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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

KC Hopps owns/operates 8 full-service restaurant concepts, catering, and event spaces in the Kansas City area with annual revenues of $16,500,000 and employees over 500 full and part-time employees. As Vice President of Business and Operations, I am responsible for the training, managing, and auditing of all prime cost categories for the restaurants. In addition to overseeing all cost controls, I oversee all employee benefits, work comp, and payroll systems. ● Payroll, responsible for the weekly processing of payroll for 250 employees. This includes the training and auditing of each restaurant's payroll. ● Benefits, I oversee the benefits program for all employees along with all human resource responsibilities. This includes annual renewal of all health care packages, carriers, employee enrollment, and programming of all payroll benefit deductions● Product Management, responsible for sourcing, purchasing, inventorying, and auditing all products used by the KC Hopps restaurant group. ● Responsible for new capital improvement projects for fixed assets as well as technology upgrades to maintain a competitive market advantage.● Manage all direct vendors ranging from mainline food providers, safety/compliance. Software and benefits.● Recruited to return to KC Hopps to raise sales, increase profits, and reestablish a positive corporate culture.● Opened a new restaurant concept with estimated annual sales of 2.5M.● Responsible for the build-out of a training program for all levels including manual, SOPs, and online training software, and creating a budgeting and reporting process for a hospitality company with 8 locally owned businesses.● Responsible for new capital improvement projects for fixed assets as well as technology upgrades to maintain a competitive market advantage.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Oversee all aspects of four businesses, including labor, cost of goods, facilities, quality control, and sales growth. Led a team of 16 direct reports and a total staff of 120, with a $10M operating budget. ● Recruited to return to KC Hopps to raise sales, increase profits, and reestablish a positive corporate culture.● Opened a new restaurant concept with estimated annual sales of 2.5M.● Responsible for the build-out of a training program for all levels including manual, SOPs, and online training software, and creating a budgeting and reporting process for a hospitality company with 8 locally owned businesses.● Responsible for new capital improvement projects for fixed assets as well as technology upgrades to maintain a competitive market advantage.

Oversaw all accounting procedures including period end statement and payroll. Scheduled all shipping and receiving of finished goods and package material. Supervised all IT and software programs. ● Researched and installed new production software to lower production costs, provide more product data, improve day to day inventory reconciliation and improve customer ordering● Hired, trained and developed 3 direct reports to oversee service staff, kitchen operations and accounts payable● Oversaw capital improvements for warehouse, equipment, restaurant and office ● Created Human Resource position and all needed materials and employee development programs including employee handbook, annual employee review program, on-boarding procedures and training material● Sourced all packaging material including the research and selection of new bottle manufacturer leading to a savings of $10,000 annually● Worked with contractors on the remodeling of office and lab space● Created employee benefits program for all full-time staff and oversaw the annual renewal process● Created monthly inventory program and updated all financial statements to accurately report cost of goods, labor by department and marketing costs● Supervised the execution and growth of annual festival operations

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Oversaw the operations of four separate businesses. Lead management teams with 14 direct reports and total staff of 160. Total revenue of all four businesses exceed $9 million dollars● Hired, trained and developed all managers for businesses● Responsible for the rollout and training of all new products● Created and oversaw the continual education programs for all staff ● Oversaw creation and operations of new start up catering business● Responsible for the financial reporting for all units under my supervision● Created annual operating budgets for each business● Wrote and present annual business plans for concept and individual business goals● Maintained all facilities and capital improvements● Oversaw the remodel and build out of 3 businesses● Overhauled guest appreciation program