General Manager
Resume:
Derek L. Kline
Springfield,Mo
**807
Mobile: 903-***-****
Email: ********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Los Cabos Mexican Restaurant
●Responsible for Food cost, labor and Lbw. Controlables.
●Product ordering. Setting and maintaining pars
●Ongoing recipe adherence, through roll outs, focus items, recipe review and ongoing training
●Weekly store inventory
●Scheduling front and back of house for up to 65 people
●food handlers certification adherence
●Hiring and candidate screening
●pnl reconciliation
04/2018 - 09/2021
Saltgrass Steakhouse
Branson, TX
General Manager
Annual Sales Volume: $ 5.5 Million - $ 6 Million
● New store opening. All things involved with training new staff, mock service, recipe adherence, guest satisfaction.
●Responsible for Food cost, labor and Lbw. Controlables.
●Product ordering. Setting and maintaining pars
●Ongoing recipe adherence, through roll outs, focus items, recipe review and ongoing training
●Weekly store inventory
●Scheduling front and back of house for up to 80 people
●Tabc and food handlers certification adherence
●Hiring and candidate screening
08/2013 – 04/2018 AND 11/2006 – 08/2010 Posados Café Mexican Restaurant Fort Worth, TX
General Manager
Annual Sales Volume: $3.5 Million - $4 Million
●Began career at Plano, TX location. Recruited back by management to help turn around Tyler location. Worked at 4 Fort Worth locations as well as Mesquite location; currently GM of Fossil Bluff, Fort Worth location
●#1 producer of GOP for the companies 17 store locations when he ran Tyler location
●GM for 2 of Top 5 locations for the company. Tyler location is 2nd largest volume for company
●Increased sales 20-25% within 1st year of him being at Tyler location with continuous sales growth after
●Lowest turnover scores of the company; he makes his staff feel like valued partners by cross training them and giving servers set schedules
●Responsible for up to 90+ employees; hiring, orientation, training, scheduling, coaching, discipline
●Promoted 10 staff members into management including 2 to GM level
●Responsible for training and adherence to company policies and procedures
●Involved in community through School Nights where they give back 10% of proceeds to schools, providing door prizes to Policeman’s Ball, American Legion, etc.
●Local Marketing includes Happy Hour for local Hotel workers, Coupons for Good Grades, etc.
●Tyler Location won Best In Tyler for Mexican food 2015
(Reason for looking: larger company with room for career advancement.)
08/2010- 08/2013 Auto-Chlor Irving, TX
Route Manager
●Repair and maintenance of commercial dishwashers and laundry machines
●Deliver chemicals and calibration of chemicals
●Responsible for 250 accounts
(Reason for leaving: Recruited back to Posados by management to turn around Tyler location which is 2nd largest volume store)
Additional Experience:
Qdoba Mexican Grill Plano, TX
General Manager
12/2003-03/2005
Cici's Pizza
Euless, Tx
General Manager
11/1998 – 03/2001 and 12/2002 – 12/2003
Whatburger Grapevine, TX
General Manager/Corporate Training Manager
03/2001-12/2002
EDUCATION AND MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
Graduated North High School, Sioux City IA
United States Air Force
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