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Stamford, Ct, Us

Northeast U.S.

Southern Connecticut

Greater New Haven Area

★ Created strong business plans, and solicited generated financing and lease negotiations.★ Developed community outreach to work with universities, community centers, and businesses.★Launched approaches to attain new revenue streams (i.e. catering, food trucks, private events).Capitalize on the opportunity to lead the start-up and successful operations of this scratch kitchen concept focused on gourmet hamburgers, house-smoked BBQ, small batch bourbon, craft beer, and handcrafted cocktails.Concurrently serve in a General Manager role tasked with driving all quality-focused staff recruitment, training / development, and performance assessment. Design marketing strategies, menus, and market-specific analysis.Develop and manage restaurant initiatives, including facilitating architectural layout, managing retrofit, and building relationships with government regulatory agencies. Source and select inventory and capital assets.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

★ Boosted same-store sales 20% over prior year and increased the bottom line by over 15%.Applied strong leadership talents toward directing all facets of profit-driven business operations, including directing management to recruit, train, mentor, and oversee a top-performing team of customer-centric staff.

Multiple Locations

★ Developed new service procedures that were adopted enterprise-wide.★ Successfully opened multiple locations, including internationally.★ Operated a corporate research / development location to test new initiatives.★ Trained national operations management teams weekly at the flagship restaurant location.★ Proactively tested new software, hardware, products, and marketing efforts in critical markets.★ Co-planned and worked on international franchise opening in Trinidad and 5 more new units.★ Selected from 850 peers to direct prototype research and development that provided training to international managers and franchise owners, and completed the project $6,000 under budget.Spearheaded business, financial, and operational initiatives for this growth-oriented restaurant chain, including developing and implementing key strategies while recruiting, training, and managing 70+ staff and 5 managers.Identified and developed associates to result in 40 Assistant Manager and 8 General Manager promotions. Consulted with Senior Vice President of Operations on creation of process, cost control, and market planning.Cost-effectively developed and administered a facility-wide budget with $4.2 million in annual sales. Created all sales forecasts and defined targeted revenue goals. Handled profit / loss. Ensured regulatory compliance. Continually analyzed operational inventory. Built and sustained productive vendor / supplier relationships. Promptly responded to and resolved customer concerns. Mitigated and managed employee-specific issues.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Business Administration And Management, General