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Jeff Weller, Executive Recruiter ad1jha@r.postjobfree.com ANDREA TOLIVER

**** *. *** *** *** 2135 Lewisville, TX 75067

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

08/2015 – Present Cotton Patch Café Grapevine, TX

Assistant Manager

Annual Sales Volume: $2 MM

• Hired in as Server. Promoted to Bartender in December 2016. Promoted to Shift Manager in March 2017. Promoted to Assistant Manager in May 2021.

• Worked in 5 different locations as needed in Denton, Greenville, Watauga and two in Grapevine overseeing up to 35 team members in both FOH and BOH.

• Filled in successfully as Acting General Manager at Old Grapevine location after loss of GM.

• Consistently maintains Food Cost at company target through careful ordering, waste monitoring, controlling prep and conducting weekly inventories on key food products.

• Controls Labor to meet company budget trough effective schedule making utilizing staggered shifts and by making sure people leave on time.

• Developed Prep Cook into Assistant Manager role.

• Trained over 15 Servers to Shift Managers and 40 New Hires into Servers.

• Mentors younger team members to build strong job skills.

• Current location is one of only 7 units in company to consistently increase sales and profit and is in process to be a Company Training Store.

• Implementing school fundraisers now that we are coming out of pandemic. Attends job fairs to find team members and visits community center distributing coupons for free kids meals to build sales.

(Reason for looking: Seeks new opportunity that offers advancement and growth potential. ) 08/2014 – 08/2015 Landon Winery Greenville, TX

Restaurant Manager

Annual Sales Volume: $6.5 MM

• Hired in as Server. Promoted to Restaurant Manager 4 months later. This role exposed her to upscale dining and wine knowledge.

• Primary focus was guest satisfaction, leading the FOH Team and also handled all administrative and bookkeeping duties and placed all vendor orders.

(Reason for leaving: Took this opportunity as a temporary job to assist a friend.) 08/2013 – 06/2014 Tuscan Slice Greenville, TX

Head Server/Bartender

• Hired in as Server. Promoted to Head Server 3 months later. Trained as Bartender, filling in as needed in that capacity.

• Due to extensive menu knowledge and strong service skills and acumen, was given Unit Training Responsibilities for all Service Team members.

(Reason for leaving: Laid off when location was closed.) EDUCATION

H.S. Diploma Shady Grove Christian Academy Grand Prairie, TX CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

ServSafe Certified Food Safety Manager January 2021 to January 2026 TABC Certification March 2022 to March 2024

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