Theron Nielsen
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Objective: To obtain a position that allows me to continue my education, supportive upper-level management, excellent benefits, and competitive salary to ensure a work/life balance. SUMMARY
Valid Driver's License
● Nine years successful Restaurant General
Manager experience in the Hospitality
Industry.
● 5 plus years as a Master Cert. Sales
Consultant with Toyota.
● Extensive experience in team development
and training.
● Extensive experience in adapting to change
within the reality of the business.
● Wholesale Administration
● Service Technology Advisor
● Upgrade Dept. Manager
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
September 2015 – 2023, Upgrade Manager, Sales Trainer, Sales Consultant and wholesale admin, Service Technology Advisor Toyota of Slidell March 2015 - September 2015, Asst. General Manager, Krystals September 2014 - March 2015 General Manager Rally's Hamburgers June 2013 - August 2014, General Manager, Chesterfields Bar & Grill February 2009 - June 2013, General Manager, Taco Bell/ Yum Corp. August 2006 - December 2009, General Manager, Ryan’s Buffet EDUCATION
Herzing College, New Orleans (Some college) B.S. Business Administration
Liberty University 2023 – Present (B.S. Christian Counseling and Religion) Management & Supervision
● Developed and maintained successful internal strategies; improving and stabilizing business production.
● Managed and supervised seventy - five employees, establishing incentives, to improve company morale.
● Cultivated and maintained client relationships in the hospitality and sales industry.
● Promoted, developed and trained assistant managers and team.
● Reconstructed and developed all areas of opportunity
● Practiced and enforced HR policies and procedures.
● Developed and coached team members to increase performance.
● Maintained a high level of communication
Training and Team Development Skills
● Ability to inspire, motivate and educate people.
● Consistently learning and improving myself, to not only have adequate technical skills, but to be a master communicator and
teacher who earns the respect of those I teach.
● Ability to work with teams in a fast paced, high energy environment.
● Strong technical writing skills and attention to detail.
● Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational planning and implementation skills.
● Platform speaking skills.
● Experienced in innovative course delivery.
● Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
● E-learning/virtual training experience.
● Identified and selected training and workshop to meet the needs of the audience pertaining to backgrounds, learning styles
and skill levels.
● Sales process expert with proven background in solution selling and performance coaching.
● Demonstrated use of good, better and best sales techniques.
● Remain current on learning and development related tools, techniques, strategies and practices to provide relevant
and informed consultative advice and learning practices to internal business team.
● Used surveys to recognize potential and non-potential customers to obtain a better relationship with all consumers.
Customer Service
● Resolved customer complaints in a timely manner.
● Communicated and spoke with guests to build relationships.
● Used overall satisfaction reports to communicate areas of opportunity.
● Evaluated team members daily to increase performances.
● Promoted and maintained excellent working conditions to ensure customer and employee satisfaction.