MICHAEL KRULE
*** ***** *********, ******* *****, IL 60089
Home: 847-***-**** Cell phone: 847-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Over 28 years of experience as an Owner, General Manager and Manager
Hired, managed, developed, and trained hundreds of employees for all positions
Consulted on and wrote company-wide marketing and promotional efforts for Original Bagel and Corner Bakery Cafe
Developed training and culinary procedures, including recipes and new procedures for Original Bagel and Corner Bakery Cafe
Coordinated pricing from vendors in the Chicago region for Corner Bakery Cafe
Community relations include coordinating fundraising events for Muscular Dystrophy and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Wrote and produced 2 company videos – one for company wide training and one for the Annual General Manager’s Conference
Created Just Say Yes board game to help educated and train key employees and managers about the new company policies
WORK EXPERIENCE
ORIGINAL BAGEL
Owner/Operator November 2016-December 2017 Vernon Hills, IL
Responsible for managing multiple projects including guest relations, creating & maintaining employee files, creating & maintaining guest email data base, purchasing of food and supplies, facility management, and shift operations. Created & wrote social media ads, worked with architect to design facility,
ORIGINAL BAGEL & BIALY
Manager December 2013 – November 2016 Buffalo Grove. IL
Responsible for managing multiple projects including guest relations, maintaining employee files, food and supply inventorying & ordering, communications, implementing store systems, facility management, shift operations, driving catering sales, and store financial management
PANERA BREAD
Manager July 2012- November 2013 Chicagoland, IL
Product Manager for café, responsible for multiple projects including cost of sales, inventory, food and supply ordering, shift operations, organizing and maintaining storage areas, guest relations, training, development, and team building
ORIGINAL BAGEL & BIALY
Supervisor August 2011-July 2012 Buffalo Grove. IL
Responsible for managing multiple projects including new product roll out, communications, implementing store
systems, facility management, guest relations, shift operations, cashiering, & making deliveries
CORNER BAKERY CAFE April 2000 – August 2011 Chicagoland, IL
Managing Partner July 2003 – May 2009
General Manager April 2000 - July 2003, May 2009- August 2011
Responsible for managing, training, and developing 42 employees at Northbrook Court location
Had $2,800,000 in annual sales
Responsible for managing multiple projects including staff recruiting, training, development, & team building, marketing, catering, store financials, strategic planning & execution, menu roll-outs, communications, community relations, store displays, implementing & designing store systems, shift operations, facility maintenance, guest relations, and weekly inventory
CORNER BAKERY PIZZAAHHH! Chicagoland, IL
General Manager November 1996 - April 2000
Manager April 1995 - November 1996
A founding member of the opening & developmental team at Corner Bakery Pizzaahhh!, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, and later Brinker International’s, foray into a pizza by the slice operation
Multiple project management included team building, staffing & developing, recipe creation and execution, menu design, and creation & implementation of all store systems and procedures, inventory systems & control
Leader of the new store opening team, helped to design the facilities
EDWARDO’S NATURAL PIZZA Chicagoland, IL
General Manager November 1991 - April 1995
Manager November 1989 - November 1991
Managed 4 different locations in the Chicagoland Area
Responsibilities included sales building, all phases of shift operations, training and developing staff, purchasing cost controls, inventory systems, and guest relations
Created “Edwardo’s Express” in 1993, shipping hundreds of pizzas overnight across the United States
Developed a program for children to tour the restaurant and make their own pizzas
LITTLE CAESAR’S Chicagoland, IL
General Manager September 1989 - November 1989
Manager July 1989 - September 1989
Responsibilities included all shift operations including food preparation, cashiering, cost controls, P&L management, training and developing team members, weekly inventory
EDUCATION
B.S. in Communications – Radio/Television Bradley University 1985
President of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity
Member Order of Omega Fraternity/Sorority Honor Society