LARRY SHYMAN
***** ******* ****** **, ******, TX, 77346
*****.*********@*****.***
DISTRICT MANAGER
MANAGER/EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT & RETENTION / SALES & COST MANAGEMENT / GUEST & VENDOR RELATIONS / P&L FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL STORE MARKETING
Dynamic professional with 20+ years of experience encompassing every facet of hospitality management including food & beverage controls, accounting & P&L knowledge, development of management and staff. Involved in multi-million dollar establishments from inception.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
●Perform inspections of restaurant facilities on food, sanitation, safety, and equipment as well as local laws.
●Direct & local store marketing initiatives. Create sales projections, analyses, and budgets.
●Develop and implement strategies to increase restaurant sales and profit.
●Meet financial objectives by forecasting, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances.
●Control costs by reviewing portion control.
●Communicate company goals & standards to management and staff
●Perform HR audits, help with recruiting, training, coaching, counseling and disciplining when needed.
●Develop & maintain relationships with the community.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIECE:
Aero Service Group, Balt, MD & Des Moines, Iowa 10/2015 – 9/2020
DISTRICT MANAGER
●Was over 5-8 Managers and over 125 hourly staff
●Ran 5-6 restaurants in each city with different concepts
●Proven ability to maximize the P&L results
●Had a 23% turnover rate at each Airport
●Increased sales by 19% over budget in 2019
Uno’s Pizzeria, Bowie MD 7/2014 – 9/2015
AGM
●Hired into the company as an AGM
●Responsible for 60-75 employees, Improved GSI scores by 31% thru training & accountability
●Improved labor cost from 25.1% to 20.6%
●Improved turnover rate from over 200% to 38% when I left
●Took Food cost from 26.4% to 22.8%
Cracker Barrel, Stevensville, MD 5/2008 – 6/2014
Senior Manager (SAM)
●Ranked #1 in volume in both the restaurant and retail from 2009 – 2014, doing $5.9 million in restaurant sales & $2.9 million in retail sales.
●Our store was selected as the regional management training store where I trained all new managers in the “Heart of the house”
●From 2011 to 2014 we were ranked #1 in employee turnover rate at 31%
Don Pablo’s, Laurel, MD 2006 -2008
General Manager
●Hired in as the GM to a unit with declining sales for the prior 2.5 years
●Increased sales $900K in 3 years time. Decreased food cost from 29.7% to 27.3%