ERNESTO A. PERALTA

***** ** ***** ****** ******** Park, Kansas 66207

816-***-**** ac0e5g@r.postjobfree.com

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

Food & Beverage Management Restaurant Management

25+ years in food, beverage, and restaurant management overseeing all aspects of operations within an establishment to generate and maintain profitability. Plan daily and long-term objectives, recruit, train, schedule, and mentor employees, and ensure positive customer experience. Identify vendors and procure and inventory food and beverages to cost control. Maintain brand, marketing, and advertisement initiatives.

Establish business plan, survey demand, identify and evaluate competitors, and prepare sales projections. Prepare strategic and annual forecasts and budgets, analyze variances, initiate corrections, monitor financial controls, and develop strategies to increase average checks.

Attract patrons by developing and implementing marketing, advertisement, public and community relations programs, evaluate program results, and track changing demands.

Control purchases and inventory, negotiate prices and contracts, develop supplier lists, review and evaluate usage reports.

Maintain operations by preparing policies and standard operating procedures, implement production, productivity, quality, and patron-service standards, and determine and implement improvements.

Maintain patron satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings, initiating improvements, and building relationship with patrons.

Accomplish human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and coaching staff. Communicate expectations, review contributions, and enforcing policies and procedures.

Maintain safe, secure, and healthy facility environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures, complying with health and legal regulations, and maintaining security systems.

Core Competency

Cost Accounting, Developing Budgets, Financial Planning and Strategy, Decision Making,

Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Verbal Communication, Customer Focus,

Management Proficiency, Managing Profitability, Quality Focus

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

BLANC BURGERS + BOTTLES, Leawood, KS & Kansas City, MO 2007 - Present

GENERAL MANAGER

Conceptualized, facilitated startup, and developed brand of a midscale restaurant.

National Award Winning Restaurant: Zagat, Food Network Magazine, Burger Business. Com, Voted Best in Kansas City, 2008-present.

THE BURGER BOX, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO 2010 - Present

CONCESSION MANAGER

Conceptualized, facilitated startup, and developed brand of a gourmet burger concession at the Kansas City Chief NFL stadium

BLANC BOTTLEWORKS, Kansas City, KS 2011 - Present

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

Conceptualized, facilitated startup, and promote the sales of Blanc Burgers + Bottles condiments to retailers.

ERNESTO A. PERALTA

Résumé Page 2

THE DROP, Kansas City, MO 2006 - 2008

GENERAL MANAGER

Conceptualized, facilitated startup, and developed brand of a upscale neighborhood bistro and bar.

THE CAPITAL GRILLE, Scottsdale, AZ 2005 - 2006

THE CAPITAL GRILLE, Kansas City, MO 2001 - 2005

BARTENDER & TRAINER

MORTON'S THE STEAKHOUSE, Kansas City, MO 1999 - 2001

HSL PROPERTIES, Tucson, AZ 1991 - 1999

LOEWS VENTANA CANYON, Tucson, AZ 1985 - 1991

MIRAVAL RESORT & SPA, Tucson, AZ 1990 - 1993

BEVERAGE MANAGER & BARTENDER

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Tucson, AZ

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Concentration: Marketing

Certification:

Serve Safe Certified

Technical Proficiency:

Aloha Restaurant POS Systems

Inventory Xpress Food & Beverage System

Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram Social Media

Microsoft Office

OTHER SIGNIFICANT ENDEAVORS

Board of Director Kansas City Originals 2010 - Present

Independent Restaurant Owners

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association (GKCRA)

Kansas City Convention, Visitor and Tourism (KCCVT)

Leawood Chamber of Commerce

PERSONAL DATA

Fluent in English & Spanish

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