Stuart Earp Email & Phone Number

Beaulieu, England, United Kingdom

Burley, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities and achievements:To oversee a 20 bed hotel with a bar, restaurant and outside space seating up to 280 personsWith a budget of 2.1 million and currently after 10 months £128,000 up and £275,000 up on last yearA Major focus on the drink and food offeringChanging the drink offer to capture what the guests need and looking at the current trendsMaking use of the wood burner which is featured outside and has been a big focus through the summer serving… Show more Key responsibilities and achievements:To oversee a 20 bed hotel with a bar, restaurant and outside space seating up to 280 personsWith a budget of 2.1 million and currently after 10 months £128,000 up and £275,000 up on last yearA Major focus on the drink and food offeringChanging the drink offer to capture what the guests need and looking at the current trendsMaking use of the wood burner which is featured outside and has been a big focus through the summer serving fresh fish and during the winter cooking sharer chickens and roasts which has proved a great focal point when guests dine.Overheads addressed with £45,000 saving after looking at expenditure in all areas.Online reputation up 12% year on year£32,000 saving on wages after restructure on the management and salaried team with the wage percentage at 28% from 32% last year Show less

Marchwood

Key responsibilities and achievements:To oversee a 14 bed hotel with adjoining pub taking £850,000 per annumThe role was to go in and overhaul the whole business as it had been unstable without a GM for many years and was making very little profit.In my 12 months in charge we pushed the business to profits of £137,000 against the previous year of £32,000Staff redevelopment as the same team was kept on.Business and development plan put in placeOverheads… Show more Key responsibilities and achievements:To oversee a 14 bed hotel with adjoining pub taking £850,000 per annumThe role was to go in and overhaul the whole business as it had been unstable without a GM for many years and was making very little profit.In my 12 months in charge we pushed the business to profits of £137,000 against the previous year of £32,000Staff redevelopment as the same team was kept on.Business and development plan put in placeOverheads controlledStandards and Training put in to placeProduct developmentWage percentage with increased sales went from 34% to 27% with on line trip advisors rising from 3 to 4 stars Show less

Cadnam

Moved to Group Operations Manager February 2015 till May 2016. Looking after 5 hotels and a country pub. Involved in the accusation of Burley Manor setting up operating procedures and developing the team to achieve a 4 star status after 3 months of opening.

Salisbury

Salisbury

Key responsibilities;Day to day running of the hotel Planning Refurb of hotel rooms Attending Monthly review meetings with general manager to discuss performance Daily, Monthly, Yearly, Forcasting, Budgeting, and Revenue ManagementBusiness and Strategy planning short and long termMarketingReviewing and implementation of Food and Beverage strategyKey AchievementsSavings totaling 30,000 a year in wages through restructure and cross training with in… Show more Key responsibilities;Day to day running of the hotel Planning Refurb of hotel rooms Attending Monthly review meetings with general manager to discuss performance Daily, Monthly, Yearly, Forcasting, Budgeting, and Revenue ManagementBusiness and Strategy planning short and long termMarketingReviewing and implementation of Food and Beverage strategyKey AchievementsSavings totaling 30,000 a year in wages through restructure and cross training with in all departments. This made the hotel more service focused and resulted in greater customer satisfaction.Savings totaling 65,000 a year in overheads by looking at all contracts and re visiting our needs and suppliers , to date our electric and gas is running 13,000 in 8 months lower than in 2010 Winner of Tourism award for South Wiltshire Business of the year award 2011AA rating gone up from 72%on starting to 79% Show less

Key responsibilities;Day to day running of the hotel Attending Monthly review meetings with general manager to discuss performance Deputising for General Manager as requiredDaily, Monthly, Yearly, Forcasting, Budgeting, and Revenue ManagementBusiness and Strategy planning short and long termReviewing and implementation of Food and Beverage strategyHealth and Safety officer for Hotel, Sole Licensee for hotel and Personal license holderThe Management… Show more Key responsibilities;Day to day running of the hotel Attending Monthly review meetings with general manager to discuss performance Deputising for General Manager as requiredDaily, Monthly, Yearly, Forcasting, Budgeting, and Revenue ManagementBusiness and Strategy planning short and long termReviewing and implementation of Food and Beverage strategyHealth and Safety officer for Hotel, Sole Licensee for hotel and Personal license holderThe Management, Development, and Training of 90 employees for whom I am responsible.Solely responsible for all food and liquor GP's and stock taking Key AchievementsDesign and implementation of Scorecards to analyze all depts. and performance.Implementation of new Food and Beverage Strategy within hotelImplementation of Standard Operating Procedures for all food and beverage areasContributing to management restructure in line with hotel budgetsCross training and development through all food and beverage areasGaining large contracts through presentations and dialog including Southampton Football Association Centenary dinner worth £22,000Achieving a food and liquor GP above 74% Show less

Key responsibilities;To Deputise in the absence of the Operations Manager The integration of conference and banqueting, restaurants and bars, involving cross training of all staff Producing a Rota, in line with hotel needs and to meet budgetProducing a weekly cost per cover evaluation in line with hotel forecast Reviewing and implementation of Food and Beverage strategyLiaising with the sales department on all major conference and banqueting businessWorking… Show more Key responsibilities;To Deputise in the absence of the Operations Manager The integration of conference and banqueting, restaurants and bars, involving cross training of all staff Producing a Rota, in line with hotel needs and to meet budgetProducing a weekly cost per cover evaluation in line with hotel forecast Reviewing and implementation of Food and Beverage strategyLiaising with the sales department on all major conference and banqueting businessWorking inline with food and liquor GP's Implementing menu changes using micros to alter prices and menu itemsKey AchievementsThe integration of three departments into oneMinimising wage costs to below hotel budgetImplementing a new and improved style of breakfast service Show less

Key responsibilities;To organize and run events banquets and weddings for up to 400 peopleMaximise sales throughout the conference and banqueting areasImplement training programmesStandard operating proceduresDuty Management shiftsRotas in line with forecasted budgets using rota proTable plans to maximize space and income on eventsTo achieve high percentage of repeat businessForecasting incomeHealth and Safety of all conference and… Show more Key responsibilities;To organize and run events banquets and weddings for up to 400 peopleMaximise sales throughout the conference and banqueting areasImplement training programmesStandard operating proceduresDuty Management shiftsRotas in line with forecasted budgets using rota proTable plans to maximize space and income on eventsTo achieve high percentage of repeat businessForecasting incomeHealth and Safety of all conference and banquetingOrdering of linen for all eventsKey AchievementsAchieving a high percentage of repeat business through strong customer service, including DCCI luncheon for over 400 attendees Overseeing Variety of Great Britain Luncheons, including Norman Wisdom 90th Birthday Overseeing the orgainsing and running off both a labour and conservative party conference Show less

Overseeing twenty seven function rooms, up to one hundred staff, producing a turnover of 4.5 million. Running large scale events including two Ryder Cups and a number of Royal events.

Looking after such events as the launch of the Ford Focus Car, with all the overseas directors of Ford in attendance

Reducing nine bars, six restaurant and three cellars liquor stock holding from 45 days to group low of 17 daysSYSTEMS COMPETENT WITHFidelio Front office and Sales and Catering.DelphiEpos and Micros till systemsStocktake UK and Venners Liquor systems,Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel, Word