Sandra Morrow
**** ***** ***** ***, *********, Pennsylvania 17846
215-***-**** ****************@*******.***
Executive professional with 25+ years of business operations and personnel management experience. Self-starter who is intelligent, resourceful, flexible, diligent, and passionate.
Seeking new opportunities for career expansion and fulfillment.
Core Strengths
-Communication Skills (training/management/customer service)
-Organization/Time-Management/Multi-Tasking
-Adaptability/Flexibility
-Rapid Problem-Solving/Resourcefulness
-Initiative/Self-Determination
-Positivity/Optimism
-Software Proficiencies:
oMicrosoft Office Suite
oQuickBooks
Retiree April 2015 – Present
- Spearheaded two relocations including sale and purchase of home and transportation assets
- Served as Firewise Committee Chair and Secretary for homeowners’ association of 110+ homes and 300+ residents
- Frequent property supervisor, pet-sitter, and active caregiver for 3 wonderful grandchildren
Catering Manager, Tre Piani Restaurant (Princeton, NJ) August 2010-March 2015
- Oversaw all catering sales, menus, and planning for corporate and private clients at 350-seat facility
- Responsible for securing and executing $1.2 million in sales annually
- Orchestrated full-service off-premise events (i.e., menus, rentals, floral, valet, entertainment, staffing)
- Spearheaded strategic planning for business growth; increased catering sales by 40% in 3 years
President and CEO, Second to None Catering, Inc. (Glenside, PA) 1990-2010
- Founded and grew catering company from single employee to over 400+ staff and $525k annual sales
- Hired, trained, evaluated, and managed payroll for 400+ servers, bartenders, and chefs
- Secured $500k+ in annual catering sales for off-premises private and corporate events
- Single-handedly coordinated administration and logistics for up to 300 events per year
- Provided supplemental staffing to 25+ hospitality establishments each year
- Designed and orchestrated all aspects of construction and purchasing for brand new retail location
- Supervised sales, procurement, supply chain and marketing for prepared foods and catering market
- Maintained continual branding and marketing expansion efforts over two decades
Catering Manager, Zagara’s Specialty Foods & Catering (Marlton, NJ) 1995-2000
- Orchestrated full-service off-premise events (i.e., menus,rentals, floral, valet, entertainment, staffing)
- Hired, trained, and evaluated approximately 100 on-call servers, bartenders, and chefs
- Responsible for securing and executing $480k in annual catering sales for private and corporate clients