Tina L Wesley

Milwaukee, WI ***** adf3mj@r.postjobfree.com

414-***-****

Professional Experience

General Manager

ASH Restaurant Branded Restaurant The Yard (The Iron Horse Hotel) – Milwaukee, WI

August 2019 – present

•Responsible for day to day restaurant operations of three outlets including invoicing, payroll budgeting labor controls and food and beverage ordering and inventories

•Responsible for the opening staffing and training of new restaurant concept ASH inside of hotel

•Responsible for special event and special holiday staffing planning and execution also involving menu planning and training

•Leads training for all bar and restaurant outlets including seasonal staffing-Leading a team of 35 employees in regular season

•Food and beverage annual sales $7 million

General Manager

Pizza Man (F Street Hospitality) – Oak Creek, WI

April 2019- August 2019

• Responsible for day to day restaurant operations including invoicing, payroll budgeting labor controls and food and beverage ordering and inventories

•Led a team of up to 30 employees

•Worked in 2 locations

• $3 million in annual sales

•Operations manager in charge of hourly and management team training and development

•Off-site special events coordinator including The Rock Sport Complex and Summerfest

Operations Manager

Café Hollander (Lowlands Group) - Mequon, WI

July 2018 – February 2019

•Responsible for day to day restaurant operations including invoicing, payroll budgeting labor controls and food and beverage ordering and inventories

•$4 million in annual sales

•Led a team of up to 40 employees

•Worked in 3 locations

•Community liaison for public and charitable events within the five Hollander locations.

•Service manager for in charge of training program for hourly and salaried employees for the Hollander locations

•Special events and party coordinator for Mequon location Fast track to GM program

Assistant General Manager

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery (Craftworks Inc.) – Milwaukee, WI

July 2014 - July 2018

•Opened 2 locations in Colorado

•Helped take restaurant to #1 in the company

•Raised sales by 22%

•Created the yearly budget and implemented budget with management and staff

•Interviewed, hired, trained and developed staff

•Responsible for weekly forecasting and quarterly accruals

•Managed food and labor costs below budget

•Managing declining checkbook by inventory and purchase controls

•Built sales with local marketing and community project involvement

•Responsible for banquet and group sales booking by follow and soliciting potential guests-including business meetings, politically strategy meetings and conferences, celebrity VIP signings, wedding, birthdays and other social events

•Catered to VIP guests including celebrities, sport and political figures on and off site meeting any and all special

needs

Kitchen Manager

Texas Roadhouse – Green Bay, WI

February 2014 – July 2014

•Responsible for safe food preparing for restaurant and catering events

•Ordering and inventory

•Trained back of house teams

•Wrote schedules to meet budgeted labor numbers

•Responsible for building maintenance and repairs

Operations Manager

Cheddars Scratch Kitchen - Pleasant Prairie, WI

August 2012 - February 2014

•Part of new restaurant opening management team for Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

•Multi-unit general manager for Greenville, NC and Greenville, SC

•Hired and trained staff in all locations to meet company standards including E-Verify

•Turned around the two failing Carolina locations, and retrained new and old management to the company standard to be successful

Pisano Partner/ General Manager

Buca Di Beppo – Milwaukee, WI

June 2011 - June 2012

•Fully managed and restored an existing store

•Participate with the setup and training of the last two Wisconsin new store openings

•$4.5 million in annual sales

•Negotiated and secured the proper licensing for new and existing stores with the state, city, and local vendors

•Reconstruct the food delivery and catering operation per store to make it cost efficient and with great food quality and customer satisfaction

•Trained new staff

Assistant General Manager

Dave and Busters – Wauwatosa, WI

February 2009 - May 2012

•Started as a kitchen manager and promoted to AGM in 8 months

•Responsible for the full kitchen operation of the new store in Wisconsin and other new locations

•Inventory and ordering cost controls

•Led up to 110 employees

•$10 million in annual sales

•Led seasonal menu rollout training and implementation. Banquet preparation and setup

•Merchandise ordering, visual display organization, and inventory controls of Winners Circle prize selection

•Scheduled the front and back of house staff for proper business volume including banquet schedule coordination

•Acted as community contact for charity and fundraising events for location

Senior Manager II

Cheesecake Factory – Glendale, WI

June 2005 - January 2009

•Started as a Kitchen Manager and promoted to a Senior Manager in 6 months

•Responsible for the day to day execution of restaurant operations and quality food and exceptional service to the guests

•Worked at 3 locations

•Oversaw up to $11 million in annual sales

•Led a team of up to 150 employees

•Responsible for the largest cost center-company staple-the cheesecake inventory, ordering sales execution of cake display, sales, promotions and education of company standards

•Negotiated freight charges and delivery of said cake inventory on a biweekly basis • Interviewed, hired, trained and developed team members

Education

Marquette University - Milwaukee, WI

Bachelor of Arts – English Literature

Bryant and Stratton College – Milwaukee, WI

Associate Degree - Business Management

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