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Wernersville , Pa

Responsibilities: Managed the dining operations for 550 residents in Independent Living, Personal Care, Skilled Care, Memory Care Community and Adult Day Services.  Provide Administrative support to Executive Director, Activities Department and Marketing and Sales Team.  Develop, plan and implement monthly financial forecast. Plan menus and special events with input from Executive Chef, Dietitian, Residents and Vendors.Achievements Put into place an effective and thorough Food Safety and Sanitation program.  Developed “excellent” working relationship with Resident Dining Committee that includes Resident participation in providing suggestions and ideas. Introduced new menus that take advantage of “cook to order” style of dining. Designed Taste and Travel America program, Residents select a city or state and together we design a Themed event based on the location selected. Created a positive work environment that reduced turnover in wait staff and reinforced open communications between the dining services department and nursing in both Assisted Living and Skilled Care units.

West Cester Pa

 Managed the dining operations for 350 residents in Independent Living, Personal Care, Skilled Care and Memory Care Community.  Provide Administrative support to Executive Director, Activities Department and Marketing and Sales Team.  Develop, plan and implement monthly financial forecast. Manage Food Safety and Sanitation Program for independent and supportive living areas. Plan menus and special events with input from Executive Chef, Dietitian, Residents and Vendors.

Malvern, Pa

Responsibilities: Provide hands on Leadership and management of significant cultural changes from traditional tray line to a “restaurant style” serve meal in Skilled Care and Dementia dining rooms. Manage all aspects of design and equipment purchases that enhance the dining program. Developed Dining Services training guidelines for Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistants and all Dining Services staff. Conduct regular all department scheduled training sessions on Dining Enhancements and Hospitality expectations for all Residents. Directly Responsible for all Financial and budgetary goals. Plan menus and special events with Executive Chef and Activities Team.

Green Hills, Pa

 Hands on management of Independent Living; Fine Dining restaurant, Café Dining, Full Service Bar and managed Dining Programs in Personal Care and Memory Care Community Prepare and manage budget and monitor all dining expenses utilizing monthly vendor tracking report. Manage labor cost by using well thought out and planned schedules. Track labor daily and compared to budget, instilled in the Team that “every minute counts”. Manage Food Safety and Sanitation Program for independent and personal care areas. Plan menus and special events with input from Chef, Dining Services Manager, Residents and Vendors. Introduced restaurant style “menu service” in personal care community.  Planned and executed successful marketing and sales events: Marketing Community BBQ, Marketing and Sales Tour “Cooking-In-The Kitchen”. Implemented a food safety and sanitation program that led to deficiency free surveys.

West Chester, Pa

* Oversee dinning operations for Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Care and Dementia unit.* Provide Administrative support to Executive Director, Activities Department and Marketing and Sales Team. * Develop, plan and implement monthly financial forecast.* Manage Food Safety and Sanitation Program for independent and supportive living areas.* Plan menus and special events with input from Executive Chef, Dietitian, Residents and Vendors.Achievements* Put into place an effective and thorough Food Safety and Sanitation program. Developed daily food safety and sanitation checklist. Worked with Dietitian to train Dining Team and Nursing Team utilizing weekly in-service training sessions. * Introduced new menus that take advantage of “cook to order” style of dining. Worked with produce vendor to incorporate fresh local produce into new menus.* Created a positive work environment that reinforced open communications between the dining services department and nursing in both Assisted Living and Skilled Care units.

Provided strong leadership to the Dining Services department of this multi-campus facility serving over 2400 Residents. Direct responsibilities included the following: * Budget education, preparation and management.* Structural renovation of kitchens and dining areas.* Development of culinary programs in all dining areas.* Food safety and sanitation for all independent and supportive living dining venues. * Vendor selection and procurement. * Menu design and development. * Selection and integration of POS system. * Special event and theme event planning and execution.

Provided operational oversight of 6 dining facilities which included campus dining, business dining and long term care.

Bachelors Of Science, Human Resources

Certificate, Dietary Management