Manager District

Vernell D. Dunn MBA

**** ***** ****** ***** ********, Texas 77407

713-***-****(cell) *******.****@*****.***

District Manager

Highly motivated senior level executive with over 24 years of professional food service experience and leading multi-unit operations with multi-million dollar budgets. Exhibits exemplary knowledge in all fascists foodservice operations to achieve objectives and goals which adds to the organizations bottom line. Achieved Award Center for Excellence Leader. Areas of Expertise

Strategic Management-Quality Control Standards-Inventory and Cost Controls-Lead Management Teams-Nutrtition Compliance-Continious Process Improvement-Knowledge of Budget Forecasting-Workforce Planning-Develop Marketing Strategies-Partner with Clients to Improvement Customer Relations

Professional Experience

District Manager Mar 2009-Feb. 2015 (Jul 13-Feb 15) Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality/ District of Columbia Public Schools

Lead 3 Area Directors, 2 Assistant Area Directors, 33 managers with over 150 employees in all aspects of the child nutrition department and the National School Lunch Program

Implemented inventory and cost controls that assisted in decreasing food cost by

$.08 cents per meal; increasing companies profits from 100K to 1.1million within the first year

Accountable for developing and attaining the P&L budgets annually

Designed, developed, implemented and maintained the training for preparing fresh produce; netting the 300K per year

Responsible for planning and presenting monthly meetings with clients

Orchestrated monthly staff meeting with unit managers and established clear lines of communications and a team oriented environment

Resident District Manager (Feb 13-Jul 13)

Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality/ St. Louis Public Schools

Lead Director of Operations, Executive Chef, 6 Area Managers, 68 Managers with over 225 employees in all aspects of child nutrition department Senior Dining Services Director (Mar 09-Feb 13)

Chartwells K12/Amarillo ISD

Lead an Executive Chef, 2 Supervisors and 53 Managers with over 285 employees

Improved the client’s fund balance from 1.8M to 5M while investing over 2M in capital improvements

Served as integral member of School Assessment Team

Implemented Leadership Training Classes for our managers

Installed New Serving Concepts at the Secondary Schools

Received HUSSC certification for 36 Elementary schools

Installed and trained managers to use POS inventory/ordering system

Led teams, with involvement in the following Human Resource related issues: recruiting, interviewing, new hire on-boarding, corrective action counseling and termination activities

Area Foodservice Director (Apr 05-Mar 09)

Horizon Bay Senior Communities, Houston, TX

Directed 6 foodservice directors in the following areas o Forecasting and implementing budget

o Coordinating company policies

o Menu Development

o Development and implementation of inventory and labor controls o Developed revenue generating programs for the communities Foodservice Manager (Oct 99-Apr 05)

Prince Food Systems, Houston, TX

Responsible for managing daily operations:

o Completed monthly inventories, profit and loss estimates along with other management reports.

o Hiring staff, preparing work schedules, training personnel and weekly payroll activities

o Menu planning and procurement

o Resolve customer relation issues and community relations Associate Manager (Dec 90-Oct 99)

Luby’s Cafeteria, Inc. Houston, TX

Supervised the daily operations of a cafeteria with $2.5M in gross revenues, 2 Assistant Managers and 62 employees.

o Additional duties included:

o Hiring and training staff, preparing work schedules and weekly payroll activities

o Completing monthly inventories, profit and loss estimates o Resolve customer relation issues and community relations LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATIONS

Harvard Mentor Management 2012 Developing Dynamic Leadership 2012 EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, 2003

University of Phoenix

Bachelors of Science, Agriculture Business, 1990

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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