General Manager Owner Operator
Resume:
Horace Hardin
Pallet Vendor
Abilene, TX *****
*****************@***********.***
Achieve and maintain efficient and highly effective management in all aspects of operations including productivity, staff management and customer satisfaction. I am able to motivate employees to perform at their maximum potential. Exceptional organizational skills, adaptable and enjoys new challanges.
Work Experience
Business Owner
HHH PALLETS AND MORE - Abilene, TX
March 2022 to Present
Wood pallets moves the business world. Sales and service of the wood pallet business. Receive and deliver pallets to businesses that need to move their products. Hauler/Driver
Usa Today - Plano, TX
August 2014 to March 2022
Haul and deliver papers to midland/odessa/big spring. Made sure papers were counted and seperated at each dropped site for everything being correct in drop for employees to deliver their papers. I was a bulk hauler and I also had a route of my own. Inventory was done on a daily basis to consider what was picked up and not sold. Also would deliver sports weekly and also monthly editions. Drove 2000 miles a week. General manager
Zookinis-soup/salad/grill - Abilene, TX
December 2004 to August 2014
All aspects of the Restaurant from open to close. Managed over 20 employees. Trained other managers to do the same. Fifo is used thruout the day to keep food fresh as possible and to never runout of product. HACCP was monitored at all times to makes sure Temps were being controlled as prep was done at room temperature. Making sure all employees and managers of departments were being efficient in their work. Watching overtime on a daily basis and making sure people go by their scheduled times to have their work finished. Unloading trucks and product in its Fifo arrangement. Overseeing daily prep list and making sure all prep done on a timely manner. Verifying amounts of prep is correct. Overseeing all checkouts of servers and their sales and money and verifying their daily goals in Sales.
Owner/Operator
Catfish Shack - Abilene, TX
January 2000 to December 2004
Owner/Operator of running my own business. Doing all daily/weekly/monthly duties. I use all the knowledge of restaurant work from the past and put it to use in my own business. There are many details in this day to day business but it's the same everyday. Prepping product to make sure you have enough food for the day. Using Fifo/ and Haccp as controls for safety. Have enough change and money for each business daypart using the cash register as your helper. Working along with employees to get all details done for the shift/day. Follow recipes of each item to be always the same procedure in prepping and cooking final product.
Sales/Service/Culinary
Olive Garden - Abilene, TX
June 1996 to August 2001
Was challenged thru the different roles of the Restaurant industry. Learning extensive roles in Sales/Service/and Culinary. Sales and service worked together because it is being done by same people that were trained to do the server position but were also important in the Sales part of the restaurant. Goals were put forth on a daily basis especially what we called add-ons. Appitizers and deserts and speciality drinks were push on a daily basis to get the customer individual tickets to be more Sales. Contests of waitstaff to sell the most add-ons of each person coming in the door. Working with waitstaff to be knowledgeable about all products so they know what they were trying to sell. Pairing the foods ordered with drinks that would maximize taste. Culinary Manager
Golden Corral Buffet - Las Cruces, NM
December 1994 to June 1996
Paying attention to Fifo. First in first out . Making sure all products that are ordered are received. Prep is observed that will meet sales goals. There are many goals to culinary. I can do interview to explain further. This is a large buffet operation that goes thru a lot of product because of the AYCE system. Production is the most important aspect along with inventories on a daily basis watching par levels of food being prepped and served. And all at the same time we also had a cook to order menu in case some people didn't want AYCE.
All aspects of the Culinary mgr
Furrs Cafeteria - Carlsbad, NM
March 1990 to December 1994
All aspects of the Cafeteria business. This was a very detailed business that can be controlled by menus and inventory. Cafeteria style business where the customer would walk down a cafeteria line and order food as they were walking down line. Looks of the food and color of food and looking appetizing was of great importance. Watching dayparts and organizing workers to make flow of customers efficient as they proceed down the serving line. Prepping foods is utmost importance to have enough food as needed have your lunch and dinner shifts. People were able to have refills of product since it was a AYCE business. Co-owner
Poco Peso Mexican Foods - Abilene, TX
December 1985 to March 1990
Learning Restaurant business from my father Horace Hardin Sr. Derrickman
Diamond "M" Drilling
December 1980 to December 1985
Working in Offshore drilling oilfield.
Education
High School Diploma
Cooper High School - Abilene, TX
June 1977
Diploma
Basic Highschool
Skills
• INTERVIEWING (10+ years)
• OPERATIONS (10+ years)
• TRAINING (10+ years)
• Culinary Experience (10+ years)
• Management (10+ years)
• Recruiting
• Kitchen Management Experience (10+ years)
• Supervising Experience (10+ years)
• Catering
• Food Preparation (10+ years)
• Pricing (10+ years)
• Banquet Experience (5 years)
• Profit & Loss (10+ years)
• Forecasting
• Water treatment (3 years)
• Cooking (10+ years)
• Restaurant experience (10+ years)
• Restaurant management (10+ years)
• Leadership (10+ years)
• Wastewater (3 years)
• Laboratory experience
• Laboratory techniques
• Communication skills
• Budgeting (10+ years)
• SAP
• Shipping & receiving (10+ years)
• Microsoft Office (10+ years)
• Human Resources (10+ years)
• POS (10+ years)
• Statistics
• Serving Experience (10+ years)
• Bartending (5 years)
• Merchandising
• Purchasing (10+ years)
• Business Development
• Computer literacy (10+ years)
• Computer skills (10+ years)
• Food Safety
Certifications and Licenses
Wastewater Certification
Driver's License
TABC Certified
Food Handler Certification
Additional Information
Skills
Motivate and manage 20+
employees and managers while
overseeing entire operations.
Interviewing and hiring all
employees. Provide training of
new employees in multitude of
positions. Provide stats
daily, weekly and monthly to all
agents in order to meet
individual and call center goals.
Lead by example.
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