David Lewis
Email: ********@**********.***
Address:
City: Norton Shores
State: MI
Zip: 49441
Country: USA
Phone: 231-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Experienced Restaurant Manager with over 10 years in food service industry.5 year careers in both distribution,and restaurant management.Hard working,and flexible.Ambitious,which resulted in becoming Restaurant General Manager within 3 years with a successful franchise.Seeking new,long term opportunities closer to family.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Pinckney High School, Pinckney MI 1/2001 to 6/2000 (General)
High School Dipolma from Washtenaw Community College, Pinckney MI 1/2001 to 11/2012
Job History / Details:
Summary
Experienced Restaurant Manager with over 10 years in food service industry both distribution,and restaurant management.Hard working,flexible and ambitious.Advanced to Restaurant General Manager within 3 years.Seeking new long term opportunities closer to family.
Highlights
Strong Leader
Food Safety Certified
Sustained sales growth
Adaptable to inherited staff
Forecasting sales/labor talent
Management Training
Hiring and training
Efficient labor costs
Accountable to superiors and subordinates
Accomplishments
Earned highest sales growth percentage from prior year in first 4 periods as Restaurant General Manager, within entire company of over 40 restaurants.
Cut labor cost dramatically while seeing sales increase.
Earned improved scores over previous management in three independent restaurant inspections.
From the Michigan Health Department.
From a corporate representative,who inspected food safety as well as restaurant operation standards.
From an independent Food Safety Auditor,who also conducted inspections of both food safety,and operation standards.
Promoted to Restaurant General Manager over 15 applicants,all of whom had more experience within company.
Dramatically decreased customer complaints to our corporate offices.
Experience
February 2012 to Current
Michigan Pizza Hut Norton Shores, MI
Restaurant General Manager
Responsible for entire restaurant operations.Prepared weekly schedules,sales and labor forecasts.Prepared and communicated weekly company standards scorecards with team.Monitored restaurant and adhered to company standards.Conducted weekly inventory counts,monitoring and controlling cost of sales amounts.Ordered food and operational supplies twice a week based on need.Prepared and followed through daily,weekly,and monthly checklists.Efficiently set food prep plans for current and following days.Quickly and efficiently resolved customer issues,and or complaints.Adjusted deployment efficiently based on conditions on current shift.
January 2009 to February 2012
Michigan Pizza Hut Ferrysburg, MI
Assistant Restaurant General Manager
Responsible for running shifts efficiently.Conducting food level audits at beginning of each shift,ensuring ready for revenue levels.Communicating with other managers at shift turnover any issues with staffing,potential unanticipated sales that day.Adjusting deployment based on volume of business.Monitoring employees efficiency,performance,and coaching them accordingly.Assisted Restaurant General Manager with scheduling,food orders,weekly inventory,and organizing meetings.
July 2005 to July 2008
Gordon Food Service Brighton, MI
Selector/Packer
Operated fork lift in distribution center.Selected and packed product on pallets from bays.Performance graded against standard times.Also,efficiently organizing cases on the pallet to ensure safety content integrity.Upon order completion,shrink wrap pallet and drive to designated trailer for shipping.This process is repeated until all orders are filled.In an average shift,I would select over 2000 cases.
Education
2000 Pinckney High School Pinckney, MI
High School Diploma General
Washtenaw Community College Ypsilanti, MI
None Teaching