Manager Sales
Resume:
Christopher M. McKenna
*** ***** **, *** *********, Ca, 94114
***********.*******.*******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
I am looking to use my past experiences in a field where organization and time structure is crucial and put it towards my appreciation and passions for operational business and Food.
EXPERIENCE
CulinArt Inc, Mountain View, California November 2011- Present
Director of Catering/Assistant General Manager
-Responsible for all Catering events and functions on a campus over 1750 people.
-Organized the daily catered events, average 30 a day, topped out to 41 in a day.
-Worked with Executive Chef in menu writing and planning of large scale special events.
-Manage a team of 5 members directly and assist the General Manager in overseeing 32 total employees at our singular location
-Manage directly the growth of current Catering Coordinators and passing on responsibilities to them.
-Manage all staffed employees and in charge of all operational decisions for two (2) cafes, two (2) Starbucks bars and Catering Services when the General Manager is out on leave.
-Responsible for all invoicing and payments
-Oversaw a growth in sales from $850k in to 2011, to $1.5 million for FY14.
-FY15 will end with over $1.75 million in sales
-Organized and ran production meetings with staff members in preparation of large scale events with over 1700 people attending.
-Plan and execute on average 8-10 large scale events (100+ guests) per month.
CulinArt, Inc., Mountain View, California, June 2010 – November 2011
Catering Coordinator at Intuit
-Oversaw day to day operations including daily caterings for breakfast, lunch and afternoon deliveries.
-Average of 20 catering orders a day for a campus of 1500 people
-Worked with 40 Executive Administrators in planning and executing meals and events for their teams
-Assisted in Menu planning for special events ranging from 20 – 1200 people.
-Worked with the Catering Director with special onsite events.
-Inputted all orders into kBilling system and responsible for collecting and processing payments each day.
-Assisted the Food Services Director in daily responsibilities in running the Café including but not limited to working the cash register, restocking, in house marketing and promotions.
Expressly Gourmet, San Diego, California, September 2003 – April 2010
Manager of Daily Operations and Catering Coordinator
-Supervised full service catered events from 15 to 700 people
oHelped create the menu and establish the pick up and delivery times.
oSet up events on location and worked with the client to ensure that everything went smoothly and efficiently.
oStayed on site at events and oversaw that everything was appropriately taken care of and also supervised the tear down of each event.
-Coordinated catered events and catered drop off deliveries with restaurants and also the clients.
-Helped develop a new nighttime residential delivery program.
-Responsible for creating print and online advertisements ideas and concepts.
-Worked diligently with the appropriate managers at the partnered advertising firms in coordinating the locations of the ads and the length of time they would be displayed.
-Responsible for reconciling drivers’ tips and wages at the end of each shift.
-Compiled monthly sales report with analysis
oAnalyze and summarize current months sales in comparison to previous and upcoming months
oForecast what to expect for future months and how to increase sales for specific restaurants
Restaurant Relations Manager
-Receive, coordinate and resolve restaurant complaints or problems.
-Responsible for recruiting and speaking with all potential new restaurants to provide catering and delivery services for them, including restaurants Cheesecake Factory and Chili’s
-Function as a liaison for all new marketing promotions or procedural changes for the restaurants.
-Responsible for helping create new promotions and marketing for Expressly Gourmet
EDUCATION
San Diego State University, May 2007
-Bachelor of Arts and Letters, Political Science
-Minor, Economics (Sports Emphasis)
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
Kappa Alpha Fraternity, San Diego, Ca, 2003-2004
Philanthropy Chair
-Developed fundraiser and weekend event to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Association
-Created and supervised basketball tournament between all of the sororities for fundraiser.
-Oversaw seventy-five (75) fraternity brothers and nine (9) sororities each containing 80+ women in ensuring everything went smoothly.
-Supervised fundraising dinner and community service program with liaison from Muscular Dystrophy Association
Donna Frye Electoral Campaign Volunteer, 2004
San Diego State Men’s Volleyball Team, starting setter, 2002-2003
SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE SET
-Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, FrontPage, and PowerPoint
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