General Manager
Lafayette, Indiana Area
Responsible for daily operations at Iconic, Nationally Branded restaurant serving the area for over 55 year. Management duties also include long term vision, budgeting and forecasting of sales and expenses as well as continual refinement of daily operating practices to conform to expected sales projections. Oversaw all areas of Human Resources including on-boarding, training, evaluating, discipline and termination of a staff of 3 salaried and 40+ hourly employees. Duties included systemization of processes and procedures involved in employee management, labor forecasting hiring trends. Responsible for all areas of Supply Line including Menu Planning, Food Cost Analysis, Product Procurement, Vendor Relations and Inventory Management. This process was made possible through a series of self made forms and spreadsheets adding ease and redundancy to the process. Other responsibilities included Marketing and Social Media Management, I was responsible for all Marketing buys and oversaw the creation of all print, radio and video marketing materials. I also created and maintained the www.ourdognsuds.com website. Was also responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Dog n Suds Social Media Community which includes Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, G+, InstaGram and Foursquare.