Donald R. Abberger

*** *** ******, **********, ** 14174 Mobile: 716-***-**** Email:

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Objective:

Dedicated, well-organized, and results-driven professional to secure a Management position with your company in Production, Warehouse Operations, Logistics and/or other position as applicable utilizing my skills, training, education, and experience Summary of Qualifications:

Over 20 years experience in various managerial roles, including General Manager, in various restaurant

settings, including large-chain, national restaurants, fine, casual, short order, banquet/catering, and sports bar environments, supervising up to 100 employees, managing all restaurant operations with budgets up to $6M,

and revenues up to $12M annually

Proficient with all aspects of staffing and workforce development including interviewing, hiring, scheduling, training, monitoring work activities for quality, expediency, safety, and proper patron/employee interactions, conducting performance reviews, implementing disciplinary measures, and terminations

Experienced retaining quality employees through sound Team Building concepts, excellent communications,

and respected leadership skills

Excellent organizational and motivational skills, guiding and directing individuals to maximize productivity

and their own personal potential

Over 5 years experience in a production and warehouse setting, performing a wide range of duties for the production of copper and brass alloys for clients throughout the world, measuring and cutting metals to client specifications, housing and shipping/receiving raw materials/ores and finished products in warehouses with an aggregate 1.1M SF Trained and fully compliant with all OSHA safety rules and regulations, including confined space, and following

all procedures and protocols for Lock-Out/Tag-Out conditions Consistently meets and/or exceeds all production quotas as directed Operates forklifts, Bobcats, overhead cranes, pallet jacks, industrial metal saws, and most hand/power tools

Strong communications, analytical, and problem-solving skills Multi-tasks efficiently, learns new systems quickly, and completes all projects on-time or ahead of schedule

Experienced using computers, Windows, MS Office, Internet research, and email Works well independently or collaboratively in a team environment Professional Experience:

10/11 01/17 Production / Warehouse

Aurubis AG, Buffalo, NY

Operated furnaces as a metal caster to smelt and alloy copper and zinc to produce a wide range

of brass products per client specifications, processing up to 500K pounds of copper per shift

Operated industrial circular and band saws to cut brass bars to specific lengths Loaded product onto railcars utilizing overhead cranes and forklifts for transport to another production facility at the plant s property for subsequent fabrication

Consistently met and/or exceeded all production quotas and objectives Kept all work areas neat and clean at all times

03/09 11/11 Kitchen Manager

Applebee s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, Buffalo,

NY

Implemented BOH kitchen training programs to create awareness of food costs and optimize the utilization of food and supplies through product/food management with a continuous focus on quality and patron satisfaction ratings

Coordinated with FOH staff to increase sales via product/food knowledge, understanding customer behavior and preferences, coupled with polished menu presentations

Instrumental in growing gross sales as a result of training personnel to enhance the overall customer dining experience

01/07- 03/09 Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Director of Food Service

09/03- 01/07 Don Pablos Mexican Kitchen, Williamsville,N.Y. General Manager

Assistant General Manager-units 98,134,103

01/01-09/03 Lewiston Brew house, Lewiston, NY.

Managing Partner

Responsible for all aspects of restaurant operation including hiring, scheduling, purchasing, budgeting, and maintaining the P & L statement. 04/99-12/01 Friendly s Ice Cream Corp., Chicopee, MA. General Manager

Responsible for all aspects of restaurant operation including hiring, scheduling, purchasing, budgeting, and maintaining the P & L statement. 06/94-04/99 Ground Round -Springfield Ma.

General Manager

Responsible for all aspects of operation.

10/88-05/94 CHI CHI S MEXICAN RESTAURANT -W Springfield,Ma General Manager

Responsible for all aspects of restaurant operation. 04/85-10/88 PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Food and beverage director

Thousand Island Resort and Golf Club

James St. Bar and Grill-Syracuse,N.Y.

Education and Training

Business Administration (course studies), 1983 - 1985 Williamsville South High School, Williamsville, NY Regents Diploma, 1982

Williamsville South High School, Williamsville, NY

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