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Analyze historical trends, forecast monthly sales and labor data.Manage inventory, analyze variances and reconcile discrepancies for food and beverage operations.Analyze workforce engagement and house performance to enhance customer satisfaction.Formulate, present and implement action plans to capitalize on organizational strengths and challenges.Facilitate staff engagement and development using coaching and online HR and sales training tools.Conduct interviews and use ATS software to promote jobs and support applicant tracking and hiring.Schedule management staffing and audit front and back of house labor.Perform monthly audit of POS system to ensure pricing accuracy and alignment with menus.Maintained a 5% increase in Sales year over year20% profitability year over yearMet Company expectations, 10 % labor during pandemicTop 5 in salesmanship for the conceptTask force manager for multi units- Food Cost, Supplies, ProductivityEffectively ran a 4.5 million to 8 million dollar unitsRegional site inspections for multiple unitsManager training unit for 5 yearsRegional management developmentRegional Food Cost Analysis

Served as team coordinator to promote customer engagement, distributing management and work assignments to ensure satisfaction and revenue growth.Developed operating budgets and monitored current budgeted expenditures to ensure effective internal cost controls.Prepared monthly financial statement memos to highlight excellence and need for improvement.Developed and implemented policies to reduce turnover and onboarding costs.Implemented a new approach to hiring using an intentional qualifying strategy.Introduced a six-month bonus incentive and a referral bonus.Reduced turnover from 420% to under 43% annualized.Analyzed staffing trends and provided real-time data to the operations team.Liquor, Beer, Wine Inventory, Ordering and variance controlCreating Signature CocktailsMeeting 13% LBW Mix for Two YearsMaintain a cost of 18-19% for Two Years