying and installing equipment and research arrays for electromagnetic and radiometric surveys.Analyzing and summarizing gathered data.